Fracture Modeling Petrel 2010

Fracture Modeling
Intro

Theorethical
Background

Modeling Fracture
Parameters

Building Fracture
Model

Import/Display

QC and use Fracture

Attribute Data

Initial Data
Analysis

Upscaling

Fracture model with

Multiple Fracture Drivers

Simulation

Import and Display

Objectives

Import and display Dipmeter data.

Visualize fractures in 3D along Well bore

QC and use Spreadsheet actively

Create Tadpole panels for visualizing fracture dips
Create Rose diagrams to check fracture azimuth
Optional: Import and visualize image logs

Import and Display

Fracture well data Import Workflow
A full Fracture Modeling workflow in Petrel integrates:
Fracture indicators (well data)
Fracture drivers (seismic and geomechanical properties)
Well data and attributes involves:
Point data (dip, azimuth etc.)
Fracture logs (trace length, frac density, aperture etc.)
Image logs (FMI, core etc only for visualization)
Outside Petrel

Inside Petrel

Assumptions:
Dips have been picked
(not possible in Petrel)
Fracture logs have
alreay been processed

Import and Display

1. Fracture data Import
Fracture point data Import format

Fracture point data Select attributes

Once imported, fracture point

well data is stored as an object
under Global well logs

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2. Fracture data Display
Well Section display

3D window display

Dip/Azimuth
point data

Fracture
point data

Fracture
log data

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3. QC Point Spreadsheet
Check Spreadsheet to get an overview of all imported attributes.
The spreadsheet can be filtered by well.

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4. Create Tadpole tracks Fracture Dip
Add a new tadpole track in Well section
settings. Select fracture points using dip
azimuth and dip angle (0-90 deg).

The tadpole will automatically be displayed

in the active well section

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5. Create Rose diagrams Fracture Dip orientation
Create new Rose diagram track
from Well section settings.
The Rose diagram will
automatically be displayed in the
active well section.
Tips:
The rose diagrams
can be displayed
between well tops
or at given depth
intervals

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5. Create Rose diagrams Fracture Strike orientation
Dip azimuths can be displayed as
points.

Show Strike instead of dip azimuth.

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6. Image Log Import (optional)
When importing image logs like core and FMI, they have a different import dialog from
conventional logs. Rename all logs with MD values in the name to make the procedure easy,
and save as .BMP files.). They will be saved as separate Global well logs

Tips:
Import all images at once. Set start and stop MD
as there is no depth referencing for this log type.

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6. Image Log Display (optional)
A global image log is stored for each well (if all logs are imported at once), separated by red
lines (control points). Update the Well section template using the image logs for each well.

EXERCISES
Module 3

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