FaMOUS LINK



Duration - 20/9/96 - 19/9/99

Funding - Funded by NERC/DTI (Oil and Gas Projects Supplies Office) LINK Programme.

Partner - Oilfield Systems Ltd (OSL) (U.K.)

Industrial Partners

Summary - Research element of project aimed at commercial development of FaMOUS.

This project had 2 elements. Software development is the responsibility of OSL and research to underpin future software functionality is conducted by FAG. The research is directed towards realistic upscaling of fault geometries and properties for input to flow simulations. Fault surface maps showing variations in fault seal potential can now be produced using the FAPS fault seal module. These seal potential maps are much too detailed to be used directly in flow simulations and have to be validly upscaled to grid-block resolution. High resolution fault property models are being used to test simple methods of upscaling for 2-phase flow using Eclipse. Our work has lead to the development of a new method for incorporation of the hydraulic properties of faults into reservoir simulators (Manzocchi et al. 1999).



Contact: Tom Manzocchi
Tel: +353 1 716 2605
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