Fracturability index maps for fracture placement and design of shale reservoirs

A system for fracturing a reservoir by generating a fracturability index for use in identifying fracture locations and propagation in a subterranean formation in said reservoir, said system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by said one or more processors, cause said one or more processors to perform one or more operations comprising:
• dividing a path into a plurality of segments;
• identifying an order of fracture locations along said path including said plurality of segments, said order of fracture locations based on a fracture stage of a fracturing operation followed by subsequent fracture stages of said fracturing operation;
• repeating said dividing and identifying steps with respect to additional paths so as to generate said fracturability index comprising data for use in determining prioritized segments and identifying said fracture locations and propagation in said subterranean formation and wherein said fracturability index facilitates determining at least one sweet spot in said subterranean formation, said fracturability index including ellipsoids of fracture domains, staggered features, minimum fracture spacing, minimum well spacing and overlapping features;
• and
• wherein said system is utilized to facilitate fracturing of said reservoir based on said data contained in said fracturability index, said prioritized segments, said fracture locations and said propagation in said subterranean formation with respect to said reservoir, wherein said fracturing is performed based on a formulation that includes the following parameters:
• a number of fractures contained in said data in fracturability index, fracture dimensions contained in said data in fracturability index, said fracture locations, and fracture scheduling associated with said fracturing.