... Abstract Defining the fracture intensity in DFN models is crucial since a good refinement level is required to represent the insitu rock slopes conditions adequately. Most estimates are expressed in terms of the number of discontinuities per unit length (P10). However, the area...

... ABSTRACT: Injection-induced seismicity (IIS) depends on pore pressure, in-situ stress state, and fault orientation; generally occurs in basement rock that contains fractures and faults; and moves away from the injection well as a nonlinear diffusion process. Therefore, to numerically model...

... ABSTRACT: This paper summarizes the simplification approaches applied to the Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) used in modeling of field scale EGS and other unconventional reservoirs. The main objective of the DFN simplification processes is to preserve the properties of the rock mass, i.e...

... ABSTRACT: Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) models have advanced considerably, yet challenges remain for capturing attribute variation and uncertainty across scales. We highlight problems using examples from shale hydrocarbon reservoirs, and propose methods to tackle them. Adequate treatment...

... ABSTRACT MoFrac discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling software generates fracture network simulations with deterministic fractures constrained to known locations, and stochastic fractures conditioned to input data. A deterministic fracture network is generated through the modeling...

... ABSTRACT: Accurate modeling of naturally fracture reservoirs requires a comprehensive understanding of fracture network geometry in three-dimensional space. This is a significant challenge to the realistic construction of discrete fracture network (DFN) models since these reservoirs are often...

... ABSTRACT: We present a quasi-static and hydro-mechanical fully coupled approach to the modeling of inter-seismic triggering of seismicity in an arbitrary fractured and fluid-saturated poroelastic solid. The discrete fracture network (DFN) we consider is hybrid and at a dual-scale consisting...

.... However, due to the complex interaction between natural fractures and hydraulic fractures, it meets great difficulties in building a realistic 3D DFN. In this study, we go beyond the existing methods that develop analytical model to simulate propagation of created-fracture in formation with pre-existing...