1. Field of the Invention
The invention disclosed herein relates to evaluating reservoirs in earth formations, and, in particular, to modeling flow properties of the reservoirs.
2. Description of the Related Art
Hydrocarbons are typically recovered by having the hydrocarbons flow out of reservoirs in formation rock and into a well that penetrates the formation rock. The hydrocarbons are then extracted from the well at the surface of the earth.
In order to efficiently use production resources, a commercial reservoir simulator may be used to model flow in fractured media. Commercial reservoir simulators convert permeable fracture networks into equivalent porous media for simulation of the fractured media. Unfortunately, these commercial reservoir simulators lose accuracy due to their use of approximations. It would be well received in the hydrocarbon recovery industry if models of the hydrocarbon containing reservoirs could be improved to increase their accuracy.