Numerical Simulation of Stress Change during Wellbore Injection

Abstract

The important matter during any process in the well is wellbore integrity. Regarding to the geomechanics of the well, high bottom-hole pressure and low temperature could lead to the fracturing. The stress near the wellbore is a function of the flow and temperature, and it precisely determined to avoid the wellbore failure. The objective of this paper is to simulate stress change in the well for the injection. In order to analyze the stress in the wellbore a finite volume analysis has done for the wellbore. The stress equation relates to flow equation with the equation of principle stress. It means that the pressure is a key parameter for determination of the stress. The procedure which has to be followed is transforming the equations to weak form, meshing the defined shape and programing to obtain the values for each node. The result for the stress is obtained for some meshed bodies. The accuracy enhanced by choosing smaller mesh sizing.