Application of “Ant Tracking" Fracture Prediction Technique in Development of AD Oilfield
Ning Song-hua · Journal of Oil and Gas Technology · 2013
With the continuous deepening of exploration of AD Oilfield in the Middle East especially when it entered into the development stage,precision for the prediction of high-producing zones was higher and higher.It was difficult to improve the fracture prediction precision with the conventional fracture-prediction techniques which were easily influenced by many objective factors.A new fracture interpretation technique was established based on ant tracking algorithm.Large quantity of electronic ants set in the target layer of the seismic volume previously could track small faults or fractures on the basis of different information element.The ant tracking technique is applied,a higher precision of fracture prediction within a shorter time is obtained for K Reservoir in AD Oilfield,therefore a new fracture prediction idea is expanded and time of manual interpretation is reduced.It provides an important basis for the high-producing zone prediction and the development modeling of the AD Oilfield.