Fractured Reservoirs Management – Recent Progress and Promising Perspectives

C033 Fractured reservoirs management: recent progress and promising perspectives B. Bourbiaux R. Basquet L.Y. Hu S. Jenni and A. Lange Institut Francais du Petrole. Summary In the recent years the petroleum industry has become more and more aware of the determining role played by fractures and faults on field production. The reasons invoked include an improved fracture detection from efficient logging tools and advanced interpretation of high-quality seismic responses and the increasing number of mature fields where unexpected production difficulties such as breakthroughs raise suspicions about the presence of fractures. At the same time modelling methodologies and software have been