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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicants:

Sim Tech Llc, Katy, TX (US);

Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kamy Sepehrnoori, Austin, TX (US);

Yifei Xu, Houston, TX (US);

Wei Yu, College Station, TX (US);

Jijun Miao, Katy, TX (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/46 (2006.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/282 (2013.01); G01V 1/46 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G01V 2210/644 (2013.01); G01V 2210/646 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for simulating subterranean regions having multi-scale fracture geometries. Non-intrusive embedded discrete fracture modeling formulations are applied in conjunction with commercial simulators to efficiently and accurately model subsurface transient flow characteristics in regions having complex hydraulic fractures, complex natural fractures, or a combination of both, and geometries including corner point grids.


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