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EARS5136 slide 1
FAULT SEAL ANALYSIS:Mapping & modelling
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Hydrocarbon field structure
Compartments
How to produce field ?
1 km
Depth ~2.5km
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Predict flow patterns and communication
Fault compartments in the Sleipner field, Norwegian North Sea
Different oil-water contacts
Ottesen Ellevset et al. (1998)
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Seal Mapping - Complexities• Horizon / fault zone resolution (thin sand problem)
• Lack of reflectors for mapping
• Stratigraphic architecture / sediment pinchout
• Erosional truncation
• Intersecting faults
• Sub-seismic seal elements
• Multiple faulting events (reactivation) and impact on seal distribution and properties
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Fault Seal WorkflowDefine geometry of fault array
Test models against hydrocarbon contact levels if known
Assess sealing mechanisms and fault rock properties
Evaluate juxtapositions and seal distributions
Map seal distributions on fault planes which might form compartment boundaries
Establish sub-seismic fault density and fault zone structure
Model reservoir flow and impact of faults on drainage patternsModel reservoir flow and impact of faults on drainage patterns
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Allan diagramsFootwall template >
< Hangingwalltemplate
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Allan diagrams
• Areas where sands not in contact are juxtaposition seals
• Migration possible by stair-stepping between hangingwall & footwall across sand-sand ‘windows’
• Use fault seal algorithms to predict behaviour of juxtaposed sands
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Allan Diagrams: Bed-Fault Intersections
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Seismic data in juxtaposition analysis
• Example showing modelled fault surface with stratigraphicjuxtapositions
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Do we assess fault juxtapositions correctly?
• Allan Maps Accuracy; – Horizon uncertainty: +20m to -20m– Fault Uncertainty: ~100m
• Assume single fault, not complex damage zone
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‘Snapping’horizons to faults
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Impact of Seismic Data Interpretation on Resolution and Quality of Allan Diagrams
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Impact of Seismic Data Interpretation on Resolution and Quality of Allan Diagrams
uncertainty
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Impact of branch-lines from intersecting faults
uncertainty
Branch-lines
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Complex Fault Plane Mapping
1200
1400
1600
1800
1 kmIntra F Fault Juxtapositions
S
Depth (m)
N
Fig 6-41
1340m
UPPER ÅRE / LOWER ÅRE
F HW
BCU FW
BCU HW
BCU FW
BCU HW
F FW
F FW
INTRA ÅRE FW
F2
F6
TOP Å FW
F HW
TOP Å HW
TOP Å HW
TOP
Å HW
TOP ÅRE HW
TOP ÅRE HW
INTRA ÅRE FW
INTRA ÅRE FW
INTRA ÅRE HW
INTRA
ÅREFW
IN
TRA
ÅRE
HW
INTRA ÅRE HW
INTRA ÅRE FW
Upper Åre / Lower Åre
Upper Åre / Upper Åre
Fangst in HW / Lower Åre in FW
Fangst in HW / Upper Åre in FW
Fangst / Fangst
Upper Jurassic in HW
BCU in HW
Erosional Contact
INTRA ÅRE HW
TOP ÅRE HW
TOP ÅRE FW
F HW
F FW
BCU HW
BCU FW
• Intra-formational erosion / pinchout
BCU in HW
U Jur in HW
Fangst / Fangst
Fangst HW / Up Are FW
Fangst HW / Lr Are FW
Up Are HW / Up Are FW
Up Are / Lr Are FW
Erosional contact
Erosion and30m Seismic Resolution
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Seismic horizon juxtaposition
Four seismically mapped horizons displayed on strike view of fault.
example
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Fault throw
Four seismically mapped horizons displayed on strike view of fault.
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Stratigraphic juxtaposition: relative reservoir quality I
Reservoir quality
seal
Reservoir against reservoir
Relative reservoir quality index based on a scale normalized to lithological property –seals have larger numbers.
The larger index juxtaposed across the fault controls the seal and is displayed.
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Stratigraphic juxtaposition: relative reservoir quality II
Relative reservoir quality index based on a high, med or low determination
The juxtaposition combination of the reservoirs on either side of the fault are color-coded as shown.
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Shale Gouge Ratio
Juxtaposed reservoirs on either side of the fault are color-coded for SGR as shown.
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Seal Comparison
Reservoir qualityseal
High risk windows for fault seal juxtaposition may be sealed by shale gouge mechanism.
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Juxtaposition diagrams
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Juxtaposition Diagrams• Rapid modelling of seal distributions possible • Seismic mapping input not required initially• Possible to analyse reverse faults, growth faults and variable
FW/HW stratigraphy, but more difficult
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Communication Map
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Fault Throw Distributions
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Fault Rock Type Map
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Seismic Throw: Hangingwall Communication
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Seal mapping& vertical continuity
Separate Risk for :
a) Faults linked to Zechsteinb) Faults not linked
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Overall Seal Workflow
(1) Create depth structure map
(2) Map fault activity and linkage
(3) Evaluate reactivation risk and top seal
(4) Undertake juxtaposition / seal mapping for faults trapping unreactivated prospects
(5) Evaluate impact of seismic resolution, depth conversion etc.
(6) Re-integrate with larger-scale tectonic / fluid flow evolution
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Putting it all together …..the reservoir model
Porosity modelGullfaks field
Geocellular models of reservoir rock properties…..but what about the faults?
Models should attempt to capture fault properties but upscaling can be difficult
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Fault Throw
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Fault rock thickness
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Stratigraphic juxtaposition
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Fault rock permeability
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Sand-Sand windows
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Basis of fault modeling in reservoir simulations• Reservoir models of entire field (‘full-field’) or part
of a field (‘sector’)
• Faults considered as single plane
• Modelled flow path as part of cross-cell flow calculation
• Use modifiers of transmissibility between cells
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Manzocchi et al. (2002)
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Fault zone transmissibility
Fault Rock Thickness
Fault Rock Permeability
Transmissibility(Perm x Fault rock thickness)
Hydraulic Resistance(Fault rock thickness / Perm)
Matrix PropertiesCell Size
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Only Cross-fault cells used :- No along fault flow
considered- No Threshold Capillary Pressure considered
Separate cells for faultsallows along fault flow evaluation
Transmissibility multipliersand flow modeling
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Fault zone hydraulic resistance
• Flow across a fault in reservoir models follows Darcy flow:
The rate for linear flow is:
q = (k/L) (A/η) (φ1 - φ2)
For a given cross-sectional area, A, across the fault and a constant pressure gradient and fluid viscosity, the flow rate is dependent on the fault zone hydraulic resistance or, (k/L), where L is the fault rock thickness.
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Transmissibility – no fault• Fault zone properties are introduced into reservoir
models as transmissibility multipliers.
• Average permeability for flow between adjoining cells with no fault is:
k undeformed = L / [(0.5L1/ k1) + (0.5L2/ k2)]
And transmissibility (T trans) is K undeformed /L
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Fault transmissibility – with fault
• Average permeability for flow between adjoining cells with a fault is:
k faulted = L / [0.5 (L1 - Lf) / k1] + [0.5 (L2 - Lf) / k2] + [Lf / kf]
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Transmissibility multiplier - T
• Transmissibility with a fault is altered by transmissibility multiplier, T
Ttrans = T (kundeformed/L) for no fault T=1 and for a completely sealing fault T=0
• The transmissibility multiplier is the ratio of the faulted permeability to the undeformed permeability that is:
T = kfaulted/kundeformed
This is the key relationship introduced into reservoir models.
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Transmissibility multiplier - T
• The transmissibility multiplier is:
T = kfaulted/kundeformed
where,k faulted = L / [0.5 (L1 - Lf) / k1] + [0.5 (L2 - Lf) / k2] + [Lf / kf]
is a function of the fault permeability, kf and fault rock thickness, Lf.
• The fault rock thickness is associated with the fault throw, Lf.
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Fault rock thicknessFault rock thickness scales with fault displacement
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Manzocchi et al. (2002)
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Fault rock permeability vs. clay content
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Fault Zone Flow
Transmissibility depends on cell size
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Fault Zone Flow
Transmissibility depends on cell size
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Fault Rock Prediction: Heidrun field
Knai & Knipe (1998)
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