Fracture prediction and application in carbonate reservoirs based on the rescaled range analysis- finite difference numerical analysis methods

Abstract

For carbonate reservoirs, the study of fractures is crucial. In this paper, the identification and prediction of fractures in carbonate reservoirs are carried out by applying R/S-FD numerical analysis method by using core, thin section and imaging logging data. The analysis concludes that the AC, CAL, DEN, and GR curves are very sensitive to the response of fracture development segments as calculated by the rescaled range analysis (R/S) analysis method, but some fractures are still misidentified. After finite difference (FD) calculation on the basis of R/S calculation, high-angle structural fractures can be accurately identified, and the R/S-FD fracture identification results of different curves can be verified with the results of core and imaging logging, and the fracture identification accuracy can reach 71.69%. The number of fracture development segments is positively correlated with the cumulative oil production, the number of producing layers and the cumulative thickness of producing layers, and the wells with more fracture development segments have higher cumulative oil production, more producing layers and larger cumulative thickness of producing layers. This method improves the accuracy of fracture identification in carbonate reservoirs, which is of great significance for oil and gas exploration.