Fundamental controls on fluid flow in carbonates: current workflows to emerging technologies

SM Agar, S Geiger - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
The introduction reviews topics relevant to the fundamental controls on fluid flow in
carbonate reservoirs and to the prediction of reservoir performance. The review provides …

Carbonate rocks and petroleum reservoirs: a geological perspective from the industry

TP Burchette - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2012 - lyellcollection.org
Carbonate oil reservoirs are sometimes regarded with apprehension in the petroleum
industry since it can be difficult to predict the quality of, and ensure high recovery factors …

3D Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) models of damage zone fluid corridors within a reservoir-scale normal fault in carbonates: multiscale approach using field data …

L Smeraglia, M Mercuri, S Tavani, A Pignalosa… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
We combined structural data collected in the field and those obtained from a virtual outcrop
model constructed from drone imagery, to perform Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) …

A universal power-law scaling exponent for fracture apertures in sandstones

JN Hooker, SE Laubach, R Marrett - Bulletin, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A high-resolution data set of kinematic aperture (opening displacement) of opening-mode
fractures, from large (up to 2 m long) quartz-cemented sandstone samples, shows that …

Distribution and arrest of vertical through-going joints in a seismic-scale carbonate platform exposure (Sorrento peninsula, Italy): insights from integrating field survey …

A Corradetti, S Tavani, M Parente, A Iannace… - Journal of Structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Through-going joints cutting across beds are often invoked to match large-scale
permeability patterns in tight carbonate reservoirs. However, despite the importance of these …

The characteristics of open fractures in carbonate reservoirs and their impact on fluid flow: a discussion

OP Wennberg, G Casini, S Jonoud… - Petroleum …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Permeability in fractured carbonate reservoirs is very heterogeneous due to fracturing at
different scales superimposed on inherent textures from deposition and diagenesis …

Outcrops as guides to subsurface natural fractures: Example from the Nikanassin Formation tight-gas sandstone, Grande Cache, Alberta foothills, Canada

E Ukar, SE Laubach, JN Hooker - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Outcrop studies are essential for understanding subsurface fractures, because some key
attributes such as length and height distribution cannot be measured using wellbores …

Hyperspectral image analysis of different carbonate lithologies (limestone, karst and hydrothermal dolomites): the Pozalagua Quarry case study (Cantabria, North …

TH Kurz, J Dewit, SJ Buckley, JB Thurmond… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ground‐based hyperspectral imaging combined with terrestrial lidar scanning is a novel
technique for outcrop analysis, which has been applied to Early and Late Albian carbonates …

Quantifying diagenetic and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity in platform carbonates: An example from the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeast Mexico

OJ Ortega, JFW Gale, R Marrett - Journal of Structural Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
Normalized fracture intensity measured along 1D scanlines was used to compare fracture
intensity for different sedimentary facies, stratigraphic position, bed thickness and degree of …

多尺度岩石力学层对断层和裂缝发育的控制作用

曹东升, 曾联波, 黄诚, 韩俊, 巩磊, 宋逸辰, 姚迎涛… - 地球科学, 2023 - earth-science.net
岩石力学层是控制断层裂缝系统的重要因素, 岩石力学层级次和分布特征影响油气富集和高产.
岩石力学层界面类型, 特征及其对裂缝限制能力的差异决定了界面之间的岩石力学层存在多尺度 …