Structural geology in reservoir characterization

✍ Scribed by T.S. Daltaban

• Publisher: Geological Society
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Covers faulted and fractured reservoirs, particularly in relation to petroleum traps, fluid flow prediction and modelling structurally-heterogeneous reservoirs. The book aims to capture the wide range of rapidly expanding research in this area,which reflects the increasing importance of comprehensive 'structural characterisation' in static reservoir descriptions. The majority of papers address a range of structural geological features, particularly faulted and fractured reservoirs, fault gouge properties, fault seal potential and fluid flow/simulation modelling in faulted and fractured reservoirs. Also available: The Future of Geological Modelling in Hydrocarbon Development - Special Publication no 309 - ISBN 1862392668 Structurally Complex Reservoirs - Special Publication No 292 - ISBN 978-1-86239-241-0 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Front matter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
The role of structural geology in reservoir characterization......Page 9
Reservoir characterization and modelling:
a framework for field development......Page 22
Fault seal prediction: the gouge ratio method......Page 26
Experimental fault sealing: shear band permeability dependency on
cataclastic fault gouge characteristics......Page 33
Identification and spatial distribution of fractures in
porous, siliciclastic sediments......Page 54
Flow through fault systems in high-porosity sandstones......Page 70
Physical character and fluid-flow properties of
sandstone-derived fault zones......Page 88
Assessment of the effects of sub-seismic faults on bulk
permeabilities of reservoir sequences......Page 103
Reservoir characterization: how can anisotropy help?......Page 119
Numerical simulation of fluid flow in complex faulted regions......Page 124
Curvature analysis of gridded geological surfaces......Page 136
Strain partitioning during flexural-slip folding......Page 151
Fracture distribution in faulted basement blocks: Gulf of Suez, Egypt......Page 168
Polygonal faulting in the Tertiary of the central North Sea:
implications for reservoir geology......Page 192
Fault and fracture characteristics of a major fault zone in
the northern North Sea: analysis of 3D seismic and
oriented cores in the Brage Field (Block 31[4)......Page 209
Structural geology of the Gullfaks Field, northern North Sea......Page 230
Index......Page 261
Backcover......Page 265