A Workflow for Correlated Discrete Fracture Network Simulation Constrained by Microseismic Data

Francois Bonneau and A. Pochet and Guillaume Caumon and Philippe Renard. ( 2016 )
in: 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2016, pages 1-5, European Association of Geoscientists \& Engineers

Abstract

This paper proposes to improve the natural fracture network characterisation by analysis microseismic data. We use a 3D Hough transform to build fracture orientation and density maps describing discontinuities that cannot be described by other measurements. The stochastic Discrete fracture simulator combines geostatistical and pseudo-genetic approaches to generate models that honour both measures from field characterisation and hierarchical organisation that result from the fracturing process itself. We suggest that using realistic fracture network characterisation and introducing mechanical concepts in the DFN simulation process affect connectivity of DFNs, hence is essential for predictivity of reservoir flow models.

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@inproceedings{bonneau:hal-03979891,
 abstract = {This paper proposes to improve the natural fracture network characterisation by analysis microseismic data. We use a 3D Hough transform to build fracture orientation and density maps describing discontinuities that cannot be described by other measurements. The stochastic Discrete fracture simulator combines geostatistical and pseudo-genetic approaches to generate models that honour both measures from field characterisation and hierarchical organisation that result from the fracturing process itself. We suggest that using realistic fracture network characterisation and introducing mechanical concepts in the DFN simulation process affect connectivity of DFNs, hence is essential for predictivity of reservoir flow models.},
 address = {Vienna, Austria},
 author = {Bonneau, Fran{\c c}ois and Pochet, A. and Caumon, Guillaume and Renard, Philippe},
 booktitle = {{78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2016}},
 doi = {10.3997/2214-4609.201601168},
 hal_id = {hal-03979891},
 hal_version = {v1},
 month = {June},
 pages = {1-5},
 publisher = {{European Association of Geoscientists \& Engineers}},
 title = {{A Workflow for Correlated Discrete Fracture Network Simulation Constrained by Microseismic Data}},
 url = {https://hal.science/hal-03979891},
 volume = {2016},
 year = {2016}
}