About this title - Structurally Complex Reservoirs
Structurally complex reservoirs form a distinct class of reservoirin which fault arrays and fracture networks, in particular,exert an overriding control on petroleum trapping and productionbehaviour. With modern exploration and production portfoliosnow commonly held in geologically complex settings, there isan increasing technical challenge to find new prospects andto extract remaining hydrocarbons from these reservoirs. Thisvolume reviews our current understanding and ability to modelthe complex distribution and behaviour of fault and fracturenetworks, highlighting their fluid compartmentalizing effectsand storage-transmissivity characteristics, and outlining approachesfor predicting the dynamic fluid flow and geomechanical behaviourof these reservoirs. This collection of 25 papers provides anoverview of recent progress and outstanding issues in the areasof (i) structural complexity and fault geometry, (ii) detectionand prediction of faults and fractures, (iii) compartmentalizingeffects of fault systems and complex siliciclastic reservoirsand (iv) critical controls affecting fractured reservoirs.
