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Utilizing microseismicity to define stimulated surface area and effective permeability
- Source: First Break, Volume 36, Issue 9, Sep 2018, p. 65 - 74
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- 01 Sep 2018
Abstract
The appropriateness of hydraulic fracture stimulation designs can have a significant impact on stimulation effectiveness and the potential productivity of a reservoir. Frac model designs are based on an integration of static (formation geology, velocity structure) and dynamic (bottomhole flowing pressure-normalized oil and gas production, Diagnostic Fracture Injection Testing (DFIT)) data streams. Further constraint on model development can be provided by including additional parameters recorded either prior to or during stimulations. In this regard microseismic monitoring has long been considered as a tool to provide insight into the nature of the stimulation and the effectiveness in developing a well-connected fracture network capable of flow.