Duration - 01/07/2005 - 31/12/2008
Funding - A multi-company project brokered by ITF, Aberdeen
Co-ordinator - Fault Analysis Group, UCD
Research Partners
Basic Aims
Improved characterisation and incorporation of faults in flow models is a pre-requisite to optimising production strategies within structurally complex reservoirs. Geologically palatable methods for attaching fault transmissibility multipliers to reservoir flow simulation models have recently been jointly developed and implemented in commercial software, referred to as TransGen, by the project partners. These methods provide for: (i) improved flexibility in fault-rock property assignment and (ii) the routine inclusion of sub-resolution fault-zone structure and of two-phase fault-rock properties. This follow-on project will research, develop and implement innovative, geologically-driven, methods for handling faults in reservoir production simulation, including methods for: (i) sub-seismic fault modelling, (ii) stochastic modelling of fault properties and related structures (e.g. normal drag, relays etc.) and (iii) improved geometric modelling of cellular models. These developments will contribute to a further improvement in the effectiveness of reservoir assessment and management and improved recovery from reservoirs.
Illustrations of TransGen functionality for a Northern North Sea reservoir are provided in the TransGen Gallery and additional TransGen graphics are available on a downloadable pdf. For commercial enquiries see Badleys.
Contact: Tom Manzocchi
Tel: +353 1 716 2605
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