发明名称 Model predicting fracturing of shale
摘要 A model for predicting fracturing in shale can minimize surface disruption, protect groundwater, maximize efficiency of hydraulic fracturing, and manage fluids used in unconventional gas development. The model provides a more comprehensive understanding of the geological, geophysical, and geomechanical properties of shales and imbeds these properties in geomechanical computer simulations to predict both the reservoir performance from the fracturing, and the associated microseismic events generated by fracturing. Since the geological and geophysical properties can be estimated from surface seismic, well logs, and geologic concepts with regional context; the performance of the fracturing can be predicted and optimized. Since the microseismic events can be predicted with the model, the simulations can be verified and the model can be updated to be consistent with the observed microseismic.
申请公布号 US9152745(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.06
申请号 US201313787573 申请日期 2013.03.06
申请人 ION Geophysical Corporation 发明人 Glinsky Michael Edwin
分类号 G06F17/50;G01V11/00;G01V99/00 主分类号 G06F17/50
代理机构 Blank Rome LLP 代理人 Blank Rome LLP
主权项 1. A method of predicting fractures in shale in an area of interest, the method comprising: establishing one or more relationships between a geological parameter of shale with one or more of a geomechanical parameter and a geophysical parameter of the shale; obtaining observed data of the area of interest; and producing a computerized model for modeling fracturing of shale in the area of interest by constraining a forward physics model of the area of interest with the one or more relationships for consistency with the observed data.
地址 Houston TX US