Xin Liu^1,*, Kai Yan², Bo Fang³, Xiaoyu Sun³, Daqiang Feng⁴, Li Yin⁵

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.7, pp. 1539-1552, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2024.047922 - 23 July 2024

Abstract In response to the complex characteristics of actual low-permeability tight reservoirs, this study develops a meshless-based numerical simulation method for oil-water two-phase flow in these reservoirs, considering complex boundary shapes. Utilizing radial basis function point interpolation, the method approximates shape functions for unknown functions within the nodal influence domain. The shape functions constructed by the aforementioned meshless interpolation method have δ-function properties, which facilitate the handling of essential aspects like the controlled bottom-hole flow pressure in horizontal wells. Moreover, the meshless method offers greater flexibility and freedom compared to grid cell discretization, making it simpler… More >

Jing Sun^1,2,3,*, Dehua Liu^1,2,3, Xiang Zhu^1,2,3, Wenjun Huang^1,2,3, Liang Cheng^1,2,3

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 425-440, 2020, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2020.08531 - 25 May 2020

Abstract Low permeability tight sandstone reservoirs have a high filtrational resistance and a very low fluid flow rate. As a result, the propagation speed of the formation pressure is low and fluid flow behaves as a non-Darcy flow, which typically displays a highly non-linear behavior. In this paper, the characteristics and mechanism of pressure propagation in this kind of reservoir are revealed through a laboratory pressure propagation experiment and through data from an actual tight reservoir development. The main performance mechanism is as follows: A new pressure cage concept is proposed based on the pressure variation… More >