Kappa Ecrin v4.3
The automatic gridding of a well with any trajectory has been the most challenging numerical development for KAPPA to date. Developing a numerical model for a simple slanted well was already a challenge. Naturally, analytical well index calculations are easy to implement, but this works for coarse grids only and with commensurate large time steps. It also means the characteristics around the well, particularly in the vertical direction, bring little value. However, if one wants to model the shut-in for such a well, with logarithmic time sampling, it is necessary to create a series of grids that will handle the very early time radial or elliptical flow towards the wellbore, the vertical diffusion when the well is of limited entry,...