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Understanding Hydraulic Fracture Variability Through Integrating Microseismicity and Seismic Reservoir Characterization
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, SPE/EAGE European Unconventional Resources Conference & Exhibition - From Potential to Production, Mar 2012, cp-285-00004
Abstract
Microseismic measurements were integrated with seismic reservoir characterization and injection data to investigate variability in the hydraulic fracture response between three horizontal wells in the Montney shale in NE British Columbia, Canada. When wells were close enough, hydraulic fractures were found to interact with pre-existing faults, which acted as a barrier to fracture growth, and resulted in relatively large-magnitude microseismicity.