... states government down-hole sensor completion monitoring systems/intelligent wells estimation application fracture plane modeling workflow dataset hydraulic fracturing reservoir surveillance injection perforation journal spe hydraulic fracturing technology conference shutinstarttimefrac...

.... A novel integrated and coupled geomechanics / fluid flow / fracturing propagation modeling workflow is applied to simulate the FDI (including pre-loading) on the pad scale. The workflow is capable of simulating the entire life cycle of the FDI interaction, (a) stimulation of parent wells, (b) production...

... Abstract This study describes an automated history matching and optimization workflow using an integrated hydraulic fracturing reservoir simulator and applies the workflow in four cases. The automated workflow solves a formal mathematical optimization problem to minimize misfit...

...Data and Methods To ensure an accurate base model for treatment optimization and well spacing sensitivities, a depletion modeling workflow was developed using hydraulic fracture modeling software and reservoir analytics. The use of this workflow ensured the correct stress profile in and around...

.... However, the model is not unique and multiple matching solutions exist. The objective and scope of this work is to define a workflow for constraining these solutions and obtaining a more representative model for forecasting and optimization. We used field data from a multi-pad project in the Delaware play...

... can dictate the economics of an unconventional development. The objective of this paper is to showcase a numerical simulation workflow, with emphasis on the hydraulic fracture simulation methodology, which optimizes well spacing and completion design simultaneously. The workflow is deployed using...

... properties), we estimate the causal impact of well spacing on parent and child well performance. We compare our analyses with the routine naïve approach that gives non-intuitive results. In each of the four groups associated with different ranges of parent-child well spacing, the causal workflow quantifies...

... Abstract We propose a new model and workflow to predict, quantify and mitigate undesired flowback of proppant from created hydraulic fractures. We demonstrate several field cases in which we predict significant proppant flowback and propose options for mitigation. Mitigation of proppant...

... results. This can then be used to immediately implement changes on subsequent treatments. A formalized workflow was developed in order to apply design changes in the most resource-economic approach. Workflow Defining a Key Performance Indicator Defining a metric to evaluate success at each stage...

... calculation of fracture width (i.e., opening, propagation, and closing) and modeling of surrounding dynamic stimulated reservoir volumes. This new fracture modeling formulation advances the model initially developed by Ji et al. (2009) and the workflows described in Min et al. (2018) and Sen et al. (2018...

... with the common industry challenge of Parent/Child well interactions in an unconventional, dry-gas shale, a collaborative team applied a simple workflow in the form of the scientific method. The iterative workflow provided a simple approach to utilize common data, clearly calculate economic risk and ultimately...

... The workflow of the design, execution, and evaluation of the fracturing treatments for this field was completed in 9 wells. To explain the workflow in a detailed manner below are the results of various injection tests carried out in well E, demonstrating how the injection tests were used...

... might refer to the workflow in which fracture descriptions are translated from an analytical or numerical fracture model into a conventional numerical reservoir simulator. Additional iterations may be required with the reservoir simulation model to create a necessary representation of the leak-off zone...

... features, and depletion effects. These data were then combined to form a 4D geomodel that enabled a completion optimization study via modeling of the resulting complex hydraulic fracture geometry and subsequent hydrocarbon production. This integrated workflow, using a wide array of high-quality datasets...

... into connected components, which are subsequently partitioned using spectral clustering. The resulting clusters are used for fracture simplification resulting in a significantly lower number of fracture elements for flow simulation. To demonstrate the feasibility of the workflow, we use the Multi-Well Pad pilot...

.../gain in production still remains challenging. In this paper, both analytical and numerical modeling techniques were used to explore the existing workflows and techniques in the literature to study frac-hits and refracs. Rate transient analysis (RTA) was used to complement the numerical reservoir...

... number of stimulated appraisal wells in the Jurassic mud rocks in Saudi Arabia was targeted for this study. The objective is to build and calibrate a multidisciplinary integrated workflow consisting of geologic, hydraulic fracture, and reservoir modeling to optimize the number of clusters and other...

... the well performance, methods must be developed to quantify the impact of ash beds on production and to mitigate the negative impact. An integrated hydraulic fracture-reservoir modeling workflow was applied on an Eagle Ford shale lateral with part of the lateral crossing an ash bed in B3–B5 units...

... fracture workflow complex reservoir fracture network hydraulic fracturing microseismic event interpretation complexity fracture geometry complex fracture geometry fracture geological model hydraulic fracture interaction fracture model fracture propagation model unconventional fracture...

... by the UFM simulator, while modeling the hydraulic fracture geometry with the observed treating pressure profiles. The workflow presented in this paper shows the successful application of seismic data in creating discrete fracture networks required to model hydraulic fractures in unconventional reservoirs...