Analysis of Fault Permeability Using Mapping and Flow Modeling, Hickory Sandstone Aquifer, Central Texas

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-409

  Camargo, Jorge E Nieto ^a   Jensen, Jerry L ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; directional permeability; probe permeameter; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865498447     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-012-9181-5     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Antonellini, M., & Aydin, A. (1994). Effect of faulting on fluid flow in porous sandstones: Petrophysical properties. AAPG Bulletin, 78(3), 355-377.
2. Bouvier, J., Kaars-Sijpesteijn, C., Kluesner, D., Onyejekwe, C., & van Der Pal, R. (1989). Three-dimensional seismic interpretation and fault sealing investigations, Nun River field, Nigeria. AAPG Bulletin, 73(11), 1397-1414.
3. Childs, C., Walsh, J., & Watterson, J. (1997). Complexity in fault zone structure and implications for fault seal prediction. In P. Moller-Pedersen & A. Koestle (Eds.), Hydrocarbon seals: Importance for exploration and production (pp. 61-72). Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Special Publication No 7, Elsevier, Singapore.
4. Deutsch, C. V. (2002). Geostatistical reservoir modeling. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Flodin, E. A., Aydin, A., Durlofsky, L. J., & Yeten, B. (2001). Representation of fault zone permeability in reservoir flow models. In Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, SPE paper 71617, New Orleans, LA.
6. Hardy, G. H., Littlewood, J. E., & Polya, G. (1934). Inequalities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
7. Hesthammer, J., Johansen, T. E. S., & Watts, L. (2000). Spatial relationships within fault damage zones in sandstone. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 17(8), 873-893.
8. Ibañez, W. D. (2000). Characterization of the structure and permeability of shear zones in a siliciclastic aquifer. Ph. D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
9. Jensen, J. L., Lake, L. W., Corbett, P. W. M., & Goggin, D. J. (2000). Statistics for petroleum engineers and geoscientists (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
10. Jev, B., Kaars-Sijpesteijn, C., Peters, M., Watts, N., & Wilkie, J. (1993). Akaso Field, Nigeria: Use of intergrated 3-D seismic, fault slicing, clay smearing and RFT pressure data on fault trapping and dynamic leakage. AAPG Bulletin, 77(8), 1389-1404.
11. Jones, S. C. (1994). A new, fast, accurate pressure-decay probe permeameter. SPE Formation Evaluation, 9(3), 193-199.
12. Jourde, H., Flodin, E. A., Aydin, A., Durlofsky, L. J., & Wen, X. (2002). Computing permeability of fault zones in eolian sandstone from outcrop measurements. AAPG Bulletin, 86(7), 1187-1200.
13. Kendall, M., & Stuart, A. (1977). The advanced theory of statistics, Vol. I: Distribution theory. New York: MacMillan.
14. Knipe, R. J. (1998). Fault systems and migration processes. AAPG Bulletin, 82(13), 786-798.
15. Knott, S. (1993). Fault seal analysis in the North Sea. AAPG Bulletin, 77(5), 778-792.
16. Lindsay, N., Murphy, F., Walsh, J., & Watterson, J. (1993). Outcrop studies of shale smears on fault surfaces. In S. S. Flint & I. D. Bryant (Eds.), The geological modeling of hydrocarbon reservoirs and outcrop analogues (pp. 113-126). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
17. Myers, R. (1999). Structure and hydraulics of brittle faults in sandstone. Ph. D. Dissertation, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
18. Nieto, J. (2004). Permeability characterization of shear zones in the Hickory Sandstone member, Riley Formation, Texas. M. S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
19. Randolph, L. C. (1991). The effects of faults on the groundwater system in the Hickory sandstone aquifer in central Texas. M. S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
20. Rice, J. A. (1988). Mathematical statistics and data analysis. Pacific Grove, CA: Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole.
21. Robertson, E. (1983). Relationship of fault displacement to gouge breccia thickness. Mining Engineering, 35(10), 1426-1432.
22. Rollins, J., Holditch, S. H., & Lee, W. J. (1992). Characterizing average permeability in oil and gas formations. SPE Formation Evaluation, 7(2), 99-105.
23. Shengjie, Z. (1999). The experimental study on the influence of fault on hydrocarbon migration and entrapment. AAPG Bulletin, 83(11), 1881-1900.
24. Shipton, K., Evans, J. P., Robeson, K. R., Forster, C. B., & Snelgrove, S. (2002). Structural heterogeneity and permeability in faulted eolian sandstone: Implications for subsurface modeling of faults. AAPG Bulletin, 86(5), 863-883.
25. Wellington, S. L., & Vinegar, H. J. (1987). X-ray computerized tomography. Journal of Petroleum Technology, 39(9), 885-898.
26. Wilson, J. S. (2001). High-resolution stratigraphic and structural characterization of the fault-partitioned hickory sandstone aquifer, Mason county, central Texas. M. Sc. thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
27. Yielding, G., Freeman, B., & Needham, D. (1997). Quantitative fault seal prediction. AAPG Bulletin, 81(6), 897-917.