Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Diffusion flux inclusion for a reservoir simulation for hydrocarbon recovery
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Application No.: US16336059Application Date: 2017-08-02
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Publication No.: US11542784B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Saeedeh Mohebbinia , Terry Wayne Wong
- Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Delizio, Peacock, Lewin & Guerra
- International Application: PCT/US2017/045104 WO 20170802
- International Announcement: WO2018/089060 WO 20180517
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E21B49/00 ; G06F9/455 ; E21B43/16 ; G06F30/20 ; G06F111/10 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A method includes selecting a model for a simulation of hydrocarbon recovery from a reservoir having a plurality of fractures during injection of an injected gas into the plurality of fractures. Selecting the model includes determining a flux ratio of a convection rate to a diffusion rate for the reservoir, determining whether the flux ratio is less than a threshold, and in response to the flux ratio being less than the threshold, selecting the model that includes diffusion. Selecting the model includes performing the simulation of the hydrocarbon recovery from the reservoir based on the model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190271212A1 DIFFUSION FLUX INCLUSION FOR A RESERVOIR SIMULATION FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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