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Staggered in-time coupling of fluid flow and geomechanical deformation modeling for 4D seismic

Susan Minkoff
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Thursday, March 28, 2002 15:00-16:00,
Room 145, NIST North (820)
Gaithersburg
Thursday, March 28, 2002 13:00-14:00,
Room 4511
Boulder

Abstract: Time-lapse seismic feasibility studies for compactible reservoirs such as Ekofisk in the North Sea require coupled flow simulation and geomechanical deformation modeling. We present an algorithm for staggered-in-time, 2-way coupling of flow and geomechanics and indicate what impact the coupled code has on calculation of seismic properties. Modifications to the geomechanics code allow changes in pore pressure to be included in the total stress calculation. The geomechanics code produces volumetric strain-induced porosity and permeability updates for the flow simulator. We validate our loosely-coupled simulator against a fully-coupled flow and mechanics simulator from ARCO.
Contact: A. J. Kearsley

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