Conference Conveners:
- Peter Hennings
- ConocoPhillips Subsurface Technology
- Hossein Kazemi
- Colorado School of Mines
- Paul LaPointe
- Golder Associates
- Colin Sayers
- Schlumberger
- Laird Thompson
- consultant
- Chris Zahm
- The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology
- Mark Zoback
- Stanford University
The Geologic Occurrence and Hydraulic Significance of Fractures in Reservoirs
This will be a four-and-a-half day meeting with keynote speakers, oral presentations, open discussions, and field excursions. There will also be an optional post-conference field trip.
The Conference emphasis will be devoted to provoking discussion, capturing salient results, and developing a forward looking plan for improving the state of the science in fractured reservoirs.
Tentative Sessions:
- Detecting and characterizing fractures and faults from borehole, geophysical, and engineering data
- Session Chairs:Laird Thompson (consultant) and Colin Sayers (Schlumberger)
- Geologic controls on fracture and fault development
- Session Chairs:Peter Hennings (ConocoPhillips Technology) and Jim Evans (Utah State University)
- Geologic controls on fracture and fault permeability
- Session Chairs:Mark Zoback (Stanford University) and Steve Laubach (Bureau of Economic Geology)
- How to capture appropriate complexity and physics in reservoir simulation
- Session Chairs:Hossein Kazemi (Colorado School of Mines) and Jim Gilman (iReservoir)
- Representing fractures and faults in reservoir models: geomechanical and other predictive approaches
- Session Chairs:Jon Olson (University of Texas) and Brett Freeman (Badley Geoscience)
- Representing fractures and faults in reservoir models: DFN methods and other statistical approaches
- Session Chairs:Chris Zahm (Bureau of Economic Geology) and Stephan Matthai (Imperial College)
- Tying it together: exploring for and managing fractured reservoirs
- Session Chairs:Paul LaPointe (Golder Associates) and TBD
Mid-Conference Field Trips
- Oil Mountain Anticline:
- a case study on fracture development within tightly stratified low net-to-gross sandstone reservoirs
- Trip Leaders:
- Peter Hennings (ConocoPhillips Technology) and Chris Zahm (Bureau of Economic Geology)
- Alcova Reservoir:
- a case study highlighting the complexities of fracture characterization, development and predictability within a folded, high net-to-gross clastic reservoir
- Trip Leaders:
- Chris Zahm (Bureau of Economic Geology) and Peter Hennings (ConocoPhillips Technology)
Post-Conference Field Trip (optional)
- Circle Ridge Anticline:
- delineation and quantification of flow pathways in a fractured sandstone reservoir for IOR through the integration of 3D palinspastic reconstruction, outcrop fracture studies, subsurface fracture logs, tracer tests and production data, NW Wind River Basin, WY.
- Trip Leaders:
- Paul LaPointe (Golder Associates) and Brendan Curran (EnCana Oil&Gas)