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Mehrdad Soltanzadeh, PetroGem Inc.
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Integrated Geomechanical Characterization, CDL Style.

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characterization-the-cdl-style/)
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 18, 2014 (HTTPS://GEOMECHANICSCORNER.COM/2014/11/18/INTEGRATED-GEOMECHANICAL-
CHARACTERIZATION-THE-CDL-STYLE/) UPDATED ON NOVEMBER 26, 2014
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STYLE/)

(http://digest.canadiandiscovery.com/?q=node/1698)
CDL Poster on a Duvernay Key Well

Canadian Discovery Ltd. (http://canadiandiscovery.com/) has recently made  one of our  Duvernay geomechanics  posters
(http://digest.canadiandiscovery.com/?q=node/1698)  publicly available through its Discovery Digest Journal website
(http://digest.canadiandiscovery.com/)  . This poster is an example of the CDL’s integrated geomechanical characterization
work ow  for unconventional reservoirs applied to a speci c well in the Kaybob Area, Alberta. It  includes the results of
mechanical properties and brittleness calculations, petrophysical analysis, fracture fabric characterization, drilling experience
review, maximum horizontal in-situ stress (SHmax) determination,  wellbore integrity modeling/history-matching, and
critically-stressed fractures analysis. My favorite  part is the fracture fabric characterization that   tries to tie  the depth of
observed fractures (that are mostly coring-induced) on the core and image log with rock mechanical and mineralogical data
from sonic logs and petrophysical analysis . The results are interesting as:

i) There exists a strong  correlation between mechanical and mineralogical brittleness indices. Nevertheless, both of these
parameters are de ned di erently from the regular brittleness indices used in the industry.

ii) Mechanical properties and brittleness indices can be e ciently used for fracture fabric characterization. In my view, if we
want to nd the characteristics of fraccable rock, the best approach is to nd out where, in reality, the rock has been
fractured (either naturally or induced).
iii) There are  quanti able ranges of brittleness indices or mechanical properties that determine the brittle rock that favors
fracturing. Such ranges come very handy when quantitative interpretation (QI) method is implemented for characterization of
brittle rock using seismic data.

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One other thing on this poster is the CDL’s graphical representation of drilling experience that I personally like a lot due to its
inclusive and abstract nature. This particular well is probably not the funnest one as it is a simply vertical well that does not
show so many drilling problems but several of the 43 wells that we reviewed in this project showed sever drilling problems
from all di erent types.
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