Systems and methods for simulating subterranean regions having multi-scale, complex fracture geometries. Non-intrusive embedded discrete fracture modeling formulations are applied in conjunction with commercial or in-house simulators to efficiently and accurately model subsurface characteristics including temperature profiles in regions having complex hydraulic fractures, complex natural fractures, or a combination of both.

Disclosed is a method of quantitatively evaluating structural disturbance characteristics of present in-situ geo-stress in deep shale gas reservoirs, including: measuring geomechanics key parameters of key wells in different tectonic zones within a study area; performing interpretations of single-well profile rock mechanics and continuity of the in-situ geo-stress in magnitude and direction; establishing a geological model; performing anisotropic sequential Gaussian stochastic simulation to obtain three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous rock mechanics parameter field distribution; performing prediction of distribution of geo-stress states in the study area, and calculating a stress structural index and stress disturbance factor of the target layer and a rotation degree of a maximum horizontal principal stress; and performing quantitative evaluation on an in-situ geo-stress structural disturbance and mapping.

Geologic modeling methods and systems disclosed herein employ an improved simulation gridding technique that optimizes simulation efficiency by balancing the computational burdens associated with remeshing against the performance benefits of doing so. One method embodiment includes: (a) obtaining a geologic model representing a subsurface region as a mesh of cells, at least some of the cells in the mesh having one or more interfaces representing boundaries of subsurface structures including at least one fracture; (b) determining a fracture extension to the at least one fracture; (c) evaluating whether the fracture extension is collocated with, or is proximate to, an existing cell interface, and using the existing cell interface if appropriate or creating a new cell interface if not; and (d) outputting the updated version of the geologic model.

Systems, methods, and computer readable media for the identification of fluid flow paths from the combination of aperture determined from microresistivity logs and mechanical properties from a mechanical earth model for a strike-slip fault regime. Fluid flow paths may be identified from a combination of apertures, shear stress, and normal stress for fractures in a naturally fractured hydrocarbon reservoir.

Characteristics of a reservoir may be used to generate multiple models of the reservoir with hydraulic fractures. Simulated configurations of the hydraulic fractures in the models may be used to select one or more of the models as representative model(s) for the reservoir. The representative model(s) may be used in development of the reservoir. Hydraulic fracturing may increase productivity at shale and tight rock reservoir by creating more effective flow paths to production.

A system is provided. The system includes a plurality of seismic sensors and a computer device. The computer device is programmed to a) store a plurality of distances between each of the plurality of seismic sensors; b) store one or more fingerprints of a signal to be detected; c) receive a first signal transmitted from a first seismic sensor of the plurality of seismic sensors; d) receive the first signal transmitted from a second seismic sensor of the plurality of seismic sensors; e) compare the first signal to the one or more fingerprints of the signal to be detected; and f) determine a direction of travel of the first signal based on the distance between the first seismic sensor and the second seismic sensor, the first time, and the second time.

A method for determining microseismic events. The method may include measuring a seismic travel time of a microseismic event with a fiber optic line disposed in a first wellbore, forming a probability density function for the microseismic event based at least in part on the seismic travel time measurement, modifying the probability density function by applying one or more constraints to form a modified probability density function, identifying one or more most probable source locations from the modified probability density function, and forming a microseismic event cloud from the one or more most probable source locations.

A method for determining change in stress in a reservoir formation includes inducing a pressure pulse in a first well hydraulically connected by a fracture to the reservoir formation. A stress-related attribute of the fracture is determined from reflection events detected in pressure measurement made in the first well as a result of the inducing the pressure pulse. The inducing and determining are repeated to estimate changes in the stress-related attribute with respect to time. A method for determining and localizing type of interaction between a treated well and an observation well by monitoring pressure and fracture changes in the observation well.

Systems and methods for determining perforation orientations of a subterranean formation for a hydraulic fracturing treatment are presented. The method comprises identifying in-situ stresses for a portion of a wellbore formed from a terranean surface into a subterranean formation. The method also includes transforming the in-situ stresses from a global coordinate system to a wellbore coordinate system at a perforation cluster of the wellbore that comprises at least one perforation tunnel for a hydraulic fracturing treatment. The in-situ stresses are transformed from the wellbore coordinate system to a perforation coordinate system through at least one rotation matrix. Pressure coefficients and a breakdown pressure for each trial perforation phase angle at a perforation cluster determined, and a perforation point in the wellbore coordinate system is calculated for each trial perforation phase angle of the perforation cluster. The perforation point in the wellbore coordinate system is transformed to the translated global coordinate system for each trial perforation phase angle. A target perforation phase angle is selected at a minimum breakdown pressure for the perforation cluster, and a perforation azimuth and perforation dip is calculated for the perforation cluster at the minimum breakdown pressure for the target perforation phase angles.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for recognizing a mine microseismic event, and belong to the field of mine data processing. The method includes: converting historical microseismic data monitored by a mine microseismic monitoring system into a microseismic waveform image, and then, converting the microseismic waveform image into a four-neighborhood microseismic waveform graph structure; performing area defining on the microseismic waveform graph structure, and extracting a similar feature layer of any node in the microseismic waveform graph structure based on the defined area; and taking the microseismic waveform image as an input layer of an improved convolutional neural network model, and sequentially connecting the input layer with the similar feature layer as well as a convolutional layer, a pooling layer, a fully connected layer and an output layer which are pre-configured for the improved convolutional neural network model to form a recognition model for recognizing the mine microseismic event. By using the recognition model designed in the present disclosure, the similar feature layer can be extracted, so that the mine microseismic event is effectively recognized.