FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT &

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Third EAGE Workshop on

Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Callibration Challenges

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 Technical Committee include upscaling the fracture network to compute
grid-based effective permeabilities, selecting the
Sebastian Geiger (Co-Chair) Heriott Watt University appropriate model concept for reservoir simulation
Bertrand Gauthier (Co-Chair) Total (e.g., single-porosity modelling versus dual-porosity
Guillaume Backe BP or dual-permeability), or including geomechani-
Loic Bazalgette PDO cal processes during production. Considering the
Giovanni Bertotti Delft University wide range of uncertainties in both the static and
Thomas Finkbeiner KAUST dynamic model, it is pertinent to calibrate models
Stig Lyngra Saudi Aramco for naturally fractured reservoirs with static and
Keith Rawnsley Shell dynamic data such that the models can be used to
Pascal Richard Shell reliably support reservoir development decisions.
Michael Welch Danish Hydrocarbon
Research & Technology Aims & Objectives
Centre This workshop will focus on the static and dynamic
calibration of fractured reservoir models to reduce
model uncertainty at any stage of field life. The
Workshop Overview aim of this workshop is to introduce a variety of
case studies from geophysics, geology and reservoir
Naturally fractured reservoirs contain a major part engineering to discuss what needs to be done to
of the worlds remaining hydrocarbon reserves but increase our ability to build well-calibrated and
their successful characterisation and development hence reliable, static and dynamic models for
remains very challenging. Difficulties when charac- naturally fractured reservoirs. These examples are
terizing naturally fractured reservoirs are encoun- intended to support the existing and emerging
tered across the entire G&G domain and include but calibration techniques presented, review appropri-
are not limited to, developing conceptual models ate data sets, outline lessons learnt and define best
for fracture formation, using appropriate seismic practices for model calibration. The workshop will
attributes, obtaining 3D fracture statistics from well therefore provide an overview of the current state-
logs, selecting adequate outcrop or field analogues of-the-art and indicate areas for future improve-
and building representative models for the rock ment. In this context, the workshop will also try to
matrix. These characterization challenges manifest translate academic research in the relevant fields
themselves as first-order uncertainties in the static to industry applications and ensure that informa-
geological model. Additional uncertainties arise tion and insights from independent studies can
when translating the static model into a dynamic be placed into a relevant framework or global
reservoir simulation model. These uncertainties can context.

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 Call for Abstracts
The main topics of this workshop will be:
1. What makes a good analogue for calibration
Analogues for calibrating models can come from a
variety of sources such as classical outcrop studies,
laboratory experiments, flow modelling studies
in (generic) fracture geometries, or field surveys
from similar reservoirs. Each analogue will provide
data at different scales that aim to reduce differ-
ent types of uncertainty. A key question in this
context is when we can translate learnings from
analogue studies to improve the calibration of
a specific reservoir model and how we can best
extract generic rules that can be applied to assist
the calibration of a range of naturally fractured
reservoir models.
2. At what scale do we need to build a model that
we can calibrate
Static and dynamic models are typically built at
different scales. In addition, different data (e.g.,
seismic, well-logs, discrete fracture network mod-
els, analogue studies) that can be used for model
calibration provide information at different scales.
Using these data to translate static into dynamic
models and calibrate both requires upscaling and
downscaling. A key question is therefore at which
scale a reservoir model should be built to best inte-
Third EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
grate the available data for model calibration and if
this scale should be varied over the field life as more
data become available.
3. How do we use dynamic data to calibrate
Increasingly, reservoirs are monitored in real-time in
digital oilfields. This provides ample dynamic data,
including but not limited to downhole pressures,
well rates, 4D seismic, tracer tests, stress state, or
produced water chemistry. These data sample the
reservoir geology at different spatial and temporal
scales. A key question is therefore how we can best
use these different data, possibly in conjunction with
assisted history matching workflows, to improve the
calibration of naturally fractured reservoir models
throughout the field life and quantify uncertainties
when predicting future reservoir performance.
The workshop will be organized around a balance
of oral presentations, posters, an (optional) field
trip and group discussions in order to encourage
exchanges between participants.
Submission Guidelines
The technical committee invites abstracts of a mini-
mum of two and a maximum of four pages (to
include at least one figure). Abstracts should be
submitted via the EAGE website using the down-
loadable template. The deadline for submission is
18August 2017.
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 Important Dates

Call for Abstracts open 12 April 2017

Call for Abstracts closed 18 August 2017
Online registration open 1 November 2017
Early Registration closed 31 December 2017
Late Registration Open 1 January 2018
Online registration closed 19 January 2018

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