Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Evaluation, Characterization, and Simulation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 3302
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural geology; characterization of fractured reservoirs; integration of subsurface; fieldwork and remote sensing data; outcrop analogues studies and virtual outcrop technologies
Interests: structural geology; characterization of fractured reservoirs; subsurface data integration
Interests: faults fractures and fluid flow; deformation bands; machine learning; structural diagenesis; fault seal, seismic interpretation; digital rocks; microstructures and pores
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Naturally fractured reservoirs are of great importance for hydrocarbons, water, CO2 storage and hydrothermal energy. Fractures control connectivity and permeability of these reservoirs and, thus, their characterization and thorough understanding are required for correct evaluation of business opportunities and planning of successful development strategies. Fracture data from subsurface reservoirs are often scattered and biased, forcing geoscientists to apply newer technologies and to integrate models derived from analogues in order to perform full field scale fracture characterization. The complexity of natural fracture networks, mostly related to a heterogeneous distribution of deformation, rock mechanical properties and diagenesis, represents a challenge for upscaling and simulation.
Dr. Giulio Casini
Dr. Ole Petter Wennberg
Dr. Antonino Cilona
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- naturally fractured reservoirs
- evaluation
- characterization
- fluid flow simulation
- modelling
- upscaling
- data integration
- structural diagenesis
- reservoir geomechanics
- machine learning
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