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Bob Trentham CEED / UTPB RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION Is Your Reservoir Ready For CO 2 ?
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HOW MUCH MORE DO I NEED TO KNOW? How much do I know? How heterogeneous is my reservoir Core and Log based Reservoir Characterization Historic well data Historic Field Studies Digitized data Base line data set If the Answer is – “Not Much” or “Not Enough”, Then - What are my Options and Tools?
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HOW HETEROGENEOUS IS MY RESERVOIR? Eunice Monument – Thin, high Perm streaks McElroy – Solution enhanced Fractures East Cowden – Vertical ten fold Perm differences Foster – Horizontal and vertical Perm differences Foster/South Cowden – Dead Zones w / low pressure South Cowden – Dual Porosity / Dual Perm North Ward Estes – SHR, Red beds Slaughter - Shingling
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CORE/LOG BASED RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION More Core????? Utilizes Existing and New Data Develops Reservoir Model – Time for Testing? Sets a Base Line For Expected Results – WARNING Can Fine Tune to Engineering Needs “No Brainers” Number of Layers Data Quality – Time Dependant
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HISTORIC WELL DATA Most Fields are 50 to 60 Years old Most Floods are 30 to 40 Years old Info on Permeability – Multiple Early Fracs Info on Water Saturations Info on Pressure Info on Problem Areas Multiple Owners – Raw & Interpretive Data Oil (Gas) Out / Water In Historic Production and Injection Logs Thinking Changes Over Time
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HISTORIC FIELD STUDIES Geologic/Engineering At Waterflood Inception Realignment Unitization Signs of Future Trouble
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DIGITIZED DATA How many WEllS are enough? How many LOGS are enough? How much interval is enough? Normalization of Logs
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BASE LINE DATA SET Establish both GEOLOGIC and ENGINEERING PARAMETERS Water Chemistry - Periodic? $75/per test Bottom Hole Pressure Tests – Static and Transient (21 to 30 Days or more) Production Tests – 3 Days
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OPTIONS AND TOOLS Determined by Data Available Determined by Needs vs. Costs Determined by Time Available
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RESOURCE ALLOCATION Limited Time, Manpower and $$$$ First Pass – Target “Sweet Spots” Avoid Poor Performance Areas Avoid Geologically Complex Areas
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CORING OPTIONS Sponge Coring – Sorw Pressure Coring – Reservoir Conditions Conventional Coring – Reservoir Model Sidewall Coring – Problem areas Analysis - Conventional – Porosity, Permeability, Oil/Water Sat Special Core Analysis for Relative Permeability Capillary Pressure Data Mini - Permeameter
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LOGGING OPTIONS Full Modern Suites in New Wells Imaging Logs in wells with core Porosity Logging over time in Monitor Wells RFT’s – Pressure Data
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WELL TESTING BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE TESTS WATER ANALYSES INJECTION PROFILES PRODUCTION PROFILES
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GEOLOGIC RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION Synergy In House VS. Contract Confidence Level Needs to be Verified - Iterations Should be Scalable
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YOUR RESERVOIR: IS IT “JUST LIKE THE FLOOD NEXT DOOR”? Heterogeneity on ALL SCALES Depositional and Diagenetic variations Connectivity Production History
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