Petrel Workflow Tools 4 Day Introduction Course

Data Import Seismic Well Fault Pillar Zonation and

Correlation Modeling Gridding Layering
Edit Input Data
Intro to Petrel
Import data

Facies Petrophysical Plotting Volume Well Design

Modeling Modeling Calculation

Process Manager
 Fault Modeling
Objectives
Understand Fault Modeling Concepts
Fault types and shapes
Key pillars
Learn Different Fault Modeling Techniques
From Fault Polygons and fault sticks
From 2D grids and seismic
Learn How to Edit a Fault Model
Edit widget
Adjust key pillars before connection
Automated trimming and connection of key pillars
Extra
Tie faults to well cuts
Ant-tracking

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 Fault Modeling
Overview

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 Fault Modeling
Fault Types and Geometries

Single faults

Growth faults

Truncating faults

Branching and Crossing faults

Reverse and Normal faults

Faults dying out vertically

Faults dying out laterally

Petrel describes faults as:

Vertical, linear, listric and curved

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 Fault Modeling
Fault Shapes

Vertical fault Linear fault Listric fault Curved fault

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 Fault Modeling
Key Pillars

Top Shape Point

Mid Shape Point

Key Pillar

Base Shape Point

Line between Pillars

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Faults Created from Different Input Data
Fault sticks Polygons and/or well tops Digitize on surface

Digitize on 3D lines Digitize on seismic Digitize on X-section

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General Workflow 2
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1) Define a Fault Model

2) Model the initial set of faults (generate Key Pillars)
3) Edit any problem areas 3
4) Trim/Extend to the top and base of the model
5) Connect faults (required for Pillar Gridding)
4
6) Add more faults by repeating steps 2-5
then do final edits

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Define Model
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Define a new model:
Before starting Fault Modeling, you need to
define and name a model that will be used to 4
store the fault model and all 3D grids related to
that fault model.
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1. Open Define Model in the Process Diagram
and type in the name of the new model.

2. The new model is stored in Models tab

(empty; no faults are created yet).
2
3. Activate the Fault Modeling process.

4. A set of fault modeling tools is available to

start creating faults (Key Pillars).

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 Fault Modeling + Shift
+ Shift
Fault Model from Fault Polygons

1. Select all the the polygons

that define one fault

3. Click on Create faults

from Fault Polygons

2. Make sure the correct

fault shape is selected

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 Fault Modeling + Shift
Fault Model from Fault Sticks + Shift

1. Select the fault sticks

to be modeled

3. Click on Create Faults

from fault sticks

2. Make sure the Fault

shape is selected

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Fault Model Based on 2D Grids

1. Add New Pillar by One Point

Digitize the top shape point on the top
surface

2. Snap Selected Shape Point

Complete the fault by snapping the
bottom shape point to the bottom
surface

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Fault Model Based on Seismic

1. Pillar Type
Select the correct pillar geometry
(based on 2, 3 or 5 shape points)

2. Add New Pillar

Digitize the number of shape points
required by the pillar type

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Editing Key Pillars
Widget:
Each Shape Point can be edited with a widget
which can be moved in two directions normal to Select one shape point
eachother: The Cylinder moves along a tangent
while the plane can be moved in 3D space.

Select entire pillar

Add new pillar to end

Add new pillar between

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Editing Key Pillars Moving the Widget
1. Move the widget parallel to orientation of the 3 Free Movement
cylinder (select cylinder which becomes yellow)
Move in Vertical
2. Move widget parallel to orientation of Plane only
plane(select the plate)
Move along Line
3. Restriction based on 3 tools tangent only
4. Press Ctrl and the tangent options will change

1 2 4

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Adjust Key Pillars for Proper Fault Connection

Adjust Shape Point Adjust Key Pillar

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 Fault Modeling Cut/extend pillars against a Surface or
Automated Trimming of Faults a given Constant:

1. Under Operations tab, select the Top

and Base limits, given by 2D grids

2. Choose All or selected Pillars, Cut and

Extend to the limits. Press OK.
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Automatic Connection of Faults
Automatic fault connection:
Normally used with clean orthogonal fault
data. Also used to find problems with
fault intersections. After those have been
located and edited, auto connectino can
be run again.

Extend distance will search for

pillars within the given distance and
connect them.

Remove distance will remove

pillars that are less than the given
distance from the connection.

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QC of Fault Model and Final Edits
Quality Check:
After Key Pillars have been adjusted and faults
trimmed and connected, it is important to
display the original input data to verfy that they
match (if you trust the input...)

If they dont match, do some final edits and

move to the Pillar Gridding process.

Fault sticks imported into Petrel

and used as input data

Note All intersecting faults

must be connected (grey
pillar), before doing the Pillar Petrel Fault Model Key Pillars
Gridding process. generated from input data and edited.

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Summary

Philosophy:
Use as few key pillars as possible.
Use as few shape points as possible.
Use enough key pillars and shape points to define the faults shape.

Remember:
If the fault is not right and needs editing, the more pillars and shape
points there are the harder those edits will be!

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Extra Tying Faults to Well Cuts

Lock/Unlock to Well Top:

Select one pillar and one well top,
then click the Lock icon.

Note: Remember that the Fault

Model and the Well Tops must be
in the same domain (Time or
Depth).

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 Fault Modeling
Extra Ant tracking; Automated Fault Extraction
Interactive Fault Extraction and
Classification tool

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 EXERCISE
Define a Fault Model
Generate a Fault Model
from Polygons
from Fault Sticks
Edit and Connect Faults

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