Geostatistical analysis of microseismic data in fracture modeling
US11879316B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method may comprise: modeling a complex fracture network within the subterranean formation with a mathematical model based on a natural fracture network map and measured data of the subterranean formation collected in association with a fracturing treatment of the subterranean formation to produce a complex fracture network map; importing microseismic data collected in association with the fracturing treatment of the subterranean formation into the mathematical model; identifying directions of continuity in the microseismic data via a geostatistical analysis that is part of the mathematical model; and correlating the directions of continuity in the microseismic data to the complex fracture network with the mathematical model to produce a microseismic-weighted (MSW) complex fracture network map.
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