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Reservoir data
Initial Reservoir Pressure, psia 5000
Net pay, ft 100
Porosity, % 10
Permeability, mD 1E-3
Well data
Well length (ft) 2000
Number of Fractures 5
Fractures half-length Xf, ft 400
Fractures position centered
Fractures penetration, ft 40
Fractures top depth, ft 10
Fractures conductivity Fc, md.ft infinite
Production duration, years 27
Well completion type cased hole
Table 4 – Reservoir and well properties
Figure 17 – Truncated numerical grid. The colors correspond to the calculated potential.
Figure 18 – Cumulative production with and without transmissibility corrections
versus reference solution (thick red line).
5
15
25
35
Liquid rate [STB/D]
10000
30000
50000
70000
90000
Liquid volume [STB]
Reference
New Solution
Standard Solution
0 40000 80000 1.2E+5 1.6E+5 2E+5 2.4E+5
Time [hr]
600
1100
Pressure [psia]