Characterizing Fractures with Seismic and DFN

P131 CHARACTERIZING FRACTURES WITH SEISMIC AND DFN Introduction 1 New technologies in seismic acquisition processing and interpretation are being utilized to reduce the uncertainty in locating natural fracture trends. However approaches which assume that the information derived from seismic attributes can be translated from fracture intensity volumes into “drill here” maps implicitly assume that high fracture intensity equals high productivity – and as a result frequently fail. The problem with this approach is that in fractured reservoirs connectivity is the critical issue. Fractures provide high permeability pathways between the well locations and the lower permeability matrix in which the hydrocarbons