Virtual and digital outcrops in the petroleum industry: A systematic review

A Marques Jr, RK Horota, EM De Souza… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The study of outcrop analogues of petroleum reservoirs is well established in the petroleum
industry through the use of digital outcrop models (DOMs). These models, which are also …

A review of the genesis, evolution, and prediction of natural fractures in deep tight sandstones of China

L Zeng, L Gong, Y Zhang, S Dong, W Lyu - AAPG Bulletin, 2023 - archives.datapages.com
Natural fractures are effective reservoir spaces and the main seepage channel for tight
sandstones, which control the migration, enrichment, and productivity of oil and natural gas …

Mixed siliciclastic–carbonate sedimentation in an evolving epicontinental sea: Aptian record of marginal marine settings in the interior basins of north‐eastern Brazil

FG Varejao, LV Warren, MG Simoes, LA Buatois… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Aptian evaporitic transitional sequence (sag phase) of the Brazilian marginal basins
records the first connection between the Central and South Atlantic oceans in the equatorial …

Advancements towards DFKN modelling: Incorporating fracture enlargement resulting from karstic dissolution in discrete fracture networks

JAG Lopes, WE Medeiros, V La Bruna… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a multiscale approach to develop a deterministic Discrete Fracture Network
(DFN) model including fracture enlargement due to karstic dissolution in low-porosity …

[HTML][HTML] Fracture intensity and associated variability: A new methodology for 3D digital outcrop model analysis of carbonate reservoirs

Y Panara, V Chandra, T Finkbeiner, A Petrovic… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of hydraulically conductive fracture networks fundamentally affects subsurface
fluid flow, the recovery factor and productivity in hydrocarbon carbonate reservoirs …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of opening of fractures in the Logovskoye carbonate reservoir, Perm Krai, Russia

DA Martyushev, A Yurikov - Petroleum Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs is extremely challenging. Such
reservoirs have a dual pore structure consisting of low-permeable matrix with large pore …

The influence of subseismic-scale fracture interconnectivity on fluid flow in fracture corridors of the Brejões carbonate karst system, Brazil

CPQ Furtado, WE Medeiros, SV Borges… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study used a multitool approach to characterize fractures of several orders of
magnitude in large fracture corridors, caves, and canyons to investigate their impact on fluid …

Fault damage zones width: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northern border of the Araripe Basin, Brazil, NE Brazil

MAL Celestino, TS de Miranda, G Mariano… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fault zones commonly have spatially variable fault rocks and brittle structures. Differing fault-
rock attributes may retard or increase cross-and along-fault permeability. Our work analyzed …

Characterization and impact on reservoir quality of fractures in the Cretaceous Qamchuqa Formation, Zagros folded belt

F Rashid, D Hussein, JA Lawrence… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reservoir quality in tight fractured carbonate rocks is controlled by the fracture properties,
the tectonic origin of fractures, the relationship of fractures to other sedimentary features …

Evaluation of distinct soft-sediment deformation triggers in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems: Lessons from the Brazilian Pre-Salt analogue Crato Formation …

FG Varejão, LV Warren, MG Simões, RI Cerri… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDSs) are ubiquitous in several depositional
sedimentary environments and can be triggered by autogenic-and allogenic-related …