Natural fractures can have a significant effect on fluid flow by creating permeability anisotropy in hydrocarbon reservoirs. They can also play an undesirable role in reservoir subsidence and compaction during depletion, with important consequences for production strategy. The investigation of these effects motivated a comprehensive integrated fracture study of three reservoirs from a giant gas-condensate field in Abu Dhabi. The main objective was to build 3D fracture models and compute fracture properties of each reservoir, to be used in dynamic simulations.
Introduction
The studied reservoirs are gas-condensate-bearing in a carbonate field onshore Abu Dhabi.
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