Fast Assessment of the Impact of Multi-Scale Geological Heterogeneities on Flow Behaviour in Complex Carbonate Reservoirs

Conference paper (2022)

Authors

Jiahong Li Heriot-Watt University
S. Geiger Applied Geology - CEG
Jorge Costa Gomes Heriot-Watt University
Dmytro Petrovskyy Heriot-Watt University
Carl Jacquemyn Imperial College London
Gary Hampson Imperial College London
Matthew Jackson Imperial College London
Julio Daniel Machado Silva University of Calgary
Sicilia Judice University of Calgary
Research Group
Applied Geology (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 Jiahong Li, S. Geiger, Jorge Costa Gomes, Dmytro Petrovskyy, Carl Jacquemyn, Gary Hampson, Matthew Jackson, Julio Daniel Machado Silva, Sicilia Judice, More Authors
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https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202210149
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Geoscience and Engineering

Research Group

Applied Geology

Abstract

We discuss the application of the new open-source Rapid Reservoir Modelling software (RRM) to create a suite of 3D reservoir models of a complex carbonate formation where each model is increasingly more refined such that progressively more small-scale geological structures are preserved.

Using flow diagnostics we then calculate key metrics for the dynamic reservoir behaviour to quantify the similarities and dissimilarities of the flow behaviour across the different models. This analysis allows us to identify at which scale geological heterogeneities need to be resolved in the reservoir model to capture the essential flow behaviours.

The workflow presented in this study hence allows us to efficiently and effectively test different geological concepts and analyse how multi-scale geological heterogeneities that may need to be represented in a reservoir model impact the predicted dynamic response, so as to design more reliable and robust reservoir models for a broad range of geoenergy applications.

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