LUKOIL-AIK Hydraulic Fracture Mapping in Western Siberia
Alexander Kalugin, Geology and Drilling Department, LUKOIL-AIK Iskander Kazbulatov, Wireline Engineer, Weatherford Anna Rubtsova, Borehole Seismic Geophysicist, Weatherford Microseismic monitoring is one of the most efficient methods for hydraulic fracturing mapping. Its principle is based on monitoring micro-earthquakes in the strike-slip fault zones at the fracture propagation direction, or …