Modeling Induced Fractures in a Dynamic Flow Simulation

C07 MODELING INDUCED FRACTURES IN A DYNAMIC FLOW SIMULATION Abstract 1 This work presents a new and powerful method for modeling fractures – and especially induced fractures – in a dynamic flow simulation to predict well performance. The method aims to accurately model the behaviour of hydraulically fractured wells and to forecast the behaviour of reservoirs under the influence of fractures. Many wells are stimulated by hydraulic fractures to improve well performance. Most reservoir simulators can not appropriately handle those situations due to limitations in the discretization methods or due to limitations in the numerical formulation incorporated in the simulation