A Computational Workflow for Flow and Transport in Fractured Porous Media Based on a Hierarchical Nonlinear Discrete Fracture Modeling Approach

Modeling flow and transport in fractured porous media has been a topic of intensive research for a number of energy- and environment-related industries. The presence of multiscale fractures makes it an extremely challenging task to resolve accurately and efficiently the flow dynamics at both the local and global scales. To tackle this challenge,...

Uncertainty Quantification Based on Hierarchical Representation of Fractured Reservoirs

In the modeling of fractured reservoirs, the spatial representation plays an important role to enclose the heterogeneities present in the subsurface. The reservoir flow response obtained from simulation in time is determined by the type of method and by the scale of the representation (fine or coarse). As a deterministic model cannot capture the...

Hierarchical Fracture Modeling Approach

Naturally fractured reservoirs (NFRs) account for a large fraction of the world water and energy resources. The geological complexity and high permeability contrast of naturally fractured reser- voirs make it very challenging to accurately predict flow trough these reservoirs. Simulating flow through fractured porous media has been a research...