[pt] Os reservatórios não convencionais de folhelho possuem permeabilidades muito baixas sendo necessário fraturar hidraulicamente a formação para aumentar a permeabilidade e conseguir um melhor desempenho do poço. O fraturamento hidráulico em vários estágios criado a partir de um poço horizontal gera uma complexa rede de fraturas, com variadas condutividades dentro do volume de reservatório estimulado. Neste trabalho realizamos análises paramétricas para avaliar os efeitos no desempenho do poço produtor causadas pela variação dos diferentes parâmetros dentro da complexa rede de fraturas criada. Estes parâmetros foram principalmente: os espaçamentos na rede de fraturas (sem propante), a condutividade na rede de fraturas (sem propante), a condutividade das fraturas primárias (preenchidas com propante), os espaçamentos das fraturas primárias (preenchidas com propante), a variação da permeabilidade ao longo das fraturas primárias e finalmente a variação das pressões do fundo do poço. Entender as relações entre o tamanho da rede de fraturas, os espaçamentos, a distribuição do propante e a condutividade das fraturas são parâmetros chaves para definir estratégias de estimulação e completação. Finalmente se fez uma simulação com injeção de água avaliando o impacto que causa na recuperação total de óleo e gás, e analisamos a possibilidade de aplicar este método de recuperação num reservatório fraturado hidraulicamente. / [en] The shale reservoirs have ultralow permeability requiring hydraulically fracturing the formation to improve permeability and get a better well performance. The multistage hydraulic fractures system created from a horizontal well generates a complex fracture network with different conductivities within the stimulated reservoir volume. In this work we made parametric analyzes to assess the effects on producer well performance caused by the variation of different parameters within the complex network fractures created. These parameters were mainly: spacing in the un-propped fracture network, the conductivity in the unpropped fracture network, primary fracture conductivity, primary fracture spacing, the variation of permeability along the primary fractures and finally the variation of downhole pressures. Understanding the relationship between fracture network size, fracture spacing, proppant distribution, and fracture conductivity is critical to stimulation and completion design. Finally a simulation with water injection evaluating its impact on recovering oil and gas was carried out, and the possibility of applying this method of recovery in a fractured reservoir was evaluated.The shale reservoirs have ultralow permeability requiring hydraulically fracturing the formation to improve permeability and get a better well performance. The multistage hydraulic fractures system created from a horizontal well generates a complex fracture network with different conductivities within the stimulated reservoir volume. In this work we made parametric analyzes to assess the effects on producer well performance caused by the variation of different parameters within the complex network fractures created. These parameters were mainly: spacing in the un-propped fracture network, the conductivity in the unpropped fracture network, primary fracture conductivity, primary fracture spacing, the variation of permeability along the primary fractures and finally the variation of downhole pressures. Understanding the relationship between fracture network size, fracture spacing, proppant distribution, and fracture conductivity is critical to stimulation and completion design. Finally a simulation with water injection evaluating its impact on recovering oil and gas was carried out, and the possibility of applying this method of recovery in a fractured reservoir was evaluated.

Les calcaires hémipélagiques du Sud-Est de la France sont caractérisés par de faibles valeurs de porosité et de perméabilité. Ces caractéristiques permettent de considérer ces roches comme de potentiels analogues des réservoirs pétroliers non-conventionnels ou des aquifères fissurés. Ces réservoirs sont d’une importance capitale dans le contexte économique actuel. Néanmoins, l’exploitation de ce type de réservoir représente des risques industriels et des challenges techniques qui doivent être gérés pour réduire leur empreinte sur l’environnement.Ce travail apporte une quantité significative de nouvelles données et des méthodes pour caractériser les réservoirs carbonatés non-conventionnels. Il démontre l’importance des figures de compaction (stylolites, microstylolites et faisceaux de pression-dissolution) sur la capacité de stockage des fluides dans ce type de réservoir. Il montre aussi que l’évolution diagénétique des sédiments carbonatés hémipélagiques dépend de processus précoces (cimentations précoces, compaction différentielle) et éventuellement de réactivations plus tardives (inversion de contraintes tectoniques). Le couplage des modèles 3D avec les géostatistiques apparaît comme un protocole valide et rapide pour identifier les éléments clef (faciès, fractures et stylolites) qui jouent un rôle dans la distribution des hétérogénéités pétrophysiques des réservoirs non-conventionnels. Cette méthode permet aussi de générer des modèles équiprobable de corps géologiques fracturés et perméables permettant de possible investigations sur la distribution des zones d’écoulement préférentiels. / Hemipelagic limestones from the South-East of France are characterized by low values of porosity and permeability that allow considering these rocks as potential analogs to unconventional oil and gas reservoirs or fissured aquifers. These reservoirs are of primary importance in today’s economical context where the energy and the water’s demands grow with the increase in the world population. Nevertheless, the industrial exploitation of such reservoirs faces series of environmental risks and technical challenges that require to be managed in order to reduce their footprint on the environment.This work brought a significant amount of new data on unconventional carbonate reservoirs. It highlights how important compaction features (stylolites, microstylolites, solution seams) may be to fluids storage in such reservoirs. It shows that the diagenetic evolution of hemipelagic carbonate sediments depends on both early processes (sorting, early cementation, differential compaction) and eventual late reactivations (under tectonic stress inversion for example). Coupling three-dimensional modeling with geostatistics appear as an accurate and fast protocol to identify key elements (facies, fractures and stylolite) that play a role in the petrophysical heterogeneity of such unconventional reservoirs. This method also allows identifying equiprobable models of fractures geobodies and investigating the distribution of flow preferential pathways.

New decline curve models have been developed to overcome the boundary-dominated flow assumption of the basic Arps’ models, which restricts their application in ultra-low permeability reservoirs exhibiting long-duration transient flow regimes. However, these new decline curve analysis (DCA) methods are still based only on production rate data, relying on the assumption of stable flowing pressure. Since this stabilized state is not reached rapidly in most cases, the applicability of these methods and the reliability of their solutions may be compromised. In addition, production performance predictions cannot be disassociated from the existing operation constraints under which production history was developed. On the other hand, DCA is often carried out without a proper identification of flow regimes. The arbitrary application of DCA models regardless of existing flow regimes may produce unrealistic production forecasts, because these models have been designed assuming specific flow regimes. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible benefits provided by including flowing pressures in production decline analysis. As a result, it have been demonstrated that decline curve analysis based on pressure-normalized rates can be used as a reliable production forecasting technique suited to interpret unconventional wells in specific situations such as unstable operating conditions, limited availability of production data (short production history) and high-pressure, rate-restricted wells. In addition, pressure-normalized DCA techniques proved to have the special ability of dissociating the estimation of future production performance from the existing operation constraints under which production history was developed. On the other hand, it was also observed than more consistent and representative flow regime interpretations may be obtained as diagnostic plots are improved by including MBT, pseudovariables (for gas wells) and pressure-normalized rates. This means that misinterpretations may occur if diagnostic plots are not applied correctly. In general, an improved forecasting ability implies greater accuracy in the production performance forecasts and more reliable reserve estimations. The petroleum industry may become more confident in reserves estimates, which are the basis for the design of development plans, investment decisions, and valuation of companies’ assets.