The Impact of Contact Area and Fracture Surface Roughness on Fluid Flow in Fractured Reservoirs
Faisal Awad Aljuboori,
Jang Hyun Lee,
Khaled A. Elraies
et al.
Abstract:The estimation of effective fracture permeability depends mainly on the geometry of the void space between the fracture surfaces. Sometimes, these void spaces are closed partially or totally for various reasons, which create a contact area between the fracture surfaces. These contact areas cause the fluid to follow a tortuous path around them, which reduces the permeability magnitude notably. In this study, a digitised fracture network of a carbonate formation has been used to investigate the impact of contact… Show more
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