BENCHMARK FRACTURED RESERVOIR

The SCRF Benchmark Reservoir is a synthetic fractured reservoir created by using Paradigm SKUA 2013.2 version. This synthetic dataset is intended to serve as a test bed for algorithms and workflows aimed at prediction of subsurface geology, reservoir modeling and forecasting in fractured reservoirs. The Benchmark reservoir has a three-layered subsurface geology reflecting aeolian, fluvial and coastal environments and major sealing faults that dissect the domain into a “core”, “graben” and a “horst” area. It is populated with relevant facies properties, porosity and permeability. Fracture intensity and orientation distributions are computed from geomechanical constraints. The influence of these fractures on elastic properties and seismic responses is evaluated based on computation of the effective elastic stiffness tensor.

Workflows and details of models used in generating the Benchmark Reservoir are documented under "Major Workflows and Models" as data_generation.docx

The data set is an appendix to the following manuscript to be submitted to Computers and Geosciences that can be found as a pdf file under "Associated Manuscript Draft1":

Roy, A., Shin, Y, Li, P., Aydin, O., Jung, A., Mukerji, T and Caers, J., "A Benchmark Dataset for Fractured Reservoirs"

There are three files in this data set:

1) BM_ReservoirModel.sprj is the Benchmark SKUA project user interface
2) BM_REservoirModel.prj.7z is zip file containing the Benchmark SKUA project folder
3) BM_Properties.7z is a zip file containing data files on properties, faults and horizons from the Geologic Grid

(1) and (2) can be accessed and opened in SKUA:
Please download and unzip (2) before opening the project.

The SKUA project contains: wells, structural model (faults and horizons), geologic properties (e.g. facies),
petrophysical properties, fracture intensity and orientation, seismic attributes (e.g. velocities) and a reference DFN (not part of the main Benchmark)

There are two grids in the project:

a) Geologic Model: contains the faices models, petrophysical properties, elastic properties and seismic attributes.

b) Flow Model: covers part of the area modeled by (a). Smaller and coarser grid containing the DFN.
Also, relevant properties (e.g. fracture intensity, orientation) are copied from (a).
Flow responses are simulated in this grid