"AREA/DEPTH" VOLUMETRICS WORKBOOK

USER NOTES
Purpose
This spreadsheet was designed to eliminate much of the drudgery in determining geometry factors for volum
estimation. Specifically, it: 1) eliminates manual drawing and planimetering of Area vs. Depth Plots, and 2) ac
calculates reservoir volumes and geometry factors.
How to Use
1) As with normal volumetrics work, first determine:
a) minimum, median, and maximum gross reservoir thicknesses,
b) minimum, median, and maximum hydrocarbon column heights,
c) cumulative planimetered areas within prospective map contours, and
d) depths corresponding to those contours.
2) Startup the "Area/Depth" Excel workbook which contains a "Prospect Volumetrics "spreadsheet and a macr
3) Enter the Prospect Name/Location, the prospective horizon, then minimum, median, and maximum estimat
reservoir thickness and hydrocarbon column height. [The spreadsheet is protected so you can only enter valu
cells designed for data input
4) Advance to the area / depth cells and input the measured pairs for the prospective map contours (determin
1c).
5) As your area/depth data pairs are entered, all values are calculated and the Area vs. Depth Plot is drawn a
You still have to sort the Gross Pay and Geometry Factors, and format the depth axis. This is done automatica
on the "Sort" and "Scale Plot" buttons in the lower right area of the spreadsheet.
6) Parameter Calculation Techniques
The measured Area/Depth pairs (from 1c above) define the uppermost (Dtop) curve on the Area vs. Depth Plo
Slopes between successive Area / Depth input pairs are calculated as straight line segments from: Slope = m
(Area2-Area1)
The depth corresponding to "Zero" area is the "0" axis slope intercept of the line connecting the first two Are
Dt0 = Dt1 - (m * Area1)

Depths to Min, Med, and Max HC/water contacts (DHCon) are calculated from the HC Column (HCol) values rel
DHCon= Dt0 - HCol
Corresponding Area (Ax) values for intermediate Depth points (Dx) are calculated from the slope equation: A
Dx) / Ax-1
The Volume under successive segments of the Area / Depth curves for the reservoir top and each bed thickne
calculated as the area of a parallelogram: Volumei = (Depthi-Depthi-1) * (Areai + Areai-1) / 2
Reservoir volumes are obtained by summing the successive parallelogram volumes under the reservoir top, a
limiting bed thickness, down to the respective HCol cutoffs, and then taking the difference of those total volu
ResVol(minbed/mincol) = Vtop - Vminbed ...etc.
Bulk Volumes are determined as the product of each limiting bed thickness and the map area for each limiting
BlkVol(minbed/mincol) = Thkminbed * Areamincol ...etc.
Finally, the Geometry Factor for each bed-HCol combination is the quotient of the respective Reservoir Volum
Volume:

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Prospect:
Horizon:
Resvr.Thickness (ft)
HC Column (ft)
H/WC (depth)
Pay Area (acres)
Area Distribution

Example Prospect
Formation
P01
P10
411
445
310
403
13640
13733
4118
6032
13%
19%

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Spreadsheet Concept:

P50
490
555
13885
11534
37%

P90
540
765
14095
17851
57%

P99
584
993
14323 <--OK
31332
100%

L.E.DeKay

NOTE: Input values in yellow cells, then click "Sort" macro, then click "SCALE PLOT".
Read off blue font results to place on 3-point volumetrics sheets.
Input 'Area / Depth' pairs from structure map.
Area
Dt
Dmn
Dmd
Dmx
IntVol
TotVol
0
13330
13741
13820
13914
0
0
1500
13450
13861
13940
14034
90000
90000
3500
13610
14021
14100
14194
400000
490000
7000
13780
14191
14270
14364
892500
1382500
11750
13890
14301
14380
14474
1031250
2413750
18000
14100
14511
14590
14684
3123750
5537500
31750
14330
14741
14820
14914
5721250
11258750

Tk/Col
mn/mn
mn/md
mn/mx
md/mn
md/md
md/mx
mx/mn
mx/md
mx/mx

GrossPay
310
411
411
310
490
490
310
555
584

Sorted Gross Pay

<--OK
<--OK

Minimum >

Median >

Maximum >

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ResVol
604265
2225940
8358512
604265
2329134
9223816
604265
2355540
9925160

310
310
310
411
411
490
490
555
584

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Maximum Depth 14330
Plot Minimum 13300
Plot Maximum 15000

Prospect:
Horizon:

Example Prospect
Formation

Area vs. Depth Plot

13300
13500
13640

13700

13733
13885

Depth (feet)

13900

14095

14100
14300

14323

14500
14700
14900
0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

Area (acres)

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35000

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BulkVol
1276471
4740511
12877255
1276471
5651705
15352446
1276471
6401420
18297609

Sorted Gross Pay

0.368
0.412
0.470
0.473
0.473
0.473
0.542
0.601
0.649

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Area vs. Depth Plot

13885
14095

14323

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Area (acres)

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