Reservoir Characterization and Hydraulic Fracture Evaluation

摘要

A multi-physics and multi-scale system and process to simulate imaging of hydrocarbon reservoirs using electromagnetic particles and electromagnetic tomography. Embodiments are applicable towards flood-front mapping and hydraulic fracture imaging. With respect to flood-front mapping, coated nanoparticles (or their software representation) may be injected. In case of fracture imaging, the contrast agents (or their software representation) may either be injected as proppants, fibers, or nanoparticles suspended in the solution.

主权项

1. A system for modeling characteristics of a geological formation, comprising:
a first processing module configured to select a contrast agent to inject into the geological formation; a second processing module configured to receive physical properties of the geological formation; a third processing module configured to determine a strategy for injecting the contrast agent into the geological formation, wherein the injection strategy is determined as a function of the selected contrast agent and the received physical properties of the geological formation; a fourth processing module configured to determine parameters for electromagnetic excitation of the geological formation; and a fifth processing module configured to determine a magnetic response of the contrast agent injected into the geological formation as a function of the electromagnetic excitation parameters.