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AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 14, Chapter 11: Interpreting Natural Fracture Directions in Horizontal Wells from Wellbore Image Logs , by O. Jorgensen and N. W. Petersen , Pages 173 - 182
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AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 14: Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir, Edited by T. R. Carr, E. P. Mason, and C. T. Feazel
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Chapter 11
Interpreting Natural Fracture Directions in Horizontal Wells from Wellbore Image Logs

O. J248_o.jpg (433 bytes)rgensen
N. W. Petersen
M230_ae.jpg (3841 bytes)rsk Olie og Gas AS
Copenhagen, Denmark

ABSTRACT

A method is presented to discriminate on wellbore image logs natural open fractures from far more abundant drilling-induced fractures in horizontal wells in the Dan chalk field, offshore Denmark. The method recognizes that drilling-induced fractures are predominantly shear failures in a preferred orientation relative to the wellbore, whereas natural fractures are confined to a limited strike range determined by the regional stress field.

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