Transforming microseismic clouds into near real-time visualization of the growing hydraulic fracture

Glubokovskikh, Stanislav; Sherman, Christopher S.; Morris, Joseph P.; Alumbaugh, David L.

doi:10.1093/gji/ggad248

Transforming microseismic clouds into near real-time visualization of the growing hydraulic fracture

Journal Article · Fri Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Geophysical Journal International

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad248· OSTI ID:1988657

; ; Morris, Joseph P.; Alumbaugh, David L.

SUMMARY

Microseismic observations during unconventional reservoir stimulation are typically seen as a proxy for clusters of hydraulic fractures and the extent of the stimulated reservoir. Such straightforward interpretation is often misleading and fails to provide a physically reasonable image of the fracturing process. This paper demonstrates the application of a physics-based machine learning algorithm which enables a rapid and accurate fracture mapping from the microseismic data. Our training and validation data set relies on a history-matched geomechanical modelling workflow implemented in GEOS software for the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site 1 (HFTS-1) project. For this study we augmented the simulated fracture growth through geostatistical modelling of induced seismicity, so that the synthetic microseismic catalogue matches the main statistical properties of the field observations. We formulated the problem of mapping the actual fracture in the clutter of events to parallel common video segmentation workflows: several past video frames (microseismic density snapshots) are passed through a deep convolutional network to classify whether a given voxel is associated with a fracture or intact rock. We found that for accurate fracture mapping, the network’s input and architecture must be augmented to incorporate the fluid injection parameters (pressure, rate, concentration of proppant, and location of the perforation within the cluster). The error rate for the network reached as little as 10 per cent of the fracture area, while a conventional microseismic interpretation approach yielded ∼300 per cent. Our approach also yields must faster predictions than conventional methods (minutes instead of weeks), and could enable engineers to make rapid decisions regarding engineering parameters (pumping rate, viscosity) in real time during stimulation.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1988657

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2429399
OSTI ID: 2007616

Journal Information:: Geophysical Journal International, Journal Name: Geophysical Journal International Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 234; ISSN 0956-540X

Publisher:: Oxford University PressCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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