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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Rodrick Myers, Houston, TX (US);
Leonel A. Gomez Torres, Houston, TX (US);
Hao Huang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gauthier D. Becker, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Rodrick Myers, Houston, TX (US);
Leonel A. Gomez Torres, Houston, TX (US);
Hao Huang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gauthier D. Becker, The Woodlands, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for modeling and predicting fractures within the subsurface region are provided. The methods and systems use multi-layer models to represent stacks of layered rocks, which are used to evaluate shear tractions caused by the relatively higher lateral strains in a more compliant overlying or underlying adjacent layers. As the lateral strains can induce tensional stresses in the brittle layers that can exceed the rocks tensile strength and fail, the formation of natural fractures may be modeled. Accordingly, the method and system model fractures due to stacking using mechanical rock property information from well logs and simulating the farfield loading conditions using basin history.