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Geomechanics, Fluid Dynamics and Well Testing, Applied to Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs

Extreme Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

  • Nominated as an outstanding thesis by the Mexican Petroleum Institute and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Includes case studies that illustrate naturally fractured reservoir behavior
  • Explains the fluid dynamics of naturally fractured reservoirs

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Introduction

    • Nelson Enrique Barros Galvis
    Pages 1-4
  3. Phenomenology and Contradictions in Carbonate Reservoirs

    • Nelson Enrique Barros Galvis
    Pages 5-57
  4. A Ternary, Static, and Dynamic Classification of NFCRs

    • Nelson Enrique Barros Galvis
    Pages 59-76
  5. Westergaard’s Solution Applied to Carbonate Reservoirs

    • Nelson Enrique Barros Galvis
    Pages 103-140
  6. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Nelson Enrique Barros Galvis
    Pages 145-147

About this book

This thesis presents an important step towards a deeper understanding of naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs (NFCRs). It demonstrates the various kinds of discontinuities using geological evidence, mathematical kinematics model and computed tomography and uses this as a basis for proposing a new classification for NFCRs. Additionally, this study takes advantage of rock mechanics theory to illustrate how natural fractures can collapse due to fluid flow and pressure changes in the fractured media.

The explanations and mathematical modeling developed in this dissertation can be used as diagnostic tools to predict fluid velocity, fluid flow, tectonic fracture collapse, pressure behavior during reservoir depleting, considering stress-sensitive and non-stress-sensitive, with nonlinear terms in the diffusivity equation applied to NFCRs. Furthermore, the book presents the description of real reservoirs with their field data as the principal goal in the mathematical description ofthe realistic phenomenology of NFCRs.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Postgraduate Studies, Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP) and National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

    Nelson Enrique Barros Galvis

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eBook USD 89.00
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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