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Volume 9, Issue 3
Coupled Flow- and Rock Mechanics Simulation: Optimizing the Coupling Term for Faster and Accurate Computation

Øystein Pettersen

Int. J. Numer. Anal. Mod., 9 (2012), pp. 628-643.

Published online: 2012-09

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Coupled flow- and rock mechanics simulations are necessary to achieve sufficient understanding and reliable production forecasts in many reservoirs, especially those containing weak or moderate strength rock. Unfortunately these runs are in general significantly more demanding with respect to computing times than stand-alone flow simulations. A scheme is presented whereby the number of needed rock mechanics simulations in such a setting can be reduced to a minimum. The scheme is based on constructing optimal input for flow simulations from a few rock mechanics runs. Results obtained with the scheme are at least as accurate as traditional coupled runs, but computations are considerably faster, often as much as two orders of magnitude.

  • Keywords

Reservoir simulation, Coupled simulation, Rock mechanics, Compaction.

  • AMS Subject Headings

35R35, 49J40, 60G40

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Coupled flow- and rock mechanics simulations are necessary to achieve sufficient understanding and reliable production forecasts in many reservoirs, especially those containing weak or moderate strength rock. Unfortunately these runs are in general significantly more demanding with respect to computing times than stand-alone flow simulations. A scheme is presented whereby the number of needed rock mechanics simulations in such a setting can be reduced to a minimum. The scheme is based on constructing optimal input for flow simulations from a few rock mechanics runs. Results obtained with the scheme are at least as accurate as traditional coupled runs, but computations are considerably faster, often as much as two orders of magnitude.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Coupled Flow- and Rock Mechanics Simulation: Optimizing the Coupling Term for Faster and Accurate Computation AU - Pettersen , Øystein JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 3 SP - 628 EP - 643 PY - 2012 DA - 2012/09 SN - 9 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/650.html KW - Reservoir simulation, Coupled simulation, Rock mechanics, Compaction. AB -

Coupled flow- and rock mechanics simulations are necessary to achieve sufficient understanding and reliable production forecasts in many reservoirs, especially those containing weak or moderate strength rock. Unfortunately these runs are in general significantly more demanding with respect to computing times than stand-alone flow simulations. A scheme is presented whereby the number of needed rock mechanics simulations in such a setting can be reduced to a minimum. The scheme is based on constructing optimal input for flow simulations from a few rock mechanics runs. Results obtained with the scheme are at least as accurate as traditional coupled runs, but computations are considerably faster, often as much as two orders of magnitude.

Pettersen , Øystein. (2012). Coupled Flow- and Rock Mechanics Simulation: Optimizing the Coupling Term for Faster and Accurate Computation. International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling. 9 (3). 628-643. doi:
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