Improved reservoir characterization of flow connectivity in complex carbonate field, using depogrid model. Openpath stimulation services deliver a comprehensive solution for enhancing hydrocarbon production from carbonate, sandstone, and shale reservoirs. The weaknesses are the lack of color photographs of carbonate rocks and thin sections, as well as a poor treatment of the sequence stratigraphy of rocks. Carbonate naturally fractured reservoir is a multiporous system that contain microfractures, fractures, vugs, macrovugs, matrix, type of fractures network. One principal need in petroleum recovery from carbonate reservoirs is the description of the threedimensional distribution of petrophysical properties in order to improve performance predictions by means of fluidflow computer simulations. Carbonate reservoir characterization and simulation. Request pdf carbonate reservoir characterization chapter 1.
The principal focus of the book, carbonate reservoir characterization, is on the use of relationships between numerical petrophysical data and descriptive geological processes in the construction of 3d geological and petrophysical models suitable for input into fluid simulators. Seismic reservoir characterization central scotian slope study canada june 2016 objectives. The concept of rock fabric has been shown to be very useful for characterization of carbonate reservoirs. An example of hydrothermal dolomite in cuttings from the west sukunka river area of british columbia tijmen h. The reason for the very large size of some carbonate reservoirs is not surprising when one considers the sheer scale of even modernday carbonate settings. A case study from the longgang area, sichuan basin, china deng shaogui 1 2 3 wang yang 0 1 2 hu yunyun 1 2 ge xinmin 1 2 he xuquan 2 0 china petroleum great wall drilling geological research institute, liaoning 124000, china 1 school of geosciences, china university of petroleum. The deep cretaceous carbonate reservoirs of lake maracaibo, venezuela, produce mainly from open fractures. Michael grammer 1, gregor eberli 2, and ralf weger 2. The shallow submerged platform area of the bahamas extends more than 400 km 248 mi northsouth and covers an area of about 125,000 km 2. Characterize the sand distribution, using the marathon and veritas 3d poststack seismic volumes, in order to guide the lithofacies distribution for gde mapping. The result of reservoir characterization is the creation of the 3d sharedearth model.
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One main target in petroleum recovery is the description of the threedimensional distribution of petrophysical properties on the interwell scale in carbonate reservoirs. Geology of carbonate reservoirs wiley online books. Reservoir rocks are carbonates of middle miocene langhian and serravallian. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. The principal focus of the book, carbonate reservoir characterization, is on the use of relationships between numerical petrophysical. Modelbased seismic inversion, sequential gaussian simulation with cokriging for porosity modeling, and truncated gaussian simulation with trend for facies modeling were used to characterize the carbonate reservoirs. Many carbonate reservoirs are characterized by rock types instead of lithofacies. Integration of a multifrequency dielectric measurement. In particular, the san andres project produced characterization methods that formed the basis for a new reservoir model that the operator, amerada hess, completed in the year 2001. Unconventional carbonate reservoir characterization using. Received november integrated petrophysical log characterization for tight carbonate reservoir effectiveness. Carbonate reservoirs training course petroskills pcr.
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Reservoir characterization encompasses the understanding and methods used to characterize reservoir heterogeneity. Improved reservoir characterization of flow connectivity in. Ahr has published 150 technical papers and abstracts. Grammer received his phd in 1991 at the university of miamis rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science and has over 25 years of industryrelated experience in carbonate reservoirs, sequence stratigraphy and carbonate reservoir characterization.
Rockfabricpetrophysical classification of carbonate pore space. Our results show that the carbonate platform is located between the upper aptian and lower albian seismic surfaces. Reservoir characterization is one of the most crucial processes in the exploration of hydrocarbons. This study shows that a pickett crossplot of interparticle porosity vs. Geology and carbonate reservoir characterization moderators. It can be defined as the construction of realistic 3d images of petrophysical properties used to predict reservoir performance, and it is a multidisciplinary, integrated task involving expertise in reservoir geology, geophysics, petrophysics, well logging, geostatistics, and reservoir engineering. Logging while drilling lwd wireline openhole logging. Unconventional carbonate reservoir characterization using sonic velocity and characterization of pore architecture.