Petrophysical Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Pore-Thickness in Thinly Bedded Clastic Reservoirs

082-PetrophysicsThinlyBedded, 01 January 2006

Many siliciclastic oil and gas reservoirs contain significant volumes of recoverable hydrocarbons in intervals whose average bed thickness is below the resolution of conventional well-logging tools. In-place hydrocarbon volumes are difficult to evaluate accurately in these thin-bedded reservoirs. The authors conducted research on thin-bed evaluation methods during the years 1995-1998 and developed a set of methods and practices that been used worldwide by ExxonMobil since then. The present book describes these methods in the context of an integrated formation evaluation approach for thin-bedded reservoirs. The description is intended to provide useful information for both geoscience generalists and petrophysical specialists.

Cast & Characters

1-16The Clastic Thin-bed Problem
17-26A Roadmap for Evaluating Thin-bedded Clastic Reservoirs
27-40Definitions and Geologic Occurrence of Thin Beds in Clastics
41-54Identification of Thin Beds using Well Data
55-60Drilling, Coring, and Logging Programs for Thinly Bedded Formations
61-72Petrophysical Properties of Thinly Bedded Formations
73-90Characterizing Thinly Bedded Reservoirs with Core Data
91-108Digital Core Imaging in Thinly Bedded Reservoirs
109-132Borehole Image Logs in Thinly Bedded Reservoirs
133-154Modeling Log Responses in Thinly Bedded Reservoirs
155-172High-resolution Techniques
173-192Low-resolution Techniques
193-204Summary and Recommendations