oa Natural Fracture Detection, Characterisation and Modeling using the Event Solution Synergy Approach

The detection, characterization, modeling and impact of natural fractures in prolific producing reservoirs are major multidisciplinary challenges. The task, from fracture detection through modeling, is conducted conventionally through limited multidisciplinary integration resulting in poor fracture realizations and understanding. Currently, there is no industry standard workflow that encompasses the wide spectrum of multi-discipline natural fracture detection techniques and modeling approaches. Meanwhile, the availability and range of well performance and formation evaluation data combined with improved reservoir characterization (static and dynamic) techniques have raised the awareness of not only the extent of natural fractures characterization and modeling but also their impact on fluid flow, history match and prediction.