some thoughts on rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
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Some Thoughts on Rock Mechanics in the Oil and Gas Industry
Kate Hadley Baker
BP and ExxonMobil (retired)
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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World total primary energy supply 1971 to 2012 by fuel (Mtoe)
http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/KeyWorld2014.pdf, p.7
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4ExxonMobil Outlook for Energy 2015, p. 57
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Sources and Uses of EnergyUnited States’ Use, 2013 quadrillion BTUs
The Economist (Jan 17 2015) Special Report “Let there be Light” p.4; original Sankey diagram from LLNL
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Ahmed Abou-Sayed’s View
Fellows Panel, 43rd ARMA Symp http://armarocks.org/past_conferences/asheville2009/kn_fellows.pdf
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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Rock Mechanics
and Geomechanics
are used
Interchangeably in
this talk. Is shale a
rock or a soil?
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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11Univ of Georgia, Geology Dept slide deck
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12Univ of Georgia, Geology Dept slide deck
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13Univ of Georgia, Geology Dept slide deck
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Seismic Rant
Busanello et al. (2014) Oilfield Review
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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Drilling progress is measured by days vs depth
De Wardt & Co., Lean Drilling™ Case Studies
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Non-productive time causes, % of lost time
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Pore P Predn
Wellbore Stab
Other
Proc/Trng
WOW
Drlg Cntrtr Equip
Svc Co Equip
Risk Mgmt
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Peeling the NPT onion:Documented Subsurface Conditions Causing Drilling NPT
• PPFG – Uncertainty in variation with depth– Narrow PPFG windows or sharp
pressure ramps– Production artifacts
• Geology/Geomechanics – Inherently troublesome formations– Faulted or rubblized zones– Large differences between σH and σh
– Bedding at high angle to wellbore• Shallow Hazards – Seabed obstructions or instability– Shallow subsurface hazards
• Geophysics – Water depth errors– Seismic uncertainty
• Inexperience• Equipment Failure
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Eight Root Causes of Lost Circulation
• Seepage
• Borehole breathing
• Induced axial fracture (vertical)
• Induced orthogonal fracture (horizontal)
• Natural faults and fractures
• Vugs
• Failed casing shoe
• Hole in casing
Mark Alberty, personal communication (2007)
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Geology / Geomechanical Considerations in Borehole Instability
Mody et al. (2007)Willson et al. (2003)
(A) (B)
Schematic of comparative failure in an isotropic formation due to high differential stress (A) and in a formation with pre-existing planes of weakness (B)
Stress orientation controls failure orientation in (A); Rock fabric or structural grain controls failure orientation in (B)
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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Productivity Ratio vs. Skin Factor
0
50
100
150
200
250
-5 5 15 25 35 45 55
Skin Factor
Pro
du
cti
vit
y F
ac
tor,
%
Range of Skin Factors
Associated with Frac Pack
Range of Skin Factors Associated with
Cased Hole Gravel Pack Completions
George King, personal communication (2004)
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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Valhall Field 1500.0
Barkved et al., (2003) SPE 83957
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Valhall: Absolute Permeability Reduction Affects Production Rate
Han et al, (2013) ARMA 13-163
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Water-induced chalk compactionA
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Stress increase & compaction due to oil production
Begin waterflood
Unloading path absent material properties change
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Valhall: Fault Reactivation Complicates Drilling and Well Integrity
Han et al, (2013) ARMA 13-163
Incr
easi
ng
“fai
lure
val
ue”
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Valhall: Seabed Subsidence Endangers Infrastructure
Kvernstrøm et al (2012), personal communication
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Wamsutter: Stratigraphy & Seismic Coverage
After http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2011/110159geetan/ndx_geetan.pdf
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Wamsutter Large Array VSP Survey
Shot spacing 250 ftReceiver spacing 50 ftMax Offset 11,000 ft
• Recover un-aliasedfrequencies up to 120 Hzat reservoir
• Imaging away from wellbore
Rosemarie Geetan et al. (2011) , Search and Discovery Article #110159
Top Almond
Base Almond
Wamsutter P-wave PreSTM Wamsutter VSP Data
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What to do?
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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Abandonment
• Think of the Well as Part of a System
• Protect Freshwater
• Seal Zones of Light Density Fluid Influx –especially those that are or may become gas-bearing
• Seal pressure ramps
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Outline
• The energy industry and oil and gas therein
• Rock mechanics in the oil and gas industry
– Exploration
• With a seismic rant
– Appraisal
• With a drilling and completions rant
– Development/Production
• Valhall and Wamsutter case histories
– Abandonment
• Closing thoughts
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Annual contribution of one group• Tight formation gas completion design improvement,
including the use of staged hydraulic fractures
– Taken for granted today in O&G but most geothermal well stimulations are bullheaded from the casing shoe. Diverters have only begun to be considered seriously in the last 2 years.
• ID optimum drilling direction in a naturally fractured carbonate reservoir
• Improved wellbore stability for drill wells in an offshore oil field [Valhall]
• Identification that, owing to compaction drive, primary oil recovery in another offshore field would likely be 25-35%, not 5% as originally thought – but with potential consequences for infrastructure.