Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank

Fractured carbonate reservoirs are significantly developed in the eastern area of the Amu Darya Right Bank. However, their types, distributions, and fracture characteristics remain unclear. This uncertainty complicates reservoir prediction and hampers exploration and development processes. Given the...

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Main Authors: Yang Li, Xiaodong Cheng, Leyuan Fan, Liguo Sun, Jiapeng Wu, Jiao Wei
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1495245/full
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Xiaodong Cheng
Leyuan Fan
Liguo Sun
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Jiao Wei
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Xiaodong Cheng
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Jiao Wei
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description Fractured carbonate reservoirs are significantly developed in the eastern area of the Amu Darya Right Bank. However, their types, distributions, and fracture characteristics remain unclear. This uncertainty complicates reservoir prediction and hampers exploration and development processes. Given the strong correlation between fracture development and productivity, analyzing fractures is crucial. Comprehensive evaluation and prediction methods for fractured reservoirs are essential for advancing the oil and gas industry. Based on core and geological data analyses, it finds that these reservoirs exhibit low porosity and low to ultra-low permeability. By employing conventional logging alongside specialized methods, such as electrical imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance, and far detection logging, fractures and their effectiveness can be identified and evaluated, clarifying the characteristics of reservoir spaces. Constrained by the results from core and logging analyses, seismic single attribute analysis techniques is applied to predict fractures in the HX block of Amu Darya. To mitigate the limitations of single-attribute analysis, utilize a well-supervised BP neural network method for comprehensive fracture prediction. This multi-attribute approach increases the fracture prediction probability from less than 70%–72.7%. By integrating geological understanding and well logging, and considering the influence of lithology and structure on the reservoir, synthesize the fracture prediction results to optimally select favorable areas.
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spelling doaj-art-65a22baabb464b7b82b5788cb15149c32025-08-20T02:08:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Earth Science2296-64632024-10-011210.3389/feart.2024.14952451495245Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right BankYang LiXiaodong ChengLeyuan FanLiguo SunJiapeng WuJiao WeiFractured carbonate reservoirs are significantly developed in the eastern area of the Amu Darya Right Bank. However, their types, distributions, and fracture characteristics remain unclear. This uncertainty complicates reservoir prediction and hampers exploration and development processes. Given the strong correlation between fracture development and productivity, analyzing fractures is crucial. Comprehensive evaluation and prediction methods for fractured reservoirs are essential for advancing the oil and gas industry. Based on core and geological data analyses, it finds that these reservoirs exhibit low porosity and low to ultra-low permeability. By employing conventional logging alongside specialized methods, such as electrical imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance, and far detection logging, fractures and their effectiveness can be identified and evaluated, clarifying the characteristics of reservoir spaces. Constrained by the results from core and logging analyses, seismic single attribute analysis techniques is applied to predict fractures in the HX block of Amu Darya. To mitigate the limitations of single-attribute analysis, utilize a well-supervised BP neural network method for comprehensive fracture prediction. This multi-attribute approach increases the fracture prediction probability from less than 70%–72.7%. By integrating geological understanding and well logging, and considering the influence of lithology and structure on the reservoir, synthesize the fracture prediction results to optimally select favorable areas.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1495245/fullfractured reservoirfracture effectivenesscontrol factorssingle attribute predictionneural networkfavorable area selection
spellingShingle Yang Li
Xiaodong Cheng
Leyuan Fan
Liguo Sun
Jiapeng Wu
Jiao Wei
Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank
Frontiers in Earth Science
fractured reservoir
fracture effectiveness
control factors
single attribute prediction
neural network
favorable area selection
title Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank
title_full Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank
title_fullStr Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank
title_short Evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of Amu Darya Right Bank
title_sort evaluation of fractured carbonate reservoir and prediction of favorable areas in the eastern area of amu darya right bank
topic fractured reservoir
fracture effectiveness
control factors
single attribute prediction
neural network
favorable area selection
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1495245/full
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