The Effects of Depositional Environment on Petrophysical Properties of Mesaverde Reservoirs, Northwestern Colorado

Author(s):  
J.C. Lorenz ◽  
A.R. Sattler ◽  
C.L. Stein
2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-393
Author(s):  
T.M. Asubiojo ◽  
S.E. Okunuwadje

Reservoir sand bodies in Kwe Field, coastal swamp depobelt, onshore eastern Niger Delta Basin were evaluated from a composite log suite comprising gamma ray, resistivity, density and neutron logs of five (5) wells with core photographs of one (1) reservoir of one well. The aim of the study was to evaluate the petrophysical properties of the reservoirs while the objectives were to identify the depositional environment and predict the reservoir system quality and performance. The study identified three reservoir sand bodies in the field on the basis of their petrophysical properties and architecture. Reservoir A has an average NTG (61.4 %), Ø (27.50 %), K (203.99 md), Sw (31.9 %) and Sh (68.1 %); Reservoir B has an average NTG (65.6 %), Ø (26.0 %), K (95.90 md), Sw (28.87 %) and Sh (71.13 %) while Reservoir C has an average NTG (70.4 %), Ø (26.1 %), K (91.4 md), Sw (25.0 %) and Sh (75.03 %) and therefore show that the field has good quality sandstone reservoirs saturated in hydrocarbon. However, the presence of marine shales (or mudstones) interbedding with these sandstones may likely form permeability baffles to vertical flow and compartmentalize the reservoirs. These reservoirs may therefore have different flow units. Integrating wireline logs and core data, the reservoir sand bodies were interpreted as deposited in an estuarineshoreface setting thus indicating that the Kwe Field lies within the marginal marine mega depositional environment.Keywords: Estuarine, Shoreface, Reservoir, Sand, Kwe, field


Author(s):  
Faraj Ahmad AL-Sulaiman ◽  
Thamer Aadi Ahmed

Hamrin oil field is one of the important oil field in northern Iraq. The field represent an asymmetrical anticline that extend North West-South East for more than 101 km, with width (4-7) km. Hamrin oil field was located at the south western boundary of foothill zone of the unstable shelf area according to the tectonic division of Iraq. The Tertiary reservoir represented by Jeribe and Euphrates formations as main reservoirs and Dhiban formation as secondary reservoir that represent an attractive petroleum completion target in Hamrin oil field. The aim of this study is to determine the petrophysical properties of these formations, using log data, because these properties affect the estimate of reserves (porosity and saturation) and well deliverability (permeability). This study shows that the petro physical properties of these formations were controlled by depositional environment, diagenesis and tectonic activity. The evaluation of the petro physical for tertiary reservoir in Hamrin oil field was necessary to choose the best interval for well completion.


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