... Experiments performed in a Hele-Shaw cell constitute the basis for mathematical models of slurry flow. These models are used further in hydraulic fracturing simulators. In this study we present the digital slot — a software tool for simulation of slurry flow in a channel with predefined variable...

... to the capillary pressures simulated on the core is achieved only at the bed top. In this regard, the underlying intervals are always characterized by higher values of water saturation compared to Srw and, as a consequence, the effective gas permeability will be lower than in the case of irreducible water...

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... able to handle different complex physical phenomena); c) core scale simulations in the framework of the Darcy based approach using upscaling from the results of the direct pore-scale simulations; d) input of the obtained parameters into the acidizing simulator to determine optimum acid type, rates...

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... conductivity. Simulating ISC in a fracturing simulator can help maximize channeled areas, thus suggesting a higher production. The nature of ISC represents the slurry bridging at static conditions due to wall roughness and heterogeneities in proppant and fiber distribution. We demonstrate the development...

... into the overlying water-bearing zone. Owing to the simulation of hydraulic fractures based on the geomechanical model, it was possible to implement the hydraulic fracturing strategy and planning, taking into account the understanding of the geomechanical parameters and the stress-strain state of the medium...

... rocks. We investigate at the microscale, taking into account the mineral heterogeneity, matrix structure, elastic-plastic properties of minerals, and their intergranular contacts. The research relies on experimental data performed on modern laboratory equipment and the use of applied simulation software...

... this number to a fracturing simulator software gives wrong fracture simulation. The paper describes a new approach for modeling of fluid viscosity which resolves wrong assumptions of previously used model. Fluid viscosity measured with high-pressure-high-temperature (HPHT) rotational rheometer...

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... at the phase boundary are described using the color field gradient model. Experimental studies have shown the possibility of studying the processes of liquid displacement from the microchannel system in a microfluidic chip simulating a porous medium. The dynamics of the displacement of liquids (water and oil...

... the model – using scalar permeability values, or based on pore-scale simulations on 3D pore geometries of real rock samples. In the latter case two permeabilities were utilized – conventional directional permeability (in three directions) and full permeability tensor. Our results strongly support the idea...

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.... Compositional hydrodynamic modeling is a comprehensive tool for assessing hydrocarbon production capabilities, taking into account the phase behavior for GC field. The purpose of this work is to compare the various methods of improving the accuracy of numerical simulations and the reliability...

... to combine small angle scattering with stochastic reconstructions. To further elucidate the power of such approach we perform 3D stochastic reconstructions based on 2D SEM images and simulate apparent gas permeability using pore-network model accounting for slip and (Knudsen) diffusion effects. Compared...

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... Abstract Currently, a number of software products (PVTSim, WinProp CMG, Aspen HYSYS, etc.) are used in the oil and gas industry, simulating the interfacial mass exchange in natural oils, gas condensate mixtures, etc. Existing software products use the vapor-liquid equilibrium calculation...

... using a dynamic response. As dynamic response, the oil production of "dummy" wells was chosen. The resulting 100 cluster centroids were transferred to dynamic simulation. Next, the saturation and dynamic parameter ranges were introduced. Latin Hypercube sampling and Differential Evolution lead...

... digital rock models of pore space geometry, and multiphase hydrodynamic simulation on a pore scale by the density functional method. Despite the extremely low permeability values (less than 1 μd), digital measurements of relative permeability curves were completed successfully for model oil and water...