Our Products
All of our software (EDFM Suite, ZFRAC-RE, URSim, Thermal EDFM, and EDFM-AI) are designed to be compatible with the commercial software currently available in the market. Therefore, they can be used in a standalone mode or in concert with whatever software your company might already have. Additionally, we provide the option of delivering the software application in the form of consulting services where we collaborate with our client’s personnel, leveraging the expertise of our experienced engineers and geoscientists to achieve specific operational objectives.
EDFM Suite
Embedded discrete fracture model (EDFM) revolutionizes reservoir simulation by providing unparalleled realism and accuracy. This advanced modeling approach honors the intricate complexities of three-dimensional hydraulic and natural fracture systems within reservoir simulators, eliminating the need for additional gridding techniques.
EDFM has gained widespread recognition through its successful applications in numerous conventional and unconventional reservoirs worldwide. Its effectiveness and reliability have been extensively documented in over 100 technical papers, solidifying its position as a leading solution in the industry.
Our software, EDFM Suite, empowers reservoir simulators to explicitly handle three-dimensional (3D) hydraulic and natural fractures without relying on traditional gridding, upscaling, or refinement methods. By seamlessly integrating with any reservoir simulator, EDFM Suite facilitates comprehensive modeling of hydraulic and natural fractures, enabling a more accurate representation of real-world reservoir behavior.
One of the notable strengths of EDFM Suite lies in its exceptional computational speed, capable of efficiently modeling thousands of hydraulic fractures and millions of natural fractures up to 10 times faster than alternative approaches. This acceleration not only saves valuable time but also ensures unparalleled accuracy through explicit modeling of fluid flow in fracture and reservoir systems, leading to improved field development planning .
ZFRAC-RE
ZFRAC-RE is a cutting-edge reservoir engineering software powered by the advanced EDFM technology. This powerful tool offers unparalleled resolution, meticulously capturing every geological feature present in a reservoir model.
What sets ZFRAC-RE apart is its seamless integration of various essential components, including fluid flow, hydraulic fracture propagation, rock deformation, rock discontinuity interactions (such as natural fractures, bedding layers, and faults), and an unconventional reservoir simulator. This comprehensive approach ensures that you have a holistic understanding of your reservoirs’ behavior.
With ZFRAC-RE, you can rest assured that key fracture propagation physics are accurately accounted for. It incorporates inter-stage, intra-stage, and well-to-well stress shadow effects, enabling you to model fracture interactions with precision. Additionally, the software considers dynamic fluid rate distribution among perforation clusters, providing insights into fluid distribution throughout the reservoir.
Another critical aspect that ZFRAC-RE takes into account is the interaction between hydraulic fractures and rock discontinuities. By simulating this phenomenon, you gain a deeper understanding of fracture behavior and its impact on reservoir performance.
Bedding layers, often influencing fracture height growth, are also included in the model, offering a more realistic representation of your reservoir’s complexities. Moreover, ZFRAC-RE considers fluid leak-off into rock discontinuities, ensuring a more accurate assessment of fluid migration within the reservoir.
To make your experience even better, ZFRAC-RE boasts an intuitive and user-friendly interface. This allows you to navigate the software effortlessly, enabling efficient model creation and analysis.
In summary, ZFRAC-RE powered by EDFM technology offers an all-encompassing solution for reservoir engineers, providing higher resolution, precise fracture modeling, and comprehensive reservoir simulation. Experience the future of reservoir engineering with ZFRAC-RE and unlock the full potential of your reservoir analyses.
URSim
URSim is the first commercial reservoir simulator to incorporate EDFM technology. It offers a comprehensive solution for simulating hydrocarbon production from both hydraulically and naturally fractured reservoirs. This innovative technology enables the accurate simulation of complex 3D hydraulic and natural fractures, capturing the behavior of unconventional reservoirs such as shale gas and oil.
One of the key advantages of the EDFM technology is its ability to explicitly and efficiently model the intricate network of fractures within the reservoir. This explicit representation allows for a more accurate depiction of fluid flow in the subsurface, leading to improved simulation results. Additionally, EDFM enables the capture of the physical mechanisms at play in shale gas and oil reservoirs, further enhancing the fidelity of the simulations.
URSim also offers state-of-the-art visualization capabilities. It provides the means to visualize static and dynamic properties within both the matrix and fracture system of the reservoir. This enhanced visualization aids in gaining a better understanding of the reservoir’s characteristics and behavior, facilitating improved decision-making.
By reducing the computational burden of traditional continuum models, EDFM significantly improves simulation performance. This increased efficiency allows for faster and more cost-effective evaluations of production strategies. Consequently, the use of URSim can lead to optimized production strategies, including well placement and fluid injection scenarios. The explicit representation of fractures provided by EDFM enables more accurate modeling, which in turn supports the identification of optimal approaches for maximizing hydrocarbon recovery.
Furthermore, the utilization of EDFM technology in URSim offers additional benefits. It enables increased accuracy by explicitly representing fractures, ensuring a more precise representation of fluid flow in the subsurface. Moreover, EDFM allows for the representation of multiple fracture types and orientations, enhancing the understanding of the heterogeneity of the fracture network. This comprehensive depiction of heterogeneity aids in making informed decisions about reservoir management and development strategies.
In summary, the integration of EDFM technology into URSim revolutionizes reservoir simulation by offering accurate and efficient modeling of complex hydraulic and natural fractures. With its improved performance, advanced visualization capabilities, and the ability to optimize production strategies, URSim provides valuable insights for the effective management of hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Thermal EDFM
Thermal EDFM technology offers a comprehensive and efficient solution to optimize economic returns and promote the deployment of carbon-free geothermal systems in fractured reservoirs. By simulating real geothermal systems, Thermal EDFM incorporates a fully coupled wellbore and reservoir model that accurately captures temperature behavior in the well, reservoir, and individual fractures within a fracture network.
A key advantage of Thermal EDFM is its ability to assess fracture network connectivity and its impact on heat extraction. This assessment enables thorough evaluations and informed decision-making processes, facilitating the development of economically viable geothermal projects. By leveraging EDFM technology, Thermal EDFM effectively models convective and conductive heat flow between fracture cells and the surrounding matrix cells in geothermal reservoirs.
The accuracy of Thermal EDFM is crucial for successful geothermal projects. It provides reliable estimations of heat loss during injection, flow through natural or induced fracture networks, and production. This accuracy ensures optimal heat extraction and sustainable energy production from geothermal reservoirs.
Utilizing Thermal EDFM in geothermal projects yields several benefits. Firstly, it enables precise geothermal simulations by considering the true flow and temperature behavior within fracture networks. This results in high-resolution temperature evaluations, essential for maximizing energy production and optimizing heat extraction in geothermal reservoirs.
Thermal EDFM offers flexibility in its deployment. It can be utilized as a standalone software solution, providing operators with full access to the software. Alternatively, it can be employed as a consulting service, where SimTech collaborates closely with operators, offering expert advice to enhance decision-making processes. This versatility allows operators to choose the most suitable approach based on their specific requirements and resources, ensuring the success of their geothermal projects.
In summary, the integration of Thermal EDFM technology in geothermal projects revolutionizes the industry by delivering accurate simulations and enabling the implementation of sustainable and economically viable geothermal systems. Through its precise assessment of fracture network connectivity and consideration of true flow and temperature behavior, Thermal EDFM optimizes heat extraction and maximizes the potential of geothermal reservoirs. Whether utilized as a software solution or consulting service, Thermal EDFM empowers operators to make informed decisions and achieve success in their geothermal endeavors.
EDFM-AI
The coupling of Enhanced Discrete Fracture Modeling (EDFM) with artificial intelligence (AI) enables the calibration of effective fracture geometry, Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) properties, and reservoir characteristics. This innovative approach offers real-time, uncertainty-quantified post-frac evaluations within 24 hours, providing timely and reliable results. The EDFM-AI methodology is highly compatible, as it can be used with any commercial reservoir simulator software as well as SimTech’s URSim unconventional reservoir simulator.
One of the notable advantages of EDFM-AI is its ability to perform multi-well or pad-wise characterization. It allows for the simultaneous calibration of effective fracture geometries of multiple wells, resulting in enhanced accuracy and a more comprehensive understanding of the reservoir.
Efficiency is a key strength of EDFM-AI, especially when it comes to post-frac evaluations. Traditionally, these evaluations can be time-consuming, but EDFM-AI provides reliable answers within a day, significantly reducing the time required for analysis and decision-making. This efficiency empowers operators to make timely adjustments and optimizations to their operations.
EDFM-AI also boasts a user-friendly interface that seamlessly integrates input settings and result visualizations. This intuitive interface streamlines the workflow, making it easier for users to input data, configure settings, and interpret the results.
There are several benefits to using EDFM-AI in reservoir characterization and optimization:
- Integration of fracture modeling and reservoir simulation: EDFM-AI accepts the gross geometry from fracturing simulation tools (such as ZFRAC-RE, GOHFER, Stimplan, Kinetix, etc.) as input and provides geometry effectiveness ratios. This integration enables operators to gain a better understanding of completion effectiveness and make informed decisions.
- Data integration: EDFM-AI offers innovative solutions to maximize the potential of multiple data sources. It can effectively utilize data from microseismic monitoring, distributed sensing, image logging, experimental data, and more. This comprehensive data integration enhances the accuracy and reliability of the reservoir characterization process.
- Provision of optimization strategies: EDFM-AI provides users with representative and calibrated reservoir model ensembles. These models can be used collectively to identify key performance-limiting factors and contribute to optimization possibilities. The insights gained from these models help operators devise effective strategies to optimize reservoir performance and maximize production.
In summary, EDFM-AI offers a powerful and efficient approach to calibrate fracture geometry and reservoir characteristics using a combination of EDFM and artificial intelligence. With its real-time, uncertainty-quantified evaluations, compatibility with various reservoir simulator software, multi-well characterization capabilities, and user-friendly interface, EDFM-AI empowers operators to make informed decisions, optimize reservoir performance, and achieve better results in a shorter timeframe.