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OG-R 145 - Simulation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG-R 145 | 21 July 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-R 145 | 15 September 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-R 145 | 10 November 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-R 145 | 01 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
This course will cover the oil recovery mechanisms in fractured reservoirs, which undergo the waterflood or gas cap expansion and gas injection. How dual porosity reservoirs are modeled with modern numerical simulators and simulation exercises will also be covered. Participants will also learn about the fundamentals of fractured reservoirs, the geological aspects, and well testing in fractured reservoirs. Oil recovery mechanisms, advanced topics in dual porosity simulation, and dual simulation of fractured reservoirs with a compositional simulator will also be covered. The simulation of triple porosity systems will be discussed during the duration of this course.
Course Objectives
- Developing a dual porosity E100 data set from a single porosity data set
- Focusing on well testing in fractured reservoirs
- Discussing of oil recovery mechanisms in fractured reservoirs
- Learning about diffusion and the discretized matrix model
- Simulating fractured reservoirs with a compositional simulator and of a triple porosity system
Who Should Attend?
- Geophysicists,
- Geologists
- Reservoir Engineers
- Geomodelers involved in fractured reservoirs
- Petroleum Engineers
- Production Engineers
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Fundamentals of fractured reservoir
- Single and network fracture development
- Dual Porosity Concept: Matrix-fracture interaction
- Developing a Dual Porosity E100 data set
- A simulation of fracture reservoirs
Day 2
- Well testing in fractured reservoirs
- Buildup tests and pressure transient analysis in fractured reservoirs
- Interference and pulse testing for fracture characterization
- Impact of well spacing and fracture network on well performance
- Field case studies: interpretation of well tests in fractured reservoirs
Day 3
- Oil expansion and solution gas drive in fractured reservoirs
- Gravity drainage and capillary forces in dual porosity systems
- Diffusion and convection mechanisms in fractured reservoirs
- Advanced dual porosity simulation techniques (parameter tuning, history matching)
- Simulation of a single matrix block (modeling and validation)
Day 4
- Diffusion effects in fractured reservoirs (Matrix-Fracture Fluid Exchange)
- Discretized matrix model for dual porosity simulation
- Alternate gravity drainage models for fracture-dominated reservoirs
- Grid generation and upscaling in fractured reservoirs (Cartesian vs. Unstructured Grids)
- Testing and comparison of advanced simulation options
Day 5
- Compositional simulator for fractured reservoirs (E300 Dataset Development)
- Triple porosity systems: matrix, fractures, and vugs (Modeling and Simulation)
- Sensitivity analysis of oil displacement mechanisms (Optimization Strategies)
- Comparison of single vs. dual porosity models in reservoir simulation
