Finding sweet spots through seismic fracture extraction - Unconventional case studies from around the world

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2012, APOGCE 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 952-959

  Oppermann, Ralf ^a  

^a OPPtimal Exploration and Development Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; FRACTURE; GASES; INFILL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RECOVERY; SEISMOLOGY;

BEST PRACTICE METHODS; GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS; INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES; MINING OPERATIONS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTION PROBLEMS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 84875802157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/158786-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. Antonellini, M. and Aydin, A. (1994) Effect of faulting on fluid flow in porous sandstones: petrophysical properties, AAPG Bulletin - American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 78, pp. 355-377.
2. Admasu, F., Back, S. and Toennies, K. (2006) Autotracking of faults on 3D seismic data, Geophysics, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. A49-A53. (Pubitemid 44756231)
3. Chopra, S. and Marfurt, KJ. (2007) Volumetric curvature attributes add value to 3D seismic data interpretation, The Leading Edge, July 2007, pp. 856-867. (Pubitemid 47082790)
4. Cocker, J., Urosevic, M. and Evans, B. (1997) A high resolution seismic survey to assist in mine planning, in Proceedings of Exploration 97: Fourth Decennial International Conference on Mineral Exploration, A.G. Gubins (ed), pp. 473-476.
5. Gochioco, L.M. and Cotten, S.A. (1989) Locating faults in underground coal mines using high-resolution seismic reflection techniques, Geophysics, Vol. 54, No. 12, pp. 1521-1527.
6. Hoecker, C. and Fehmers, G. (2002) Fast structural interpretation with structure-oriented filtering, The Leading Edge, March 2002, pp. 238-243.
7. Lonergan, L., Jolly, R., Rawnsley, K. and Sanderson, D.J. (2007) Fractured Reservoirs, Geological Society Special Publication 270.
8. Maerten, L., Gillespie, P. and Daniel, J-M. (2006) Three-dimensional geomechanical modeling for constraint of subseismic fault simulation, AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 90, No. 9, pp. 1337-1358. (Pubitemid 44446119)
9. Molinda, M. and Ingram, D.K. (1990) Effects of structural faults on ground control in selected coal mines in southwest Virginia, International Journal of Mining and Geological Engineering, Vol. 8, pp. 332-347.
10. Needham, T., Yielding, G. and Fox, R. (1996) Fault population description and prediction using examples from the offshore U.K., Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 18, Nos 2/3, pp. 155-167.
11. Nelson, R.A. (2001) Geologic analysis of naturally fractured reservoirs, Elsevier Inc., 2nd edition.
12. Oppermann, R. (2010) A new method for high-resolution fault imaging delivers groundbreaking insights into drilling and production of resources, ASEG 21st International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Extended Abstract, Sydney.
13. Peters, T. and Hearn, S. (2001) The influence of coal-mine geology on seismic data quality in the Bowen Basin, in Extended Abstracts, ASEG 15th Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, August 2001, Brisbane.
14. Pepper, R. and Bejarano, G. (2005) Advances in seismic fault interpretation automation, Search and Discovery Article, #40169, pp. 1-16.
15. Stephenson, B., Cassidy, P. and Warrlich, G. (2005) Novel use of seismic volume interpretation for fracture detection and modeling: examples from field in the Philippines and the Middle East, 14th SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, Bahrain, 12-15 March 2005, SPE 93759.