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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Garfield Bowen, Oxfordshire, GB;

Terry Wayne Stone, Hampshire, GB;

David C. Bradley, Navi Mumbai, IN;

Nikolay Morozov, Oxford, GB;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method can include identifying a discrete natural fracture in a three-dimensional environment that includes a reservoir modeled by a three-dimensional grid model, representing the discrete natural fracture via a multisegment model in a two-dimensional region within the three-dimensional grid model, defining at least one connection for fluid communication between the multisegment model and the three-dimensional grid model, defining boundary conditions for the multisegment model, and solving the multisegment model subject to the at least one connection and the boundary conditions to provide values for fluid flow in the two-dimensional region. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.


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