Generation of fracture networks using seismic data
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsMarc Holland, Wouter E. Van Der Zee, Xiaomei Zhang
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Abstract
An embodiment of a method for constructing a fracture network includes: receiving seismic data collected from a stimulation operation in an earth formation, the seismic data including seismic event data including a first seismic event associated with a first time increment and a second seismic event associated with a subsequent second time increment; and constructing a fracture network model. The model is constructed by: constructing an initial portion of the model based on the first seismic event; and subsequently updating the initial portion of the model based on the second seismic event.
Claims20
A method for constructing a fracture network, the method comprising:
- receiving seismic data collected from a stimulation operation in an earth formation, the seismic data including seismic event data including a first seismic event associated with a first time increment and a second seismic event associated with a subsequent second time increment;
- and
- constructing a fracture network model by:
- constructing an initial portion of the model based on the first seismic event;
- and
- subsequently updating the initial portion of the model based on the second seismic event.
A system for constructing a fracture network, the system comprising:
- a carrier configured to be disposed in a borehole in an earth formation, the carrier configured to perform a stimulation operation in the earth formation;
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- a processor configured to perform:
- receiving seismic event data collected for the stimulation operation, the seismic event data including a first seismic event associated with a first time increment and a second seismic event associated with a subsequent second time increment;
- constructing a fracture network model by:
- constructing an initial portion of the model based on the first seismic event;
- and
- subsequently updating the initial portion of the model based on the second seismic event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.