Reda Rabiee Abdel Azim
American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Title: Hydrocarbon Prospect Evaluation of Fractured Basement Field
Biography
Biography: Reda Rabiee Abdel Azim
Abstract
Naturally fractured reservoirs host more than 50% of the world remaining hydrocarbon reserves. Mechanism of fluid flow through such reservoirs is not well understood. This is mainly because, these reservoirs comprise of two mediums of diverse properties: rock matrix and fractures. In general the rock matrix acts as a source of fluid while the fractures serve as both the source and highly conductive flow paths. Fractures introduce high heterogeneity which affects fluid flow and mechanical stability. Effective development of these reservoirs and increase its fluid recovery requires a comprehensive understanding of fluid flow behaviour through a fracture -matrix system. The fluid flow characteristics of such reservoirs are strongly controlled by characteristic properties of fractures, which include density, distribution, orientation, and interconnectivity. Therefore, an accurate description and characterization of the fracture network is very important for flow simulation. Characterization of such reservoirs is extremely challenging due to (a) complex fracture geometry (b) lack of information on fracture properties. This results in a high level of uncertainty associated flow simulation.
The main purpose of this abstract is to employ innovative tools to characterize and evaluate the production potential of fractured basement reservoir. This will be achieved by developing an in-house hybrid fractured reservoir simulator using the generated fracture permeability tensor. This simulator depends on finite element method in poro-elastic environment.