2017
12th International Conference & Exposition on Petroleum Geophysics
Fracture characterization and present day stress orientation analysis of Basement - An integrated approach for optimal hydrocarbon exploitation
Published in GEOHORIZONS - 2017
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Jagdamba Prasad Dobhal*, B S Bisht, Sudhesh Babu, Suresh Konka and Aakanksha Bansal, GEOPIC, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India
Abstract
Naturally fractured zones are important, and sought after, in reservoir rocks because of the extra drainage and considerable increase in permeability they promise. Although fractures can have a very significant effect on the total permeability of a rock, they usually have very little effect on the porosity, saturations, or other petro-physical characteristics of the rock.
Keywords
Fracture characterization, stress analysis, Drilling Induced Tensile Fractures, borehole trajectory