Application of Svsl Method to Estimate Fracturing Parameters of Natural and Man-Caused Hydrocarbon-Bearing Formation Fracturing

1703 APPLICATION OF SIDE-VIEW SEISMIC LOCATION TO ESTIMATE PARAMETERS OF NATURAL AND MAN-CAUSED HYDROCARBON FORMATION FRACTURING 1 Yu.A.Kuryanov 1 I.A.Chirkin 2 V.Z.Koksharov 1 M.Yu.Smirnov 1 1 Tyumenneftegeophysika JSC 173 Respubliki Str. Tyumen 625023 Russia [email protected] 2 VNIIGeosystem Abstract VNIIGeosystem along with Tyumenneftegeophysika JS have developed a new seismic exploration method referred as Side-View Seismic Location (SVSL) [4 5]. The method is used to estimate both natural and man-caused fracturing at the stage of hydraulic fracturing implementation. Artificial hydraulic fracturing (hereinafter HF) is one of the most efficient ways to increase recovery rate and achieve more complete field production. However HF