Patent ID: 9715026
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G01V

Claim:
1. A method of performing a microseismic fracture operation for a wellsite having a subterranean formation with a complex fracture network therein, comprising: performing the microseismic fracture operation with a fracture unit; obtaining oilfield data from the microseismic fracture operation, the oilfield data comprising a plurality of microseismic events; describing a relationship between microseismic events of the complex fracture network of the subterranean formation; generating a fault volume by extracting faults from the fracture network based on the relationship between the microseismic events; generating a discrete fracture network comprising discrete fractures from the complex fracture network by extracting fracture planes from the obtained fault volume; determining fracture attributes of the discrete fractures of the fracture planes; and determining fracture permeability from a correlation between dynamic wellsite parameters and the fracture attributes.