Reduced-order modeling represents an attractive framework for accelerating computationally expensive reservoir simulation applications. In this paper we introduce and apply a reduced-order modeling approach for history matching. The method considered, trajectory piecewise linearization (TPWL), has been used previously for production optimization problems, where it has provided large computation...

decline curve analysis has some advantages over transient well test analysis in which it is not required to shut-in the well and also wellbore storage effects do not exist. few studies have been done on decline curve analysis of naturally fractured reservoirs but there are even some limitations with available models. on the other hand well test could be expensive and in some operational conditi...

The simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) algorithm is modified to obtain a stochastic Gaussian search direction (SGSD) algorithm for automatic history matching. The search direction in the SGSD algorithm is obtained by simultaneously perturbing the reservoir model with unconditional realizations from a Gaussian distribution. This search direction has two nice properties: (1...

We use a multi-resolution analysis based on a wavelet transform to upscale a 3D fractured reservoir. This paper describes a 3D, single-phase, and black-oil geological model (GM) that is used to simulate naturally-fractured reservoirs. The absolute permeability and porosity of GM is upscaled by all the possible combinations of Haar, Bior1.3, and Db4 wavelets in three levels of coarsening. The ap...

Reservoir simulators remain essential tools for improved reservoir management in order to optimize hydraulic fracturing design in unconventional low permeability reservoirs. However, the commonly-used simulator requires too much computational efforts for the description of local phenomena in the vicinity of the hydraulic fractures, and is practically infeasible for field applications, due to la...

Numerical simulations were carried out to characterize the behaviors of fractured reservoirs under production which causes in-situ boiling. A radial flow model with a single production well, and a two-dimensional geothermal reservoir model with several production and injection wells were used to study the two-phase reservoir behavior. The behavior can be characterized mainly by the parameters s...

Impact of Induced Thermal Stresses during Circulation Tests in an Engineered Fractured Geothermal Reservoir: Example of the Soultz-sous-Forêts European Hot Fractured Rock Geothermal Project, Rhine Graben, France — The wider concept of hot fractured rock geothermal energy is put forward to overcome the natural limitations of classic geothermal fields. A suite of numerical modules based on a disc...

A numerical method as well as a theoretical study of non-Darcy fluid flow through porous and fractured reservoirs is described. The non-Darcy behavior is handled in a three-dimensional, multiphase flow reservoir simulator, while the model formulation incorporates the Forchheimer equation for describing single-phase or multiphase non-Darcy flow and displacement. The non-Darcy flow through a frac...

The transport of chemicals or heat in fractured reservoirs is strongly affected by the fracture-matrix interfacial area. In a vapor-dominated geothermal reservoir, this area can be estimated by inert gas tracer tests, where gas diffusion between the fracture and matrix causes the tracer breakthrough curve (BTC) to have a long tail determined by the interfacial area. For water-saturated conditio...