The Microseismic Event Cloud Surrounding Hydraulic ... · Lund Snee and Zoback (in prep.) Lund Snee...
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The Microseismic Event Cloud Surrounding Hydraulic Fractures
Mark Zoback
Stanford University
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The Microseismic Event Cloud Surrounding Hydraulic FracturesWhat The Events Are?
(and are not)
Why They Occur?
What Attribute Contributes Most to Enhanced Production?
Mark Zoback
Stanford University
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SHmax
Shmin
a
b c d
HF and Microseismicity 101
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What The Microseismic Events Are
Small Earthquakes That Result from Slip on Pre-Existing Planar Discontinuities
• Seismic Wave Radiation and Focal Plane Mechanisms
• Source Dimension ~1m (for Magnitude About -2)
• Slip Controlled by State of Stress and Fluid Pressure Perturbation During HF
Gale et al., 2014)
• Vertical Fractures
Often Mineralized
Varied Orientation
• Small Faults
Varied Orientation
• Bedding Planes
Usually sub-horizontal
Pre-Existing Discontinuities
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What Microseismic Events Are Not
(Except in Special Cases)
• Do Not Result from Slip on Bedding Planes
• Microseismic Events Are Not Opening Mode Fractures
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Mapping Stress Orientation and Relative Magnitude
Lund Snee and Zoback (in prep.)
Lund Snee and Zoback (2016, 2018)
Wellbore Failure for Stress Orientation
Earthquake FM’s for Relative Stress Magnitude
~300 New Data Points in Texas, NM
~80 New Data Points in Oklahoma
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Well B, n = 1462.6˚ mean, 3.1˚sd
Well A, n = 1060.5˚ mean, 3.7˚ sd
Mapping Stress Orientation With Microseismic Lineations
Courtesy XTO and Microseismic Inc.
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Mapping Stress Orientation and Relative Magnitude
Lund Snee and Zoback (2016, 2018)
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Mapping Stress Orientation and Relative Magnitude
Lund Snee and Zoback (The Leading Edge, Feb. 2018)
Delaware Basin
Normal Faulting – low horizontal
stress anisotropy
Midland Basin
SS/Normal Faulting – high
horizontal stress anisotropy
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What The Microseismic Events Are
Small Earthquakes That Result from Slip on Pre-Existing Planar Discontinuities
• Seismic Wave Radiation and Focal Plane Mechanisms
Typical Slickwater Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
Barnett Shale
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P-waves S-waves
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S3
S1
S2
5 Independent FM Inversions
Each Yielded The Same Stress Orientation
and Relative Magnitudes
A= ~ 0.9 (Normal/SS Faulting)
Confirmed by HF and Wellbore Failures
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Pre-Existing Fractures Are Often Assumed to be
Aligned with Current Stress State
Some Normal to Shmin ( || to HF)
Some Normal to SHmax (⊥ to
HF’s)
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Pre-Existing Fractures Are Often Assumed to be
Aligned with Current Stress State
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Why Does Hydraulic Fracturing Cause MS Events to Occur?
Slip on Pre-Existing Planar Discontinuities
• Often Mineralized
• Highly Variable Orientations
At the Highly Elevated Pore Pressure Transmitted to Pre-Existing Discontinuities
During Hydraulic Fracturing (Thanks to Slickwater), it is Possible to Induce Slip on
Old, Dead, Poorly-Oriented Planes
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Sij
Shmin
Hypothetical Strike-Slip/Normal Faulting Stress State
Applicable to Central Oklahoma, Midland Basin
Fault plane orientations from focal mechanisms
in Kuang et al. (2017) Barnett shale, Stage 5
The Crust is Critically Stressed…But Few Preexisting Fractures are Well-Oriented To Slip in the Absence of Stimulation
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Sij
Shmin
Increasing ΔPP Stimulates Slip on Some Faults
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Shmin
Increasing ΔPP Closer to the Frac Gradient Stimulates on Most Faults
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Sij
Shmin
Even Increasing ΔPP to the Frac Gradient, Some Faults Will Not Slip (Those Approximately Normal to SHmax or SV)
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What Microseismic Events Are Not
(Except in Special Cases)
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• Do Not Result from Slip on Bedding Planes
• Microseismic Events Are Not Opening Mode Fractures
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Slip on Horizontal Bedding Planes?
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Does Slip Occur on Horizontal Bedding Plane
or Near Vertical Fracture?
(or Horizontal slip)
Gale et al., 2014)
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Sij
Shmin
Bedding Plane Slip Seems Possible Only When
SV ≈ S3 (Compressive Stress Environments Where
Horizontal HF May Occur
Does Slip Occur on Horizontal Bedding Plane
or Near Vertical Fracture?
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Sij
Shmin
Can Opening Accompany Shear Slip?
Yes, But Only on Planes Sub-Parallel to HF’s if the
Net Pressure is Sufficiently High
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What Attribute Contributes to Enhanced Production
• How Much of the Reservoir is Contacted
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Fault Patch Size (m)
Major: can cause serious damage over large areas.
Moderate: can cause damage to poorly constructed buildings
Minor: felt but does not cause damage
Noticeable shaking but damage is unlikely
Strong: can be destructive in populated areas
Fault Dimension and Earthquake Magnitude
EQ stress drop
slip on fault
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7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3 100 101 102 103 104
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108
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1012
1014
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1020
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Creating A DFN from Microseismic Data
in the Barnett Shale
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Fracture Radius = 𝑓(𝑀𝑜, 𝝉)
Direct calculation of stress drop is difficult and uncertain
Stress drops in a population of earthquakes span two orders of magnitude
Upper Bound
𝑟 =7𝜋
16
𝑀𝑜
𝜏
13
Source DimensionsObserved Stress Drops
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• Linear flow into all HF’s
from matrix within ~10 m
would recover
approximately 3% of gas
in place
• Linear flow into all HF’s
and the stimulated
fracture network
accesses ~25% of the
gas in place
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Acknowledgements
Alex Hakso, Wenhuan Kuang, Jens Erik Lund Snee
Data From
Apache Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy,
MicroSeismic Inc., Pioneer Natural Resources, Total and XTO
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Thank you