02429nmc a2200253 4500 20260520005608.0 260224s2001 xxu ing Inglés Rigorous Modelling of Fractures in a Porous Medium SPE 69574 Dallas, Texas Society of Petroleum Engineers 2001 12/09/06 ; 17/07/01 While fractured formations are possibly the most important contributors to the oil production worldwide, modelling fractured formations with rigorous treatments has eluded reservoir engineers in the past. To-date, one of the most commonly used fractured reservoir model remains the one that was suggested by Warren and Root more than three decades ago. In this paper, a new model for fractures embedded in a porous medium is proposed. The model considers the Navier Stokes equation in the fracture (channel flow) while using Brinkman equation for the porous medium. Unlike the previous approach, the proposed model does not require the assumption of orthogonality of the fractures (sugar cube assumption) nor does it impose incorrect boundary conditions for the interface between the fracture and the porous medium. The proposed model is derived through a series of finite element modelling runs for various cases using Navier Stokes equation in the channel while maintaining Brinkman equation in the porous medium. Various cases studied include different fracture orientations, fracture frequencies, fracture width, and the permeability of the porous medium. Finally, a series of numerical runs also provided validity of the proposed model for the cases for which thermal and solutal effects are important. Such a study of double diffusive phenomena in the context of fractured formations has not been reported before. CONGTP Saghir, M. Ziad 6359 Edali, Mohamed A. 6360 Islam, M.R. 5855 Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (7th : 2001 mar. 25-28 : Buenos Aires, Argentina) 5738 Edali, Mohamed A. 6360 Islam, M.R. 5855 Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (7th : 2001 mar. 25-28 : Buenos Aires, Argentina) 5738 Saghir, M. Ziad 6359 131114 131114 https://biblioteca.iapg.org.ar/ArchivosAdjuntos/LACPEC2001/Spe69574.pdf 0 0 0 0 202036 BVIAPG BVIAPG 2026-03-03 200003182 0 200003182 2026-03-03 01:41:15 2026-03-03 ARCHIVO