Open AccessAdvanced Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs in Carbonate Rocks: The Michigan Basin
Author(s) -
Joanne V. Wood,
William B. Harrison
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/765659
Subject(s) - carbonate , geology , structural basin , cube (algebra) , visualization , scale (ratio) , software , petroleum engineering , mining engineering , geomorphology , cartography , data mining , computer science , geography , materials science , mathematics , combinatorics , metallurgy , programming language
The main objective of this project is for a university-industry consortium to develop a comprehensive model for fracture carbonate reservoirs based on the ''data cube'' concept using the Michigan Basin as a prototype. This project combined traditional historical data with 2D and 3D seismic data as well as data from modern logging tools in a novel way to produce a new methodology for characterizing fractured reservoirs in carbonate rocks. Advanced visualization software was used to fuse the data and to image it on a variety of scales, ranging from basin-scale to well-scales