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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/57 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01); G01V 99/005 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06G 7/57 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In reservoir hydrocarbon exploration, fracture characteristics of subsurface reservoir formations are analyzed based on measures obtained about the subsurface formations and rock. Models of subsurface reservoirs are developed with predictions of natural fracture networks within the subject subsurface reservoirs. The mechanical properties of the formation rock in the reservoirs serve as a main controller to model the natural fractures distribution and their properties. The models so formed are important in the location and completion of wells for hydrocarbon exploration and production.