Volume no :63, Issue no: 1, September (2020)

FRACTIONAL FLOW EQUATIONS: A MODEL FOR PRESSURE DEFICIT IN AN OIL WELL

Author's: B. F. Martínez-Salgado, F. Alcántara-López, A. Torres-Hernandez, F. Brambila-Paz, C. Fuentes and J. López Estrada
Pages: [55] - [79]
Received Date: August 17, 2020
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18642/jmsaa_7100122151

Abstract

This article presents a novel system of flow equations that models the pressure deficit of a reservoir considered as a triple continuous medium formed by the rock matrix, vugular medium and fracture. In non- conventional reservoirs, the velocity of the fluid particles is altered due to physical and chemical phenomena caused by the interaction of the fluid with the medium, this behaviour is defined as anomalous. A more exact model can be obtained with the inclusion of the memory formalism concept that can be expressed through the use of fractional derivatives. Using Laplace transform of the Caputo fractional derivative and Bessel functions, a semi-analytical solution is reached in the Laplace space.

Keywords

Caputo fractional derivative, Laplace transforms, Bessel equations, triple porosity.