Accurate imaging of hydraulic fractures using templated electrical resistivity tomography
Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing has proven to be an essential technique for enhancing oil, gas and heat recovery from subsurface reservoirs. Accurate characterization of stimulated hydraulic fractures has significant scientific and practical value but remains practically challenging. We introduce a novel templated electrical resistivity tomography (TERT) method to estimate both the extents and aperture of a hydraulic fracture through two key innovations. First, unlike the traditional ERT methods which image the perturbed electrical resistivity field, TERT images the perturbation to the smooth background field, where the perturbation is a planar feature caused by the hydraulic fracture in a 3D space. Moreover, we maximize the use of a priori information of the fracture and minimize the parameter space by using geometric templates to characterize the fracture. A hypothetical elliptical fracture in a 3D model as well as a field-scale hydraulic fracture corresponding to a typical reservoir stimulation scenario are successfully imaged with TERT.
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2325402
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1548315
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-760470
Journal ID: ISSN 0375-6505; S0375650518303651; PII: S0375650518303651
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Geothermics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Geothermics Journal Volume: 81 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0375-6505
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; Hydraulic fracture; Reservoir stimulation; Geophysics; Templated electrical resistivity tomography; Fracture growth
Citation Formats
Wu, Hui, Fu, Pengcheng, Yang, Xianjin, Morris, Joseph P., Johnson, Timothy C., Settgast, Randolph R., and Ryerson, Frederick J. Accurate imaging of hydraulic fractures using templated electrical resistivity tomography. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.04.004.
Wu, Hui, Fu, Pengcheng, Yang, Xianjin, Morris, Joseph P., Johnson, Timothy C., Settgast, Randolph R., & Ryerson, Frederick J. Accurate imaging of hydraulic fractures using templated electrical resistivity tomography. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.04.004
Wu, Hui, Fu, Pengcheng, Yang, Xianjin, Morris, Joseph P., Johnson, Timothy C., Settgast, Randolph R., and Ryerson, Frederick J. Sun .
"Accurate imaging of hydraulic fractures using templated electrical resistivity tomography". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.04.004.
@article{osti_2325402,
title = {Accurate imaging of hydraulic fractures using templated electrical resistivity tomography},
author = {Wu, Hui and Fu, Pengcheng and Yang, Xianjin and Morris, Joseph P. and Johnson, Timothy C. and Settgast, Randolph R. and Ryerson, Frederick J.},
abstractNote = {Hydraulic fracturing has proven to be an essential technique for enhancing oil, gas and heat recovery from subsurface reservoirs. Accurate characterization of stimulated hydraulic fractures has significant scientific and practical value but remains practically challenging. We introduce a novel templated electrical resistivity tomography (TERT) method to estimate both the extents and aperture of a hydraulic fracture through two key innovations. First, unlike the traditional ERT methods which image the perturbed electrical resistivity field, TERT images the perturbation to the smooth background field, where the perturbation is a planar feature caused by the hydraulic fracture in a 3D space. Moreover, we maximize the use of a priori information of the fracture and minimize the parameter space by using geometric templates to characterize the fracture. A hypothetical elliptical fracture in a 3D model as well as a field-scale hydraulic fracture corresponding to a typical reservoir stimulation scenario are successfully imaged with TERT.},
doi = {10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.04.004},
journal = {Geothermics},
number = C,
volume = 81,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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