Modelagem Computacional de escoamento Bifásico em Meios Porosos Heterogêneos com Acoplamento Geomecânico

• Ano de defesa: 2007
• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Marcos Alcoforado
• Orientador(a): Murad, Marcio Arab
• Banca de defesa: Loula, Abimael Fernando Dourado , Galeão, Augusto Cesar Noronha Rodrigues , Valentin, Fréderic Gerard Christian
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Modelagem Computacional
• Departamento: Serviço de Análise e Apoio a Formação de Recursos Humanos
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Recuperação Secundária do petróleo; Poromecânica; Hidrodinâmica; Meios porosos heterogêneos
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::CIENCIA DA COMPUTACAO::TEORIA DA COMPUTACAO::COMPUTABILIDADE E MODELOS DE COMPUTACAO
• Link de acesso: https://tede.lncc.br/handle/tede/76

In this work we develop the computational modeling of the hydromechanical couplings which govern two-phase flow in a heterogeneous poroelastic media. At the Darcy scale the governing equations are decomposed in two subsystems associated with the poromechanics and hydrodynamics. In this context new numerical methods are proposed for the computation of the Darcy velocity based on Petrov-Galerkin post processing techiniques in conjunction with locally conservative methods for the hyperbolic transport equation and for water saturation together with an operator splitting technique for the computation of the transient porosity effect upon the transport equation. Numerical simulations allow us to identify different regimes of hydromechanics coupling during the secondary of petroleum withdrawal.In particular, we analyze the influence of the viscosity ratio and strength of heterogeneity upon the various coupling regimes. Among the many phenomena captured by the model we give particular emphasis on the delayed compaction of the reservoir due to the water flooding illustrating its effects upon the oil production curves. Within the framework of the stochastic modelinf, we analyze the effects of the heterogeneity and the uncertainty in permeability and elastic coeddicientsupon the hydromechanical coupling regimes. The characterization of these regimes governed by yhe viscosity ratio and by the strength of heterogeneity is illustrated in numerical simulations of secondary oil withdrawal from a reservoir subject to the overburden due the weight of the overlaying formations.