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 to 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.
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The State of the Art and Challenges in Geomechanical Modeling of Injector Wells: A Review Paper
J. F. Bautista,
J. F. Bautista
Department of Petroleum Engineering,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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A. Dahi Taleghani
A. Dahi Taleghani
Department of Petroleum Engineering,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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J. F. Bautista
Department of Petroleum Engineering,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
A. Dahi Taleghani
Department of Petroleum Engineering,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Contributed by the Petroleum Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received October 12, 2016; final manuscript received November 14, 2016; published online December 22, 2016. Editor: Hameed Metghalchi.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Jan 2017, 139(1): 012910 (10 pages)
Published Online: December 22, 2016
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Received:
October 12, 2016
Revised:
November 14, 2016
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Bautista, J. F., and Dahi Taleghani, A. (December 22, 2016). "The State of the Art and Challenges in Geomechanical Modeling of Injector Wells: A Review Paper." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. January 2017; 139(1): 012910. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035257
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