Fracture Modeling – Petrel 2010

Fracture Modeling Theorethical Import/Display QC and use Fracture Initial Data

Intro Background Attribute Data Analysis

Modeling Fracture Building Fracture Upscaling Fracture model with Simulation

Parameters Model Multiple Fracture Drivers
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Objectives

Import and display Dipmeter data.

Visualize fractures in 3D along Well bore
QC and use Spreadsheet actively
Create Tadpole panels for visualizing fracture dips
Create Rose diagrams to check fracture azimuth
Optional: Import and visualize image logs
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Fracture well data – Import Workflow

A full Fracture Modeling workflow in Petrel integrates: Assumptions:

• Fracture indicators (well data) • Dips have been picked
• Fracture drivers (seismic and geomechanical properties) (not possible in Petrel)
• Fracture logs have
Well data and attributes involves: alreay been processed
• Point data (dip, azimuth etc.)
• Fracture logs (trace length, frac density, aperture etc.)
• Image logs (FMI, core etc – only for visualization)

Outside Petrel Inside Petrel

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1. Fracture data – Import

Fracture point data – Import format Once imported, fracture point

well data is stored as an object
under Global well logs

Fracture point data – Select attributes

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2. Fracture data – Display

Well Section display 3D window display

Dip/Azimuth
point data

Fracture Fracture
point data log data
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3. QC – Point Spreadsheet

Check Spreadsheet to get an overview of all imported attributes.

The spreadsheet can be filtered by well.
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4. Create Tadpole tracks– Fracture Dip

Add a new tadpole track in Well section The tadpole will automatically be displayed
settings. Select fracture points using dip in the active well section
azimuth and dip angle (0-90 deg).
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5. Create Rose diagrams – Fracture Dip orientation
Create new Rose diagram track
from Well section settings.

The Rose diagram will

automatically be displayed in the
active well section.

Tips:
The rose diagrams
can be displayed
between well tops
or at given depth
intervals
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5. Create Rose diagrams – Fracture Strike orientation

Dip azimuths can be displayed as

points.

Show Strike instead of dip azimuth.

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6. Image Log – Import (optional)

When importing image logs like core and FMI, they have a different import dialog from
conventional logs. Rename all logs with MD values in the name to make the procedure easy,
and save as .BMP files.). They will be saved as separate Global well logs

Tips:
Import all images at once. Set start and stop MD
as there is no depth referencing for this log type.
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6. Image Log – Display (optional)

A ’global’ image log is stored for each well (if all logs are imported at once), separated by red
lines (control points). Update the Well section template using the image logs for each well.
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