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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2020
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Yahan Yang, Pearland, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A semi-elimination methodology for simulating high flow features in a reservoir and wells is disclosed. The reservoir and wells may be divided into a plurality of cells, including small cells in wells and the reservoir and bulk cells in the bulk of the reservoir, where the small cells are smaller (e.g., by pore volume) than the bulk cells. Processing of all of the cells, including all of the small cells, may be too computationally expensive, particularly when processing is iterative. In that regard, at least some of the small cells are partly processed in an iteration, such as for flow rates, compositions, or flow derivatives. After which, some or all of the small cells are eliminated from further processing in the iteration. In that way, high flow features in a reservoir and wells may be simulated effectively.