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Seismic-scale
bounding fault
Slip surfaces/
deformation
bands in best
sands -
some
open (blue)
Isolated small
faults and
deformation
bands
OWC
Minor faulting in
poorer sands
(open?)
Damage zone
Fig. 6.51
Structural concept for the major fault terraces
in the Douglas field (Redrawn from Bentley and Elliott
2008
,
reproduced with permission of SPE. Further reproduction
prohibited without permission)
2008, Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc.,
#
Fig. 6.52
Use of 'pipes' (dummy wells) to represent
open fault damage zones in the Douglas Field (Bentley
and Elliott
2008
); view is towards the footwall of a
seismic-scale fault;
blue
along the highest permeability matrix towards the
producers (
black
) in response to depletion (Redrawn
from Bentley and Elliott
2008
,
2008, Society of
Petroleum Engineers Inc., reproduced with permission
of SPE. Further
#
oil, pipes
(
red
) are positioned in simulation grid cells adjacent
to the fault. Water is drawn up the damage zone and
¼
water;
green
¼
reproduction prohibited without
permission)
