... to account for the diffusive interaction between the fractures and the adjacent matrix blocks. The code is capable of handling large-scale fracture-matrix systems comprising individual fractures and matrix blocks of arbitrary size, shape, and dimension. 1 INTRODUCTION In fractured reservoirs...

... study is to investigate the effect of spatial variations of matrix block properties (especially such as size and shape) and to determine effective continuum parameters for the matrix continuum. Different averaging approaches are compared with regard to their suitability for continuum representation...

... & Gas discrete fracture approach orientation dimension Simulation Rock mechanics geometry application matrix block rock mass continuum model well orientation discrete fracture model fracture reservoir heterogeneous connectivity fractured reservoir Rock Mechanics, Nelson & Laubach (eds...