Reservoir Geomechanics Week 1 – Lecture 1 Course Overview
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Reservoir Geomechanics
In situ stress and rock mechanics applied to reservoir processes !
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Week 1 – Lecture 1
Course Overview
Mark D. Zoback
Professor of Geophysics
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Why is Geomechanics Important?
Drilling and Reservoir Engineering
• Compaction, Compaction Drive, Subsidence, Production-Induced Faulting Prediction
• Optimizing Drainage of Fractured Reservoirs
• Hydraulic Propagation in Vertical & Deviated Wells
• Wellbore Stability During Drilling (mud weights, drilling directions)
• Completion Engineering (long-term wellbore stability, sand production prediction)
• Well Placement (Azimuth and Deviation, Sidetracks)
• Underbalanced Drilling to Formation Damage
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Why is Geomechanics Important?
Reservoir Geology and Geophysics
• Optimizing Drainage of Fractured Reservoirs
• Pore Pressure Prediction
• Understanding Shear Velocity Anisotropy
• Fault Seal Integrity
• Hydrocarbon Migration
• Reservoir Compartmentalization
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Why is Geomechanics Important?
Exploitation of Shale Gas/Tight Gas/Tight Oil
• Properties of Ultra-Low Permeability Formations
• How Formation Properties Affect Production
• Optimizing Well Placement
• Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
• Importance of Fractures and Faults on Well Productivity
• Interpretation of Microseismic Data
• Simulating Production from Ultra-Low Permeability
Formations
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Text for Class
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Part I – Basic Principles Chapters 1-5
Part II – Measuring Stress
Orientation and Magnitude
Chapters 6-9
Part III – Applications
Chapters 10-12
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Course Syllabus – Part II – In Situ Stress
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Week 4
Lecture 8 - Ch. 6 - Stress Concentrations Around Vertical Wells
Week 5
Lecture 9 - Ch. 7 - Hydraulic Fracturing, Measuring Shmin, Limiting Frac
Height and Constraining Shmax
HW 6 Analysis of stress induced wellbore failures
Lecture 10 - Ch. 8 - Failure of Deviated Wells
Week 6
Lecture 11 - Ch. 9 - State of Stress in Sedimentary Basins
HW 7 Identification of critically-stressed faults
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Course Syllabus – Part III - Applications
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Week 6
Lecture 12 - Ch. 10 - Wellbore Stability -1
Week 7
Lecture 13 - Ch. 10 - Wellbore Stability – 2
Lecture 14 - Ch. 11 - Critically-Stressed Faults and Flow
HW 8 Development of a geomechanical model
Week 8
Lecture 15 - Ch. 11 - Fault Seal and Dynamic Hydrocarbon Migration
Lecture 16 - Ch. 12 - Effects of Depletion, Reservoir Stress Paths
Week 9
Lecture 17 - Ch. 12 - Compaction of Weak Sands and Shales and Subsidence
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Course Syllabus – Additional Topics
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Week 9
Lecture 18 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 1
Week 10
Lecture 19 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 2
Lecture 20 - Geomechanics and Triggered Seismicity
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Exploration Appraisal Development Harvest Abandonment
Geomechanical Model
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Wellbore Stability
Pore Pressure Prediction
Sand Production Prediction
Compaction
Depletion
Subsidence Casing Shear
Fault Seal/Fracture Permeability
Fracture Stimulation/ Refrac
Coupled Reservoir Simulation
Geomechanics Through the Life of a Field
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Components of a Geomechanical Model
Sv – Overburden
SHmax – Maximum horizontal principal stress
Shmin – Minimum horizontal principal stress
Sv
Shmin SHmax
Principal Stresses at Depth
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UCS Pp
Pp – Pore Pressure
UCS – Rock Strength (from logs)
Fractures and Faults (from Image Logs, Seismic, etc.)
Additional Components of a Geomechanical Model
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Anderson Classification of Relative Stress Magnitudes
Tectonic regimes are defined in terms of the
relationship between
the vertical stress (Sv)
and two mutually
perpendicular horizontal stresses
(SHmax and Shmin)
a.
c.
b.
Sv > SHmax > Shmin
SHmax
Shmin
SvNormal
SHmax > Sv > Shmin
SHmax > Shmin > Sv
Strike-Slip
Reverse
SHmax
Shmin
Sv
Shmin
SHmax
Sv
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Range of Stress Magnitudes at Depth
Hydrostatic Pp
Figure 1.4 a,b,c – pg.13
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Variations in Pore Pressure Within Compartments, Each With ~Hydrostatic Gradients
Figure 2.4 – pg.32
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Range of Stress Magnitudes at Depth
Overpressure at Depth
Figure 1.4 d,e,f – pg.13
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Laboratory Testing
Str
ess (
MP
a)
Figure 3.2 – pg.58
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Constitutive Laws
Figure 3.1 a,b – pg.57
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Figure 3.1 c,d – pg.57
Constitutive Laws
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Module 1
• Compressive Strength
• Strength Criterion
• Strength Anisotropy
Module 2
• Shear Enhanced Compaction
• Strength from Logs, HW 3
Module 3
• Tensile Strength
• Hydraulic Fracture Propagation
• Vertical Growth of Hydraulic Fractures
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Limits on Stress Magnitudes
Hydrostatic Pp
Sv −Pp
Shmin −Pp
= 3.1
Shmin =Sv −Pp
3.1+Pp
Shmin ≈ 0.6Sv
Critical Shmin
Critical SHmax
Critical SHmax
SHmax −Pp
Sv −Pp
= 3.1
SHmax = 3.1 Sv −Pp( ) +Pp
SHmax −Pp
Shmin −Pp
= 3.1
SHmax = 3.1 Shmin −Pp( ) +Pp
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Course Syllabus – Part I - Basic Principles
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Week 1
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Course Overview
Lecture 2 – Ch. 1 - The Tectonic Stress Field
HW-1 Calculating SV from density logs
Week 2
Lecture 3 - Ch. 2 - Pore Pressure at Depth
HW-2 Estimating pore pressure from porosity logs
Lecture 4 - Ch. 3 - Basic Constitutive Laws
Week 3
Lecture 5 - Ch. 4 - Rock Strength
HW-3 Estimating rock strength from geophysical logs
Lecture 6 - Ch. 4 - Fault Friction and Crustal Strength
HW 4 Calculating limits on crustal stress
Week 4
Lecture 7 - Ch. 5 - Faults and Fractures
HW 5 Analysis of fractures in image logs
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Normal
Strike-slip
Reverse
Map View StereonetCross-section
SHmaxShmin
SHmaxShmin
SHmaxShmin
X
shmin
sv
b
sHmax
sv
a.
c.
b.
Sv > SHmax > Shmin
SHmax
Shmin
SvNormal
SHmax > Sv > Shmin
SHmax > Shmin > Sv
Strike-Slip
Reverse
SHmax
Shmin
Sv
Shmin
SHmax
Sv
Stress Regimes and Active Fault Systems
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Course Syllabus – Part II – In Situ Stress
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Week 4
Lecture 8 - Ch. 6 - Stress Concentrations Around Vertical Wells
Week 5
Lecture 9 - Ch. 7 - Hydraulic Fracturing, Measuring Shmin, Limiting Frac
Height and Constraining Shmax
HW 6 Analysis of stress induced wellbore failures
Lecture 10 - Ch. 8 - Failure of Deviated Wells
Week 6
Lecture 11 - Ch. 9 - State of Stress in Sedimentary Basins
HW 7 Identification of critically-stressed faults
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Stress Concentration Around a Vertical Well
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Compressional and Tensile Wellbore Failure
UBI Well A FMI Well B
Well A
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Course Syllabus – Part II – In Situ Stress
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Week 4
Lecture 8 - Ch. 6 - Stress Concentrations Around Vertical Wells
Week 5
Lecture 9 - Ch. 7 - Hydraulic Fracturing, Measuring Shmin, Limiting Frac
Height and Constraining Shmax
HW 6 Analysis of stress induced wellbore failures
Lecture 10 - Ch. 8 - Failure of Deviated Wells
Week 6
Lecture 11 - Ch. 9 - State of Stress in Sedimentary Basins
HW 7 Identification of critically-stressed faults
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Drilling Induced Tensile Wall Fractures
FMI FMS
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Visund Field Orientations
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Regional Stress Field in the Timor Sea
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Complex Stress Field in the Elk Hills Field
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Horizontal Principal Stress Measurement Methods
Stress Orientation
Stress-induced wellbore breakouts (Ch. 6)
Stress-induced tensile wall fractures (Ch. 6)
Hydraulic fracture orientations (Ch. 6)
Earthquake focal plane mechanisms (Ch. 5)
Shear velocity anisotropy (Ch. 8)
Relative Stress Magnitude
Earthquake focal plane mechanisms (Ch. 5)
Absolute Stress Magnitude
Hydraulic fracturing/Leak-off tests (Ch. 7)
Modeling stress-induced wellbore breakouts (Ch. 7, 8)
Modeling stress-induced tensile wall fractures (Ch. 7, 8)
Modeling breakout rotations due to slip on faults (Ch. 7)
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Horizontal Principal Stress Measurement Methods
Stress Orientation
Stress-induced wellbore breakouts (Ch. 6)
Stress-induced tensile wall fractures (Ch. 6)
Hydraulic fracture orientations (Ch. 6)
Earthquake focal plane mechanisms (Ch. 5)
Shear velocity anisotropy (Ch. 8)
Relative Stress Magnitude
Earthquake focal plane mechanisms (Ch. 5)
Absolute Stress Magnitude
Hydraulic fracturing/Leak-off tests (Ch. 7)
Modeling stress-induced wellbore breakouts (Ch. 7, 8)
Modeling stress-induced tensile wall fractures (Ch. 7, 8)
Modeling breakout rotations due to slip on faults (Ch. 7)
Why do we use these techniques? 1. Model is developed using data from
formations of interest
1. Every well that is drilled tests the model
2. They work!
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Obtaining a Comprehensive Geomechanical Model
Vertical stress S v z
0 ( ) = r g dz
0
z 0
ò
Shmin ! LOT, XLOT, minifrac Least principal
stress
SHmax magnitude ! modeling wellbore failures
Max. Horizontal Stress
Pore pressure Pp ! Measure, sonic, seismic
Stress Orientation Orientation of Wellbore failures
Parameter Data
Rock Strength Lab, Logs, Modeling well failure
Faults/Bedding Planes
Wellbore Imaging
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Course Syllabus – Part II – In Situ Stress
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Week 4
Lecture 8 - Ch. 6 - Stress Concentrations Around Vertical Wells
Week 5
Lecture 9 - Ch. 7 - Hydraulic Fracturing, Measuring Shmin, Limiting Frac
Height and Constraining Shmax
HW 6 Analysis of stress induced wellbore failures
Lecture 10 - Ch. 8 - Failure of Deviated Wells
Week 6
Lecture 11 - Ch. 9 - State of Stress in Sedimentary Basins
HW 7 Identification of critically-stressed faults
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Wellbore Wall Stresses for Arbitrary Trajectories
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Course Syllabus – Part II – In Situ Stress
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Week 4
Lecture 8 - Ch. 6 - Stress Concentrations Around Vertical Wells
Week 5
Lecture 9 - Ch. 7 - Hydraulic Fracturing, Measuring Shmin, Limiting Frac
Height and Constraining Shmax
HW 6 Analysis of stress induced wellbore failures
Lecture 10 - Ch. 8 - Failure of Deviated Wells
Week 6
Lecture 11 - Ch. 9 - State of Stress in Sedimentary Basins
HW 7 Identification of critically-stressed faults
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Generalized World Stress Map
180
180
270
270
0
0
90
90
180
180
-35 -35
0 0
35 35
70 70
SHmax incompressionaldomain
SHmax and Shminin strike-slipdomain
Shmin inextensionaldomain
9-2
M.L. Zoback (1992) and subsequent papers
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Course Syllabus – Part III - Applications
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Week 6
Lecture 12 - Ch. 10 - Wellbore Stability -1
Week 7
Lecture 13 - Ch. 10 - Wellbore Stability – 2
Lecture 14 - Ch. 11 - Critically-Stressed Faults and Flow
HW 8 Development of a geomechanical model
Week 8
Lecture 15 - Ch. 11 - Fault Seal and Dynamic Hydrocarbon Migration
Lecture 16 - Ch. 12 - Effects of Depletion, Reservoir Stress Paths
Week 9
Lecture 17 - Ch. 12 - Compaction of Weak Sands and Shales and Subsidence
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Exploration Success Targeting Critically-Stressed Faults in Damage Zones
Hennings et al (2011)
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Geomechanical Wellbore Characterization
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Wellbores Intersecting Fault Damage Zones
a
d
h
j
k
j
a
k
h
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Well a b c d e f g h i j k R2
Well Performance (bcf/d) 0.35 0.13 0.04 0.36 0.07 0.12 0.12 0.09 0.01 1.0 1.0
Well/Reservoir Contact Length, m 345 550 560 930 180 420 240 400 50 197 778
Critically-Stressed m=0.5 214 254 204 323 280 350 156 279 16 607 0.67
Critically-Stressed m=0.6 91 77 56 140 32 117 37 63 2 379 0.93
Critically-Stressed m=0.7 10 3 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 153 0.9
R2=0.93
0 100 200 300 400
Number of Critically-Stressed Faults
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Course Syllabus – Part III - Applications
50
Week 6
Lecture 12 - Ch. 10 - Wellbore Stability -1
Week 7
Lecture 13 - Ch. 10 - Wellbore Stability – 2
Lecture 14 - Ch. 11 - Critically-Stressed Faults and Flow
HW 8 Development of a geomechanical model
Week 8
Lecture 15 - Ch. 11 - Fault Seal and Dynamic Hydrocarbon Migration
Lecture 16 - Ch. 12 - Effects of Depletion, Reservoir Stress Paths
Week 9
Lecture 17 - Ch. 12 - Compaction of Weak Sands and Shales and Subsidence
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Depletion in Gulf of Mexico Field X
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20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Nov-84
Aug-87
May-90
Jan-93
Oct-95
Jul-98
Apr-01
Jan-04
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Depletion in Gulf of Mexico Field X
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• Elliptical reservoir at 16300 ft
depth with single well at centre
• Reservoir dimensions – 6300 x
3150 x 70 ft, grid – 50 x 50 x 1
• Average permeability – 350
md, !init – 30%
• Oil flow, little/no water influx, no
injection
• IP – 10 MSTB/d, min. BHP -
1000 psi, Econ. Limit – 100
STB/d
• Ran for maximum time of 8000
days
Compaction Drive
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Simulation Result - Recovery
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
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Elastic strain only
(Constant compressibility)
Compaction drive
Compaction drive with
permeability change
Compaction Drive
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National Geographic, October 2004
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Oil and gas fields are pervasive
through the region of high rates
of land loss.
Land Loss 1932-2050
Land Gain 1932-2050
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( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )⎪⎩
⎪⎨
⎧
Δ−=
Δ−−=
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120,
120,
Geertsma Model
( ) ( )∫ Δ=ΔH
m dzzpzCH0
Assuming R>>H, total
reduction in reservoir
height:
For a circular reservoir, surface displacements are:
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Study Area: LaFourche Parish
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Leeville Subsidence
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Course Syllabus – Additional Topics
62
Week 9
Lecture 18 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 1
Week 10
Lecture 19 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 2
Lecture 20 - Geomechanics and Triggered Seismicity
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Current Shale Gas/Tight Oil Research Projects
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64
Eagle Ford Shale Pore Structure
50mm
10 mm
500 nm
Shale Permeability is a Million Times
Smaller Than Conventional Reservoir
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Horizontal Drilling and Multi-Stage
Slick-Water Hydraulic Fracturing
Induces Microearthquakes (M ~ -1 to M~ -3)
To Create a Permeable Fracture Network
SHmax
Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
Dan Moos et al. SPE 145849
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We Need to Dramatically Improve Recovery Factors
Dry Gas ~25% Petroleum Liquids ~ 5%
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Course Syllabus – Additional Topics
67
Week 9
Lecture 18 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 1
Week 10
Lecture 19 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 2
Lecture 20 - Geomechanics and Triggered Seismicity
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Recent Publications
Physical properties of shale reservoir rocks
Sone, H and Zoback, M.D. (2013), Mechanical properties of shale-gas reservoir rocks—Part 1: Static and dynamic elastic properties and anisotropy, Geophysics,
v. 78, no. 5, D381-D392, 10.1190/GEO2013-0050.1
Sone, H and Zoback, M.D. (2013), Mechanical properties of shale-gas reservoir
rocks—Part 2: Ductile creep, brittle strength, and their relation to the elastic modulus, Geophysics, v. 78, no. 5, D393-D402, 10.1190/GEO2013-0051.1
Why slow slip occurs
Kohli, A. H. and M.D. Zoback (2013), Frictional properties of shale reservoir rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, v. 118, 1-17, doi: 10.1002/
jgrb. 50346
Zoback, M.D., A. Kohli, I. Das and M. McClure, The importance of slow slip on
faults during hydraulic fracturing of a shale gas reservoirs, SPE 155476, SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA 5-7
June, 2012
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Recent Publications
Fluid transport/adsorption in nanoscale pores Heller, R., J. Vermylen and M.D. Zoback (2013), Experimental Investigation of
Matrix Permeability of Gas Shales, AAPG Bull., in press.
Heller, R. and Zoback, M.D. (2013), Adsorption of Methane and Carbon Dioxide
on Gas Shale and Pure Mineral Samples, The Jour. of Unconventional Oil and Gas Res., in review.
Viscoplasticity in clay-rich reservoirs Sone, H. and M.D. Zoback (2013), Viscoplastic Deformation of Shale Gas
Reservoir Rocks and Its Long-Term Effects on the In-Situ State of Stress, Intl. Jour. Rock
Mech.,
in review.
Sone, H and M.D. Zoback (2013), Viscous Relaxation Model for Predicting Least Principal Stress Magnitudes in Sedimentary Rocks, Jour. Petrol. Sci. Eng., in
review.
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Recent Publications .
Discrete Fracture Network Modeling in Unconventional Reservoirs
Johri, M. and M.D. Zoback, M.D. (2013), The Evolution of Stimulated Reservoir Volume During Hydraulic Stimulation of Shale Gas Formations, URTec 1575434,
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference in Denver, CO, U.S.A., 12-14
August 2013
Case Studies
Yang, Y. and Zoback, M.D., The Role of Preexisting Fractures and Faults During Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing in the Bakken Formation, Interpretation, in press
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Course Syllabus – Additional Topics
71
Week 9
Lecture 18 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 1
Week 10
Lecture 19 – Geomechanics and Shale Gas/Tight Oil Production - 2
Lecture 20 - Geomechanics and Triggered Seismicity
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An Increase in Intraplate Seismicity
Prague, OK*
Nov. 2011 M 5.7
Prague, OK 3 M5+ Eqs
Nov., 2011
About 150,000 Class II EPA Injection Wells Operating in the US Why the Increase in Seismicity?
Zoback (2012)
Ellsworth (2013)
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EARTH April, 2012
Managing Triggered
Seismicity
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Hurd and Zoback (2012)
Earthquakes Spreading Out Along an Active Fault
Horton (2012)
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- Avoid Injection into Potentially Active Faults - Limit Injection Rates (Pressure) Increases
- Monitor Seismicity (As Appropriate)
- Assess Risk
- Be Prepared to Abandon Some Injection Wells
Seismicity Triggered by Injection
Guy Arkansas
Earthquake Swarm