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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California www.spwla2015.com
SPWLA56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015
The Role of Petrophysics: From Exploration Through Abandonment
EVOLVING PETROPHYSICS OF
THE OVERBURDEN: A SPECTROSCOPY APPROACH
Amitabha Chatterjee, Harish Datir, Mirza Hassan Baig, Jack Horkowitz, Jim Grau, Schlumberger;
Jeremy Goonting, Helen Haneferd, Dianne Tompkins, Brett Wendt, ConocoPhillips
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
The Greater Ekofisk Area (GEA)• Discovered in 1969
• Largest producing field on the Norwegian continental shelf
• Naturally fractured chalk reservoirs
• Evaluation: Integrating logs with GEA Legacy Database
• Core / cuttings: XRD, XRF, SEM+EDS, TOC, Petrography
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Problem Overview
Challenges (GEA overburden shales)• Compaction & Subsidence
• Fault reactivation
• Wellbore instability
• Narrow drilling windows
• Fluid containment
G&G model• Volume fractions of minerals and organic matter
• Porosity
• Gas saturation
• Clay types & volumes
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Problem Overview
Challenges (GEA overburden shales)• Compaction & Subsidence
• Fault reactivation
• Wellbore instability
• Narrow drilling windows
• Fluid containment
G&G model• Volume fractions of minerals and organic matter
• Porosity
• Gas saturation
• Clay types & volumes
high resolution petrophysical inputs
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Model 1: Conventional logs• Conventional logs
• Solving only single mixed clay, quartz, water, gas
• Highly subjective
• Inconsistencies* across the field
• Couldn’t solve important minerals (calcite, dolomite, pyrite...)
Outputs >> Input measurements
Previous Evaluation Known Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Model 2: Adding capture only spectroscopy• Mineralogy fixed to spectroscopy (Spectrolith*)
• Clay typing difficult
• Better total clay control than Model 1 (variation vertically and laterally)
• Similar observations from XRD, SEM+EDS
• Are these variations real?
• Computed porosities too high – no correction for organic matter
Previous Evaluation Known Challenges
Outputs > Input measurements
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Clay diagenesis• Various authors (Bjørlykke, 1997; Thyberg et al, 2000; and Marcussen et al., 2009)
• Not seen on Th-K crossplot
• Observed on neutron-density crossplot
• Transition with depth, validated by literature
• Attempted zoning: single mixed clay
• High interpreter subjectivity
Organic matter (diatomite)• Very low density• Very high neutron porosity• Excessive porosities (needs inclusion of organic matter)• Log measurement to solve (organic carbon - TOC)
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons• Observed during drilling
• Seismic obscure zone
• Migrated from reservoir over geologic time
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons• Observed during drilling
• Seismic obscure zone
• Migrated from reservoir over geologic time
• Seen on Vp/Vs – DTCO crossplot (qualitative)
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons• Observed during drilling
• Seismic obscure zone
• Migrated from reservoir over geologic time
• Seen on Vp/Vs – DTCO crossplot (qualitative)
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons• Observed during drilling
• Seismic obscure zone
• Migrated from reservoir over geologic time
• Seen on Vp/Vs – DTCO crossplot (qualitative)
• Same depths as organic matter
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons• Observed during drilling
• Seismic obscure zone
• Migrated from reservoir over geologic time
• Seen on Vp/Vs – DTCO crossplot (qualitative)
• Same depths as organic matter
Carbonate stringers
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Gas and light hydrocarbons• Observed during drilling
• Seismic obscure zone
• Migrated from reservoir over geologic time
• Seen on Vp/Vs – DTCO crossplot (qualitative)
• Same depths as organic matter
Carbonate stringers• Hard to drill
• Associated gas below some stringers
• Laterally extensive
• Both calcite and dolomite
• Log measurements to solve (Ca, Mg, Mn)
Previous Evaluation Challenges
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Methodology
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
MethodologyTwo step interpretation
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
MethodologyTwo step interpretation
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
MethodologyTwo step interpretation
• Legacy GEA database (cuttings & core: XRD, XRF, SEM+EDS, TOC, petrography)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
MethodologyTwo step interpretation
• Legacy GEA database (cuttings & core: XRD, XRF, SEM+EDS, TOC, petrography)
• Log Measurements (using high definition spectroscopy)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
MethodologyTwo step interpretation
• Legacy GEA database (cuttings & core: XRD, XRF, SEM+EDS, TOC, petrography)
• Log Measurements (using high definition spectroscopy)
• Iteration 1: limited database information
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
MethodologyTwo step interpretation
• Legacy GEA database (cuttings & core: XRD, XRF, SEM+EDS, TOC, petrography)
• Log Measurements (using high definition spectroscopy)
• Iteration 1: limited database information
• Iteration 2: integration with GEA database
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Co
un
ts
Energy
Inelastic
Capture
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Co
un
ts
Energy
Inelastic
Capture
Spectroscopy Principles
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Co
un
ts
Energy
Inelastic
Capture
Spectroscopy Principles
Mg Si Ca Fe SAl
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Co
un
ts
Energy
Inelastic
Capture
Spectroscopy Principles
Mg Si Ca Fe SAl
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Clay
QFM
Calcite
Dolomite
Pyrite
Co
un
ts
Energy
Inelastic
Capture
Spectroscopy Principles Spectroscopy directly
•Minerals (limited)
•Matrix Properties
•TOC
•Sigma
Mg Si Ca Fe SAl
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Spectral Acquisition
• Capture
• Inelastic
Spectral Analysis
• Elemental Yields
Closure
• Elemental Weight Fractions
Interpretation
• Petrophysical answers
Clay
QFM
Calcite
Dolomite
Pyrite
Co
un
ts
Energy
Inelastic
Capture
Spectroscopy Principles Spectroscopy directly
•Minerals (limited)
•Matrix Properties
•TOC
•Sigma
Multimineral Analysis
•Minerals (full)
•Organic matter
•Clay Typing
•Porosity
•Saturation
Mg Si Ca Fe SAl
Radtke et. al, 2012
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Using direct spectroscopy outputs
Mineralogical solution
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Using direct spectroscopy outputs
• Elemental dry weights and uncertainties
• TOC = TC – TIC organic content
Mineralogical solution
Manganese- rich
mineral stringers
Increase in sulfur due
to pyrite
TC and TIC for
organic matter
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Using direct spectroscopy outputs
• Elemental dry weights and uncertainties
• TOC = TC – TIC organic content
• Measured Al clay volume
• Magnesium calcite vs. dolomite
• Manganese rhodochrosite
Mineralogical solution
Manganese- rich
mineral stringers
Increase in sulfur due
to pyrite
TC and TIC for
organic matter
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Using direct spectroscopy outputs
• Elemental dry weights and uncertainties
• TOC = TC – TIC organic content
• Measured Al clay volume
• Magnesium calcite vs. dolomite
• Manganese rhodochrosite
• Organic free matrix density Density Porosity
Mineralogical solution
Manganese- rich
mineral stringers
Increase in sulfur due
to pyrite
TC and TIC for
organic matter
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Using direct spectroscopy outputs
• Elemental dry weights and uncertainties
• TOC = TC – TIC organic content
• Measured Al clay volume
• Magnesium calcite vs. dolomite
• Manganese rhodochrosite
• Organic free matrix density Density Porosity
• Sigma water saturation
Mineralogical solution
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Multimineral Model
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Multimineral ModelInputs: Elemental dry weights (12) & uncertainties, other log measurements (7)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Multimineral ModelInputs: Elemental dry weights (12) & uncertainties, other log measurements (7)
Outputs: • Mineral volumes: Clay types (4), Carbonates (2), quartz, feldspars, mica (4),
iron minerals (2), rhodochrosite (1)
• Porosity & Fluid volumes: gas and water (2)
• Organic matter (1)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Multimineral ModelInputs: Elemental dry weights (12) & uncertainties, other log measurements (7)
Outputs: • Mineral volumes: Clay types (4), Carbonates (2), quartz, feldspars, mica (4),
iron minerals (2), rhodochrosite (1)
• Porosity & Fluid volumes: gas and water (2)
• Organic matter (1)
Iterative inversion technique: ELANPlus*
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Multimineral ModelInputs: Elemental dry weights (12) & uncertainties, other log measurements (7)
Outputs: • Mineral volumes: Clay types (4), Carbonates (2), quartz, feldspars, mica (4),
iron minerals (2), rhodochrosite (1)
• Porosity & Fluid volumes: gas and water (2)
• Organic matter (1)
Iterative inversion technique: ELANPlus*
Ground rules: • Retain default end points (unless specific justification)
• Constraints & zoning based on GEA database
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to Elements
ElementsMinerals
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to Elements
ElementsMinerals
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Elements to minerals is not always a unique mapping• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), others not
Linking Minerals to Elements
ElementsMinerals
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Elements to minerals is not always a unique mapping• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), others not
Linking Minerals to Elements
ElementsMinerals
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Elements to minerals is not always a unique mapping• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), others not• Density has end points in all rock minerals:
Linking Minerals to Elements
ElementsMinerals
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Elements to minerals is not always a unique mapping• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), others not• Density has end points in all rock minerals:
Linking Minerals to Elements
ElementsMinerals
Poor discriminator between rock minerals Strong driver for porosity
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates• No Al in quartz:
once Si is distributed to other Si minerals, leftover can be used to solve quartz
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates• No Al in quartz:
once Si is distributed to other Si minerals, leftover can be used to solve quartz
• Iron pyrite, siderite, iron chlorite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates• No Al in quartz:
once Si is distributed to other Si minerals, leftover can be used to solve quartz
• Iron pyrite, siderite, iron chlorite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates• No Al in quartz:
once Si is distributed to other Si minerals, leftover can be used to solve quartz
• Iron pyrite, siderite, iron chlorite• Potassium orthoclase, biotite, muscovite, illite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates• No Al in quartz:
once Si is distributed to other Si minerals, leftover can be used to solve quartz
• Iron pyrite, siderite, iron chlorite• Potassium orthoclase, biotite, muscovite, illite• Sodium Na-feldspars
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Linking Minerals to ElementsElements to minerals is not always a unique mapping
• Some elements can be mapped uniquely (with assumptions), some not
• Particularly difficult: mapping Al & Si to the Aluminum-silicates• No Al in quartz• Iron pyrite, siderite, iron chlorite• Potassium orthoclase, biotite, muscovite, illite• Sodium Na-feldspars• Calcium + Magnesium mostly sufficient to solve main carbonate minerals.
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
GEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
Dominantly smectiteVariable kaoliniteLittle chlorite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
Dominantly smectiteVariable kaoliniteLittle chlorite
smectite illite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Integrating log with local knowledge & geologic information• Many minerals can be solved via spectroscopy• Challenging to solve all the aluminum silicates solely based on logs
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
Dominantly smectiteVariable kaoliniteLittle chlorite
smectite illite
Less smectiteMore Kaolinite, illite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
Dominantly smectiteVariable kaoliniteLittle chlorite
smectite illite
Less smectiteMore Kaolinite, illite
• Clay mineral constraints based on GEA legacy database & elemental reconstructions
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Building the Petrophysical model• Selection of minerals made for each formation
Calcite, pyrite, siderite, and quartz were solved everywhere
Dolomite was not solved for in the Upper Miocene and Våle formations
Rhodochrosite solved in the Oligocene and lower formations
Mineral constraintsGEA legacy databaseLiterature survey in Area
Multimineralsolver
• Clay mineral constraints based on GEA legacy database & elemental reconstructions
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Mineral Model Results• Calcite dolomite stringers
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Mineral Model Results• Calcite dolomite stringers
• TOC
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Mineral Model Results• Calcite dolomite stringers
• TOC
• Organic matter (part of matrix)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Mineral Model Results• Calcite dolomite stringers
• TOC
• Organic matter (part of matrix)
• Matrix grain density (TOC corrected)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Mineral Model Results• Calcite dolomite stringers
• TOC
• Organic matter (part of matrix)
• Matrix grain density (TOC corrected)
• Porosity (accounting for organic matter on log responses)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Mineral Model Results• Calcite dolomite stringers
• TOC
• Organic matter (part of matrix)
• Matrix grain density (TOC corrected)
• Porosity (accounting for organic matter on log responses)
• Gas saturation (Resistivity Sigma, Sonic crossplot)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
• Gas highest in Middle Miocene
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
• Gas highest in Middle Miocene
• No gas in Oligocene, Eocene
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
• Gas highest in Middle Miocene
• No gas in Oligocene, Eocene
• Main clays: smectite, kaolinite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
• Gas highest in Middle Miocene
• No gas in Oligocene, Eocene
• Main clays: smectite, kaolinite
• Minor amounts of quartz
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
• Gas highest in Middle Miocene
• No gas in Oligocene, Eocene
• Main clays: smectite, kaolinite
• Minor amounts of quartz
• Carbonate stringers present
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Hordaland• Very high levels of TOC
~ highest in study well (# 3)
• Matrix grain density ~ 2.75 g/cm3
2.25 – 2.55 g/cm3
• High porosity ~ as high as 45 pu
• Gas saturation highest~ as high as 60%
• Gas highest in Middle Miocene
• No gas in Oligocene, Eocene
• Main clays: smectite, kaolinite
• Minor amounts of quartz
• Carbonate stringers present
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Rogaland
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Rogaland• Low levels of TOC
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Rogaland• Low levels of TOC
• Decreased porosity ~ 20 pu
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Rogaland• Low levels of TOC
• Decreased porosity ~ 20 pu
• Slight gas saturation
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Rogaland• Low levels of TOC
• Decreased porosity ~ 20 pu
• Slight gas saturation
• Lower amounts of smectite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Rogaland• Low levels of TOC
• Decreased porosity ~ 20 pu
• Slight gas saturation
• Lower amounts of smectite
• Increased amounts of quartz
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Nordland
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Nordland• Low levels of TOC
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Nordland• Low levels of TOC
• Reduced porosity ~ 35 pu
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Nordland• Low levels of TOC
• Reduced porosity ~ 35 pu
• Gas saturation – negligible to none
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Nordland• Low levels of TOC
• Reduced porosity ~ 35 pu
• Gas saturation – negligible to none
• Lower amounts of smectite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Results
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
NORDLAND
GROUPS
HORDALAND
ROGALAND
Nordland• Low levels of TOC
• Reduced porosity ~ 35 pu
• Gas saturation – negligible to none
• Lower amounts of smectite
• higher amounts of chlorite
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
• Logs required for extensive coverage and high vertical resolution
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
• Logs required for extensive coverage and high vertical resolution
• Advanced spectroscopy required to tackle complex mineralogy
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
• Logs required for extensive coverage and high vertical resolution
• Advanced spectroscopy required to tackle complex mineralogy
• Important to guide log based interpretation with local geology
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
• Logs required for extensive coverage and high vertical resolution
• Advanced spectroscopy required to tackle complex mineralogy
• Important to guide log based interpretation with local geology
• Petrophysical answers used as inputs to geologic and geomechanical model
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
• Logs required for extensive coverage and high vertical resolution
• Advanced spectroscopy required to tackle complex mineralogy
• Important to guide log based interpretation with local geology
• Petrophysical answers used as inputs to geologic and geomechanical model
• Benefits for future wells drilling, completions, production, and abandonment
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
Conclusions & Lessons Learnt
Overburden• Reliable knowledge of lithology & rock minerals paramount
• Limited coverage via cores and cuttings
• Logs required for extensive coverage and high vertical resolution
• Advanced spectroscopy required to tackle complex mineralogy
• Important to guide log based interpretation with local geology
• Petrophysical answers used as inputs to geologic and geomechanical model
• Benefits for future wells drilling, completions, production, and abandonment
Key to answering complex mineralogy challenges:Integration of logs and advanced spectroscopy with local knowledge, petrological data, and geological information
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56th Annual SPWLA Symposium July 18 – 22, 2015 Long Beach, California
The authors thank the PL018 partnership for their approval: ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, Eni Norge AS; Petoro AS; Statoil Petroleum AS; Total E&P Norge AS.
Acknowledgements
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