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SEMINRIOS TCNICOS - CICLO 2011 PROGRAMA DE PS-GRADUAO EM ENGENHARIA DE RESERVATRIO E DE EXPLORAO

Data: 10 de Junho de 2011 (6a. feira) Horrio: 16:00 horas, Multimdia
Palestrante : Miskimins Jennifer. L (is an Associate Professor in the Petroleum
Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in Golden, Colorado, USA. RESUMO
*Abstract:* Unconventional reservoirs are just that unconventional. Extrapolation of techniques that have been used for decades in conventional reservoirs to unconventional reservoirs is dangerous and can prevent further development by providing poor results and turning funding away to safer areas. This sequence of events can be observed at all levels of petroleum engineering, from petrophysics to reservoir analysis to stimulation techniques. In order to avoid such misapplications, unconventional reservoirs call for unconventional thought processes. In no place is this more evident than in the area of hydraulic fracturing, where an entirely different mindset has to be developed, not just for unconventional reservoirs in general, but specifically for each individual type of unconventional reservoir including shale gas, tight gas, and low permeability oil. These changing approaches affect almost every aspect of unconventional treatment design from fracturing materials to reservoir management. Increased use of slickwater and other minimally-loaded fracturing fluids can be directly related to the desire to minimize damage in these tight, low permeability reservoirs. However, these types of fluids have different proppant transport mechanisms that must be considered. From a mechanical aspect, fracture growth in unconventional reservoirs can be extremely complex, beyond our current capabilities to completely predict, and direct diagnostics coupled with mineback and laboratory experiments are helping to improve the understanding of what causes these intricate patterns. Even from a reservoir management standpoint, hydraulic fracturing has become more of a tool rather than just an event. Diagnostic injection tests can provide information on reservoir characteristics; and reserve recoveries can be enhanced through practices such as improved well spacing and reorientation of fracturing treatments. This presentation reviews these changing perspectives and design considerations. The main take-away from this lecture is that unconventional reservoirs have requirements very different and distinct from conventional reservoirs and that we can improve our designs by considering these unique requirements and thinking unconventionally.
Coordenadora de Seminrios: Prof. Ana Catarina Medeiros Vice-Coordenador: Prof. Alexandre Srvulo Informaes, sugestes e crticas atravs de catarina@lenep.uenf.br / alexandre@lenep.uenf.br