

Basement Matters
One of the first geomechanics projects I ever worked on was in a fractured granite reservoir in Japan. The image logs were gorgeous. The natural fractures were abundant, and learning which ones were the most important was a (very geeky) thrill. Tako Koning presented a fabulous poster in Calgary last week at GeoConvention 2019. It showed examples of oil and gas production from basement reservoirs in basins all around the world. It's a resource that is highly exploited in some