Machine-Learning Predictions of the Shale Wells’ Performance
M. Mehana, E. Guiltinan, V.V. Vesselinov, R. Middleton, J. Hyman, Q. Kang, H. Viswanathan
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering2021DOI 10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103819
Summary
The ultra-low permeability nature of shale reservoirs leads to an extended linear flow and necessitates horizontal wells with multi-stage engineered fractures to efficiently extract hydrocarbons resources. These artificiallygenerated and naturally-occurring fractures form complex networks that create complex flow regimes which control oil production. These fractures are neither identical nor equally-spaced, which leads to a production profile with a masked onset of the boundary-dominated flow.