... in normalized cumulative gas production over the offset Well B. In presenting the benefits of this technique, the paper provides a brief overview of the development of the conductivity enhancer; the case study; 3D reservoir and hydraulic fracturing simulator selection; model setup and simulation results. SMP...

...Selection and Experimental Design of Formation Parameters We used different formation parameters for numerical hydraulic fracturing simulations that might affect the stimulation of natural fractures, formation of hydraulic fractures, and determine the overall performance of the fracturing...

... Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a typical and vital technique applied in shale gas reservoir development. Numerical simulation used to be a common tool to optimize the parameters in hydraulic fracturing design determining the stage numbers, injection pressure, proppant amount, etc. However...

... We used LAMMPS (Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator) to run our whole simulation, and PACKMOL was used to construct CNT. The carbon nanotube was made of pure carbon atoms, and every carbon atom has 1.42 A diameter. ( Figure 2 shown). Part II: details of MD simulation...

... and boosts the plunger efficiency through gas injection and increases the gas lift efficiency by assisting in delivering the slugs to the surface. The objective of this study is to capture the GAPL dynamic behavior through a transient multiphase flow simulator. The entire GAPL production cycle was modeled...

... the documented simulation formulations are shown in Equations 7 – 9 . 7 ∅ g r o s s = ∅ n e t ∗ N T G 8 K a , g r o s s = k a , n e t ∗ N T G 9 K v , g r o s s = K v , n e t Within a simulation, data can...

... Over the last two decades hydraulic fracturing research has been at forefront with increase in unconventional shale plays especially in Northern America. A rapid hydraulic fracturing technology growth is observed with aid of advanced simulation tools in upstream research [ 1 ]. One of the widely...

... was obtained through simulation using a highly variable flow rate history. Additionally, we added artificial white Gaussian noise to the simulation output to mimic measured signals collected in the field, and we input this data into our model for deconvolution. The model-reconstructed constant-rate-drawdown...

... producer in the U.S. with production of ~4 BCF/D. EQT is also one of the leading operators in utilizing numerical simulation, applying machine learning, and using proper simulation tools to provide the highest net asset value (NAV) for its shareholders. We have developed an internal workflow to optimize...

... (CFD) and discrete element model (DEM) were performed to simulate different mechanisms involved in particulate diversion. The results of wellbore-scale simulation were translated into an engineering particulate diversion model, based on the proven diversion mechanisms from laboratory and simulation...

... and acquire capital, and logistical planning. The variables used in these calculations are stochastic in nature and, as such, necessitate a stochastic simulation of the well. To run an accurate simulation, we assign a customized probability distribution function to each variable based on offset information...

... molecular dynamics simulations. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations are used to simulate the adsorption of methane and NonEquilibrium Molecular Dynamics (NEMD) simulations are employed to simulate transport of methane in the kerogen model. The kerogen model prepared by Ungerer et al. (2014...

..., a field case study is used to demonstrate how to apply the proposed fracture generation and simulation workflow to model hydraulically fractured horizontal wells. The proposed workflow implemented stochastic algorithms with the capabilities to incorporate as much information as possible such as core...

... Abstract Numerical simulation models that are used for well stimulation planning are usually complex and are prone to error. These models have many factors that generally contain uncertainty which, in turn, lead to uncertainty in the model outputs. Uncertainty assessment (UA) can describe...

... dominated flow period that leads to exponential decline may take years to develop in unconventional gas fields. Also, the impact of matrix adsorption/desorption processes on decline curve model parameters has not been fully investigated. To this end, we use a numerical simulator to understand key factors...

... displacement process simulation mud displacement efficiency narrow section equation Introduction Theoretical analysis of mud displacement usually assumes mud with uniform properties. But, actually, the mud properties can change by time as well as axial and radial location in the wellbore. Muds...

... in seconds without resorting to reservoir simulation. A geometric approximation of the drainage volume is then used to compute the well rates and the reservoir pressure. The speed and versatility of our proposed approach makes it ideally suited for parameter estimation via inverse modeling of shale gas...

... Abstract This study develops a process that determines the critical hydraulic fracture parameters and quantifies their impact on the EUR by combining reservoir simulation with probabilistic analysis methods. The process is verified by a real field case example in a tight gas reservoir...

... as the population evolves, much like the simulated annealing algorithm ( Kirkpatrick et al. 1983 ). To evaluate the objective function and thus the fitness of a newly generated genome, we first check the proxy value for that genome. If it has a value smaller than a predefined threshold then a flow simulation...

... premium torque-shouldered connections. Additionally, the paper presents improved processes used successfully that significantly increased operational efficiencies before cementing operations. Detailed prejob planning and computer simulations are provided to demonstrate the limits without casing flotation...