Patent ID: 8880383
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating flow in a fractured reservoir, the method comprising: receiving a first conductivity profile for a proppant, the first conductivity profile describing an ability of the proppant to permit formation fluid flow through a fracture network under reservoir conditions in a fractured reservoir that includes the proppant in the fracture network; aging, for a duration, the proppant under the reservoir conditions of the fractured reservoir over the duration; determining, after the duration, a second conductivity profile for the aged proppant, the second conductivity profile representing an effect of aging the proppant for the duration under the reservoir conditions and describing an ability of the aged proppant to permit formation fluid flow through the fracture network under the reservoir conditions in the fractured reservoir that includes the aged proppant, wherein determining the second conductivity profile for the aged proppant comprises: determining an adjusted conductivity profile for the proppant based on the first conductivity profile and the second conductivity profile; and providing the adjusted conductivity profile as an input conductivity profile for the proppant, the input conductivity profile used to simulate flow through the fractured reservoir.