Microseismicity Analysis for HFTS Pad and Correlation With Completion Parameters

Conference · Wed Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2018-2902355· OSTI ID:1477771

Maity, Debotyam ^[1]

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1. Gas Technology Institute; GTI

Microseismic data can be used as a tool to help understand fracturing behavior during hydraulic stimulation. Recent studies have validated complex fracture growth and interaction during fracturing process and there is a need to better utilize microseismic data as a way of improving our understanding of this complexity. Moreover, significant stress variations along the laterals and various formations of interest can be better interpreted by making use of b-value distribution as a proxy measure for stress. In this study, we tie the Frequency Magnitude Distributions (FMD) from microseismic with the 3D seismic and petrophysical data to understand stress variations within the upper and middle Wolfcamp formations. We also look at how temporal microseismic FMD variance can be used as a tool to help understand fracturing behavior with time. Our results highlight the utility of microseismic FMD as a valuable hydraulic fracturing diagnostic tool post fracturing operations and as a validation for observations made during treatment including relevant treatment parameters.

• Research Organization: Gas Technology Institute
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0024292
• OSTI ID: 1477771
• Report Number(s): URTeC: 2902355
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English