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The State of the Art and Challenges in Geomechanical Modeling of Injector Wells: A Review Paper
- Source :
- Volume 8: Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology; Petroleum Technology.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016.
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Abstract
- Fluid injection is a common practice in the Oil and Gas industry found in many applications such as waterflooding and disposal of produced fluids. Maintaining high injection rates is crucial to guarantee the economic success of these projects; however, there are geomechanical risks and difficulties involved in this process that may threat the viability of fluid injection projects. Near wellbore reduction of permeability due to pore plugging, formation failure, out of zone injection, sand production, and local compaction are challenging the effectiveness of the injection process. Due to these complications, modeling and simulation has been used as an effective tool to assess injectors’ performance, however, different problems have yet be addressed. In this paper, we review some of these challenges and the solutions that have been proposed as a primary step to understand mechanisms affecting well performance.Copyright © 2016 by ASME
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Petroleum engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Process (engineering)
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
02 engineering and technology
Injector
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Modeling and simulation
Wellbore
Permeability (earth sciences)
Fuel Technology
020401 chemical engineering
Petroleum industry
Geochemistry and Petrology
law
Fracture process
Fluid injection
0204 chemical engineering
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Volume 8: Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology; Petroleum Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b8339841d3dd904c5674f3f30ee1ede