A fracture upscaling method (FUM) for hydraulically fractured reservoirs: From discrete fracture modelling to finite difference simulations
Joseph Sherratt, Amin Sharifi Haddad, Roozbeh Rafati, Mehrdad T. Manzari
Topics & Concepts
Hydraulic fracturingFracture (geology)Complex fractureFinite element methodFinite differenceGeologyFlow (mathematics)Complex geometryPetroleum engineeringGeotechnical engineeringMultiphase flowExtended finite element methodMechanicsGeometryEngineeringStructural engineeringMathematicsMathematical analysisPhysicsHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisGroundwater flow and contamination studiesSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques