The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Partex Oil and Gas worldwide
• Operations in oil and gas upstream activities;
• Participations in concessions and joint ventures worldwide;
• Exploration, development, production and sales.
Portugal
Brazil
Angola
Algeria
Oman
Abu Dhabi
Kazakhstan
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Timeline of Portuguese exploration milestone events
2000 - Portuguese Investment in Brazil – 2nd Bid Round
2002 - Partex Farm-in BM-S-10 2002 - Algarve blocks bid-round
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2007 - Peniche Blocks (Petrobras, Galp Partex) 2007 - Alentejo Blocks (Tullow, Galp, Partex)
2012 - Peniche Blocks (Repsol, Galp Partex)
2014 - Peniche Blocks (Repsol, Galp, Kosmos, Partex)
2013 - Algarve Blocks 13/14 (Repsol, Partex)
2015 - Algarve Blocks 11/12 (Repsol, Partex)
2006 – First R&D agreement with IST
1999 – CGG opens an office in Lisbon
1993 – Mohave starts Onshore Lusitânica Basin exploration
1994 – Last offshore well Porto Basin
2008 – R&D Atlantic geoscience project
2015 – First deep-offshore well postponed 2016 – Other deep-offshore
well postponed
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Exploration activity in Portugal
Total of 150 Onshore wells and 25 Offshore wells
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Wells drilled in Portugal 1939-2007
Onshore Offshore
6 wells drilledbefore 1939;2nd world war(1939-45)
Colonial Africa wars(1961-1974)
End ofdictatorship1974
13-1, Ca-1, Do-1c, Mo-1
5A-1, 14A-1, 14C-1A, 16A-1, 17C-1,
Im-1, Pe-1, Ru-1
14A-2, 20B-1, Cv-1, Cv-2, Cv-3, Co-1, Fa-1
13E-1
Ca-1, Go-1
Lu-1
Li-1
To-1
Portugal offshore bid round 2002
1st Gulf war
72 865km seismic 2D 10 332km2 seismic 3D
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
European exploration drilling efforts (1961-2001)
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2635
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1955
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725653
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The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
The rational of cooperation with IST
Technical University of Lisbon (IST)
PARTEX OIL and GAS
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Milestones through time
2005
• Negotiations between Partex and IST (CERENA) for R&D programs
2006
• Signature of a R&D agreement between Partex and IST: January 2006
2007
• GSI first papers (Cascais and Abu Dhabi);
2008
• Petrobras joins to Partex to sponsor CERENA. Begining of GEI developments
2009/2010
• GEI tests with syntetic seismic data
2013
• GEI test pilot in Oman
2014
• GEI Test pilot off-shore Angola
• GSI Petrel Plug-in
2015/2016
• GSI modified for earlier exploration phase
• Geostatistical seismic AVA inversion for facies
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
world-class middle east carbonate reservoir
The dense/porous altering layering are observed in the porosity model
Porosity Model Conditioned by AI model
Top
Base
100ft100ft
2 km2 km
Apt 1
Apt 2
Apt 3 Apt 3 Apt 4 Apt 5
Apt 6
Apt 6
100ft Central Platform Margin Southern Platform Interior Northern Clinoforms
Bab Basin
S N 2km
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Research & Development: Seismic Inversion in Exploration Phase
– Partex/Instituto Superior Técnico, 2015
– Research & Development
– Global Seismic Inversion with zones
– Unexplored field, no wells within 3D seismic
– Offshore Algarve, South Portugal
– Turbidite channels Potential reservoir (turbidities channels) and the main horizons
ZONE 1
ZONE 2
ZONE 3
Potential reservoir
BA3/BA4
BA5
BA2
P
M2
Zoning model of the target area
Zone 3
Zone 1
AI distribution extracted from the analog wells and used in seismic inversion
Zone 2 Potential Reservoir - sandstones
Non-reservoir
Rock Physics Scenarios
SALT
OLISTOSTROMTURBIDITECHANNELS
SEA BOTTOM
Potential reservoir
M1
M2
P
BA2
P1
BA3/BA4
BA5
Analog well logs
High DT Low DT
Low velocity High velocity
High porosity Low porosity
Density valuesnear quartz
Density valuesnear calcite
Sandstone Limestone
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Seismic Inversion of undrilled prospects in early exploration stage
Real Seismic Synthetic SeismcBest AI model
Turbidites channels withlow acoustic impedance
values
• The definition of the initial distribution extracted from the analog-wells is crucial for the success of the inversion process
• It is very important to have a clear idea of what could be our geological model to infer the lithology/facies for better definition of the zoning model or properties distribution
• The proposed method achieved very good results
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Broadband data recording
Land: • New generation of vibrators extending the frequency content to ultra low frequency side (down to 1.5 Hz) and to the
higher frequency side. • New generation of geophones (MEMS - Micro Electro-Mechanical System) capable of recording very low frequencies Marine: • New generation of streams, streams with variable depth, dual sensors streams and new techniques for deghosting
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Seismic Inversion with Broadband acquisition
Broadband allows a higher-fidelity inversion of seismic back to the underlying rock properties and improve confidence in ability to predict and match well data
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
Full-azimuth 3D
Having a convenient set of subset cubes of different angles and azimuths it is possible to calculate anisotropic seismic attributes linked fracture density and
orientation
For better seismic imaging and fracture characterization, the acquisition with full range of azimuth is a key point, which
requires an orthogonal acquisition templates with a large number of source and receiver points
The role of R&D in the Oil and Gas industry in Portugal
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