3D Geomechanical Model In the Lower Germanic Triassic Group of De Lier Field the Netherlands

As the world’s population continues to increase, the demand for energy also increases. However, the use of fossil fuel energy has resulted in disadvantageous impacts for humans and the Earth. This condition becomes a good momentum to find a clean and more sustainable energy resources, given the fact that fossil fuel energy is a non-renewable...

Foam-Assisted Chemical Flooding at Reservoir Conditions

Despite recent drop in the growth of global oil demand, the trend is expected to gradually pick up and continue increasing. Industrial and transportation sectors are still considered the highest consumers of oil. The petrochemicals sector’s demand for oil is increasing sharply and expected to continue in that fashion for the upcoming years. As...

Geological history and fracture network characterization in unconventional reservoirs of the McArthur Basin (NT Australia)

The geological history of the McArthur Basin (NT Australia) is poorly understood. It consists of five onshore Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic packages with mainly siliciclastic and carbonate rocks, with cumulative thicknesses up to 15km. The basin contains the world’s oldest hydrocarbons, principally hosted in unconventional...

Dynamic simulation of a geothermal reservoir: Case study of the Dinantian carbonates in the Californië geothermal wells, Limburg, NL

In the context of the energy transition, rapid development of the geothermal sector in the Netherlands has to take place. The first steps have been taken by establishing the Green Deal UDG between multiple industrial consortia, which agree to share knowledge on the research and use of ultra-deep geothermal energy . The Dinantian carbonates are...

Factors controlling fracture characteristics in Chalk Formations in the Dutch Offshore: Results from a study based on Seismic Attributes

Faults can both improve producibility and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs, and cause leakage and instabilities in sealing layers. For this reason it is of importance to create a multiscale understanding of the drivers behind deformation, and how deformation is accommodated. Carbonates have always been of interest to the oil and gas industry...

Surface heave by steam injection and subsidence by aquifer production- a 2D modeling study with Plaxis

Steam injection is an EOR method, which is mostly used for heavy oil production. This viable method is based on increasing the pore pressure in the reservoir and reducing the viscosity of the heavy oil. In particular cases, the increase in pore pressure and thermal expansion related to the steam injection leads to surface deformation – heave....

Prediction of stress distribution using 3D geomechanical model in De Lier Field, the Netherlands

An understanding about geomechanical condition is necessarily needed in order to examine the state of stress of a subsurface area. Geomechanical modeling is one of the method to understand the mechanical condition and has been used in various subsurface-related industries such as oil and gas, geothermal, and CO2 storage. The principal stress...

Multi-Scale State of Stress Analysis of the Potiguar Basin NE Brazil

The in-situ stress field in the Netherlands: Regional trends, local deviations and an analysis of the stress regimes in the northeast of the Netherlands

Knowledge of the state of stress is of significant importance to have a thorough understanding of subsurface geomechanics. The World Stress Map (WSM) is the main source of present-day stress data in Western Europe and indicates a regional NW-SE maximum horizontal stress (SH) trend for the Netherlands. However, for more local studies the WSM...

Geothermal Potential of the Triassic formation within the West Netherlands Basin