Finite element simulation of a highly water-saturated gas reservoir in northwestern Argentina to forecast its geothermal potential

Sosa Massaro, Emiliano

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Finite element simulation of a highly water-saturated gas reservoir in northwestern Argentina to forecast its geothermal potential

dc.contributor.advisor	Koch, Thomas
dc.contributor.advisor	Gabi, Martín
dc.contributor.author	Sosa Massaro, Emiliano
dc.coverage.spatial	NOA, Región (Argentina)	es
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-26T17:32:06Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-26T17:32:06Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	"A wide availability of in field Oil & Gas facilities which still have a marginal productive life can be a good opportunity to produce geothermal energy. The challenge is to make good decisions about the company’s assets to include geothermal energy as a candidate in their project portfolio. The self-sustainability of this type of energy production must be ensured by accurate forecasts of the net-energy balance. A geothermal energy production cycle must ensure the best selection of production and injection wells saving energy during their productive lives of the project. A first approach to the simulation of geological faults,lithological heterogeneities of rocks and their interaction with the wells is the basis for the later detailed understanding of the geothermal water cycle. Finite element simulation (FEM) it is a fast tool to understand how the key variables such as ”injection and production flow rates”, ”well-to-well interference” and ”well-to-reservoir heterogeneities interactions” can change the energy consumption needed for geothermal energy production. The role of the key parameters can be easily adjusted to make quick comparisons between different prospects before any detailed engineering is performed. The simulation performed in this thesis has shown a geothermal harvest gain of 58%, when a combination of the more advantageous properties of the geothermal system were used, in comparison with the case represented by the less efficient properties combination.Thanks to the FEM simulation, a detailed interpretation of the peculiarities of production and temperature development shows that not always the more productive case is the most efficient one. The present work presents a method to get a preliminar model of the energy production potential in a water-flooded hydrocarbon reservoir."	en
dc.description.notes	Tesis Energía y Ambiente (maestría) - Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, 2018	es
dc.identifier.uri	http://ri.itba.edu.ar/handle/123456789/1154
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	ENERGIA GEOTERMICA	es
dc.subject	GENERACION DE ENERGIA ELECTRICA	es
dc.subject	SIMULACION	es
dc.subject	YACIMIENTOS PETROLIFEROS	es
dc.subject	RESERVORIOS	es
dc.subject	HIDROCARBUROS	es
dc.subject	METODO DE ELEMENTOS FINITOS	es
dc.title	Finite element simulation of a highly water-saturated gas reservoir in northwestern Argentina to forecast its geothermal potential	en
dc.type	Tesis de maestría	es
dspace.entity.type	Tesis de Maestría
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Sosa Massaro, Emiliano. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.