Flow Diagnostics for Fractured Reservoirs with Geomechanics

Summary Flow diagnostics are a powerful tool, for screening, ranking, and clustering large model ensembles in terms of their dynamic reservoir performance. We have extended the seminal flow diagnostics approach of Moyner et al. (2014) in two ways. First, we account for fracture-matrix transfer processes pertinent to naturally fractured reservoirs. Secondly, we account for coupled hydro-mechanical effects that are can alter the performance of stress-sensitive reservoirs during production. We have demonstrated that by accounting for the underlying hydro-mechanical heterogeneity affecting the flow behaviour, we can choose models that cover a broader range of uncertainty than considering just static metrics.