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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Centro DE Tecnologia DE Repsol, Madrid, ES;
Mohamed Ahmed Hegazy, Madrid, ES;
Mookanahallipatna Ramasesha Lakshmikantha, Madrid, ES;
Jose Maria Segura Serra, Cardona, ES;
Leopoldo Luis Cabo Penna Franca, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Ulisses T. Mello, Blauvelt, NY (US);
Eduardo Rocha Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Repsol, S.A., Madrid, ES;
Abstract
Assessing the impact of existing fractures and faults for reservoir management, in one aspect, may comprise employing a numerical mesh to generate a geomechanical model, the numerical mesh representing a geological reservoir and its surrounding regions, the numerical mesh comprising delimitation associated with regions and layering of geology without constraining the numerical mesh to explicitly represent a fault or fracture, initializing the geomechanical model to define initial stress-strain compatible with measured stress in well locations associated with the geological reservoir, generating a fluid-flow model employing the numerical mesh, solving for a coupled solution of the fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model, and employing the solved fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model to assess the impact.