Fractured Reservoir: Characterization and Modeling

Reservoir engineers and geoscientists working on fractured reservoirs.

•    Fractured Reservoirs: Identification and Specificity            
-    Definition, origin, review of brittle fracturing, actual horizontal stress                
-    Different types and scales of natural fractures                
-    Parameters to describe in fracture networks                
-    Fractured reservoirs characterization methodology                
-    Static characterization at borehole scale (logs, cores, borehole imaging)                
•    Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs                
-    Fracture analysis of fault networks                
-    Fracture identification from dynamic data                
-    Synthesis on a summary document                
-    Conceptual models                
-    Exercises & case studies                
•    Workshop on Fractured Reservoir (field-trip)                
•    Field-trip objective: characterization of natural fractured reservoir in real condition.                
-    Multidisciplinary integration of various data types                
o    Close integration between static and dynamic data                
o    Work in one site and visit of outcrops                
-    Fracture Core Description from Vertical and Slanted Wells            
-    Curvature analysis from 3D seismic                
-    Optical borehole imaging analysis                
-    Dynamic interferences test analysis                
•    Analysis and Fracture Modeling Using Dedicated Software                
-    Fracture network modeling based on data obtained during the field trip    
-    Discrete fracture model building (DFN-3D Model) integrating large-scale fracture (fault-related fractures and fracture swarms) and small-scale(joints)    
-    Principles to determine fracture length and permeability from dynamic data    
-    Well test analysis
-    Describing fracture modeling in relationship with dynamic model.
-    Effect of fracture on flow zone unit (rock typing) and material balance.