Benefits
- Clarify fracture network orientation and fluid flow behavior
- Characterize hydraulic properties to improve well construction and placement
- Optimize long-term field development
Applications
- Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- Hydraulic conductivity/permeability assessments
- Sweet spot analysis and identification
- 3D dynamic reservoir model calibration
- Well connectivity evaluation
- 4D dynamic fracture simulations
Overview
Gain deeper insights into how natural fractures influence your reservoir’s flow behavior with discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling from GaffneyCline™ energy advisory.
Our modeling experts take a methodical approach to constructing a DFN model for a specific area of interest or field, which includes:
- Integrating information from various sources, including well logs and tests, seismic and geophysical data, and structural and petrophysical models.
- Analyzing borehole images recorded from wells in the field to build a database of natural fracture families found in the formations of interest.
- Drawing insights from the geological, petrophysical, structural, and geophysical properties of the formations to predict the likely location of each natural fracture family.
- Supplementing the DFN model with seismic data to bring one-dimensional (1D) natural fracture information to a three-dimensional (3D) volume in the areas of interest.
- Validating the DFN model by comparing the modeled fracture network results with well-level information.
- Estimating the equivalent permeability of the DFN by upscaling the fracture network’s permeability through an analytical or numerical approach.
Whether it’s for a specific area or an entire field, GaffneyCline energy advisory’s DFN models let you better characterize your reservoir’s hydraulic properties for improved development planning,
Contact your Baker Hughes representative to learn how GaffneyCline energy advisory’s DFN modeling expertise can help you optimize well placement and reservoir recovery.
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