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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Lee Chin, Houston, TX (US);
Michael E. Vienot, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); E21B 43/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); E21B 43/20 (2013.01); G06F 17/5018 (2013.01);
Abstract
The proposed method is an improved method of flooding weak reservoirs and avoiding premature breakthrough of the displacing fluid used in the flooding operation by first modeling the performance of the reservoir under a rage of flooding pressures in a couple geomechanic and multiphase flow model. Ideal pressures are thus selected from use in a flooding operation, thus avoiding rock failure and fluid breakthrough.