A new methodology to train fracture network simulation using Multiple Point Statistics.

Natural fracture network characteristics can be establishes from high-resolution outcrop images acquired from drone and photogrammetry. Such images might also be good analogues of subsurface naturally fractured reservoirs and can be used to make predictions of the fracture geometry and efficiency at depth. However, even when supplementing...

The MPS-Based Fracture Network Simulation Method: Application to Subsurface Domain

Natural fractures conduct fluids in subsurface reservoirs. Quick and realistic predictions of the fracture network organization and its fluid flow efficiency from limited amount of data is critical to optimize resources productivity. We recently developed a method based on multiple point statistics (MPS) technique to produce geologically...

Characterizing Dynamic Stress Sensitive Fracture Apertures in A DFN Representation: An Example From the Island of Pag (Croatia)

Improving the understanding of fluid flow through fracture networks is crucial to the optimum recovery of hydrocarbons in naturally fractured reservoirs. In explicit dual continuum representations of matrix and fractures, it is not just the intensity of fracturing and the topological relationships in the network but also connectivity of...

Multiscale 3d Prediction Of Fracture Network Geometry And Fluid Flow Efficiency In Folded Carbonate Reservoir Analogues; Case Study Of The Island Of Pag (Croatia)

3D multi-scale characterization of fractured carbonates in field analogues on the Maltese Islands: workflow and preliminary results.

Multiscale characterization of fracturing in folded platform carbonates: the case study of the Island of Pag, External Dinarides of Croatia

Fractures are a primary factor controlling the fluid storage and transport properties of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The quantitative characterization of fractures in outcrop analogues allows a better understanding of natural fracture systems, to extrapolate predictive laws useful for integrating the limited data available for buried reservoirs....