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Ensemble Based Workflow for Robust History Matching and Forecasting of Hydraulic Fractured Wells
Available to PurchaseKaustubh Shrivastava, Niven Shumaker, Vinil Kumar Reddy Mukku, Priyavrat Shukla, Brandon Tang, Jose Rojas
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4242831-MS
... reservoir geomechanics fracture fracture network workflow pressure match solution hydraulic fracturing reservoir characterization production profile lamination pressure match technology conference URTeC: 4242831 Ensemble Based Workflow for Robust History Matching and Forecasting of Hydraulic...
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Pre-Refracturing Stress Field Simulation in Shale Gas Reservoirs
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4246194-MS
... fracture network technology conference hydraulic fracture shale matrix equation stress distribution URTeC: 4246194 Pre-Refracturing Stress Field Simulation in Shale Gas Reservoirs Yanshan Guo1, Lan Ren1, Jing Huang*2, Jinzhou Zhao1, Ran Lin1, Zhihao Yu1, Bo Zhou3, Jianjun Wu4, Bing Li4, 1. State...
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Improving Well Productivity Through High Intensity Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs
Available to PurchaseJose Rueda, Mohammed Alhaqbani, Jose Valbuena, Abdulrahman Alowaid, Abdullah Kalbani, Karim Mechkak, Fahad Almojil
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4257038-MS
... intervention reservoir surveillance production control hif design perforation cumulative production downhole intervention production monitoring fracture propagation stress shadow effect production performance perforation design artificial intelligence reservoir geomechanics fracture network...
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Optimizing Shale and Tight Asset Development Through Advanced Reservoir Modeling in DJ Basin
Available to PurchaseJunjie Yang, Jean-Philippe Junca-Laplace, Alejandro Lerza, Ali Moinfar, Jianlin Fu, Brooke Carson, Joe Dunn, Alvaro Rey, Haishan Luo, Reza Banki
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4258810-MS
... begins with a detailed dataset encompassing geological and geomechanical interpretations. The regional static model captures key reservoir property uncertainties, including the natural fracture network (DFN). Fracture propagation is modeled with commercial simulator and the resulting fracture geometry...
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Rapid S&T Reservoir Pressure Estimation Workflow and Its Application to Drilling in Shale and Tight Reservoirs
Available to PurchaseYuzhe Cai, Brandon Geddie, Yunhui Tan, Zizhong Liu, Shihao Wang, Kainan Wang, Yuguang Chen, Evan Gross, Xinghui Liu, Saeid Khorsandi
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4263563-MS
... geology rock type mudstone surveillance data trajectory fracture network complex reservoir modeling & simulation geological subdiscipline drilling completion design unconventional resource technology conference URTeC: 4263563 Rapid S&T Reservoir Pressure Estimation Workflow and Its...
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Influence of Natural Fractures on Hydraulic Stimulation in Geothermal Reservoirs: Insights from Utah FORGE Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Modeling
Available to PurchaseHafssa Tounsi, Branko Damjanac, Zorica Radakovic-Guzina, Wei Fu, Aleta Finnila, Pengju Xing, Robert Podgorney, John McLennan
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4264117-MS
... field data confirmed successful interwell connectivity, the influence of natural fracture networks on stimulation outcomes remains an area of active investigation. This study presents a coupled hydro-mechanical numerical analysis of the stimulation process using the discrete element method (DEM)-based...
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Advancing Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Integrated Approach for Informed Decision Making and Optimization
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 9–11, 2025
Paper Number: URTEC-4264739-MS
... identify the parameters most significantly affecting EGS performance and outputs. This involves meticulously examining geometries and dynamics of fracture networks to capture the intricate interactions critical to wells performance. Additionally, we conduct a probabilistic analysis to assess the range...
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Leveraging Reservoir and Fracture Modeling to Optimize Well Landing, Spacing, and Completion Size in the DJ Basin
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 13–15, 2023
Paper Number: URTEC-3862974-MS
... to optimize well spacing, landing and completion design in a multi-bench pad development in the DJ basin. Reservoir characterization workflows including petrophysical, geomechanical properties and a discrete natural fracture network (DFN) were fundamental steps to build the calibrated, multi-layer earth...
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Enhancing Well Performance and Operator Profit by Optimizing Well Completion Design - A Delaware Basin Case Study
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 20–22, 2022
Paper Number: URTEC-3690988-MS
... completion designs. The resultant complex fracture network is converted into unstructured gridblocks for reservoir-performance simulation. Finally, economic analysis is incorporated to evaluate the net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) to identify the optimal completion design. Numerical...
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New Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) Model with Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 20–22, 2022
Paper Number: URTEC-3721135-MS
... at the injected water during the hydraulic fracturing, how it invades the formation, how it interacts with in-situ fluids, and how it flows (or doesn't flow) back. In this study, we develop a fully coupled geomechanics and fluid flow simulator based on a new discrete fracture network (DFN) methodology...
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Impact of Well Placement in Enhanced Geothermal Systems
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 20–22, 2022
Paper Number: URTEC-3723513-MS
... Abstract Understanding of the effective fracture path bounded by a producer and an injector in complex fracture networks plays a key role in the successful geothermal heat extraction from enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Therefore, there is a need to investigate the impact of well placement...
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Multi-Level of Fracture Network Imaging: A HFTS Use Case and Knowledge Transferring
Available to PurchaseGuoxiang Liu, Abhash Kumar, Song Zhao, Chung Yan Shih, Veronika Vasylkivska, Paul Holcomb, Richard Hammack, Jeffery Ilconich, Grant Bromhal
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 20–22, 2022
Paper Number: URTEC-3723466-MS
... of fracture networks comprised of both preexisting natural fractures and newly created fractures from hydraulic stimulation has significant implications for both optimizing production and minimizing the infrastructure footprint on the ecosystem. Towards this goal, this study synthesizes all available datasets...
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Integrating Induced Seismicity Observations & Discrete Fracture Network Modelling to Characterize the Natural Fracture Architecture of the Montney Formation, British Columbia
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, June 20–22, 2022
Paper Number: URTEC-3722789-MS
.... There are also several highly structured areas in the Montney that increase induced seismicity risk and affect hydraulic fracturing performance. A connection between an active treatment stage and critically stressed fault is required for induced seismicity causation and a meso-scale fracture network is one...
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Machine Learning Applications for a Qualitative Evaluation of the Fracture Network in the Wolfcamp Shale Using Tracer and Completion Data
Available to PurchaseAbhash Kumar, Chung Yan Shih, Guoxiang Liu, Paul Holcomb, Song Zhao, Richard Hammack, Jeffery Ilconich, Grant Bromhal
Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 26–28, 2021
Paper Number: URTEC-2021-5159-MS
... Abstract Hydrocarbon recovery from unconventional reservoirs (UR) depends strongly upon hydraulically conductive fracture pathways connecting isolated pores of the UR with the production well. An exhaustive evaluation of fracture networks comprised of both new fractures created during...
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Anisotropy in Fracture Networks: Scale-dependent Clustering and Flow Behavior
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 26–28, 2021
Paper Number: URTEC-2021-5339-MS
... and Carboniferous sandstone at Telpyn Point, UK. In order to evaluate clustering anisotropy, we employed lacunarity, a parameter that has been previously used to assess scale-dependent clustering in fracture networks. Standard lacunarity vs. scale curves were averaged for scanlines translated along x- and y...
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A Novel Workflow from StimPlan to EDFM for Complex Hydraulic Fracture Modeling and Production Simulation
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 26–28, 2021
Paper Number: URTEC-2021-5347-MS
... length. Next, fracture cutoff analysis is applied to generate various hydraulic fracture schemes. Different hydraulic fracture cases are investigated with and without natural fractures to compare the impact of complex fracture networks. Last, various scenarios are numerically modeled by EDFM...
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Efficient Modeling of Enhanced Geothermal System with 3D Complex Hydraulic and Natural Fractures
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 26–28, 2021
Paper Number: URTEC-2021-5526-MS
... Abstract Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) have gained great attention since they promise to delivers geographically disperse, carbon-free energy with minimal environmental impact. Natural fracture networks have a major impact on EGS heat extraction. The objective of our model is to evaluate...
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Predicting Oil Recovery Under Uncertainty for Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection: A Field Case Study in Permian
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 26–28, 2021
Paper Number: URTEC-2021-5676-MS
... Abstract The extent and size of the fracture network connected to the wellbore are among the most uncertain parameters for multi-fractured horizontal wells. The uncertainty has a profound impact on production under primary depletion and has even a bigger impact on the recovery during huff-n...
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Automated Reconstruction of Fracture Networks
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 26–28, 2021
Paper Number: URTEC-2021-5600-MS
... exploration. Discrete fracture networks (DFNs) are computationally efficient models that explicitly represent fracture network as a network of planar polygons in 3D. Most DFN approaches build networks as stochastic realizations of planar polygonal shapes in a large volume. The distribution of properties...
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A Reservoir Simulation-Oriented Investigation into Large-Scale Conductive Fractures in the Mississippian STACK Oil Reservoirs
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Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, July 20–22, 2020
Paper Number: URTEC-2020-2914-MS
... hydraulic fracturing reservoir surveillance completion installation and operations enhanced recovery drillstem testing drillstem/well testing complex reservoir water saturation history breakdown pressure fracture reservoir simulation urtec 2914 fracture network osage drilling upstream oil...
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