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01 Forev Less1 Intro
01 Forev Less1 Intro
Lesson 1
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INTRODUCTION
Sept-Dec 2017
• Short test
• Homework
– Due Friday
– Returned and discussed in lab
• Software demonstrations
• Questions/problems discussed
GRADING
• Homework 20%
• Midterm & Report 35%
• Quizzes 15%
• Final 30%
A = 90 – 100%
B = 80 – 89.9
C = 70 – 79.9
D = 60 – 69.9
F < 60
GUIDELINES
• Classes
– Pay attention
– Computer off
– Ask questions
– Read the book
• Labs
– Opportunity to discuss problems
– Review work
• Report
– Early start
– Back up files
– Printers are fickle
INTRODUCTION - WHAT IS LOGGING?
Baker-Atlas
VALUE AND LIMITATIONS
OF WELL LOG DATA
Strengths
• Provides remotely sensed values of reservoir
properties and fluids
• Among the most abundant reservoir data
• Presentation results fairly well standardized
• Allows evaluation of lateral (map) and vertical
(cross section) changes in reservoir properties
and fluids
•Limitations
• Indirect measurements
• Vertical resolution
• Depth of investigation
A FEW SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES
IN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
• First oil well – E. L. Drake, Titusville, PA, 1859
• Sequence stratigraphy – (Mitchell, Vail et al., Exxon; Fisher, et al., UT), 1970’s
(SEE NOTES)
From Schlumberger
EARLY SURFACE
GEOPHYSICS
Resistivity map
made by C. Schlumberger, 1912
DIEFFENBACH
NO. 2907, RIG 7
Pechelbronn, France
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September 5, 1927
From Schlumberger
145 m
SEGMENT OF THE
150 m FIRST WELL LOG –
Schlumberger
155 m
160 m
165 m
170 m
175 m
155 m
From Schlumberger
SEGMENT OF THE FIRST WELL LOG – Schlumberger
215 m
220 m
225 m
From Schlumberger
SEGMENT OF THE FIRST WELL LOG – Schlumberger
From Schlumberger
HEADER – FIRST WELL LOG
Schlumberger, 1927
From Schlumberger
From Schlumberger
HENRI DOLL LOGGING OKLAHOMA
WELL, 1930
From Schlumberger
“ANOTHER FUN DAY IN THE OIL PATCH”
From Schlumberger
OPEN HOLE LOGGING MEASUREMENTS
• Passive
– Caliper
– Gamma Ray
– Spontaneous
Potential (SP)
• Active
– Acoustic
LOGGING TOOL
- tc, ts, Ac, As
– Nuclear
- b, N, Pe, 1, 2
– Electromagnetic
- R, tPL, EATT
CASED HOLE LOGGING MEASUREMENTS
• Passive
– Gamma Ray
– Temperature
– Flow Velocity
– Caliper
• Active
– Acoustic
– Nuclear
– Electromagnetic
– Mechanical
SOME QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY
LOG INTERPRETATION
• Geophysicist / Geologist • Reservoir Engineer
– Are the tops as predicted? – How thick is the pay zone?
– Are potential zones porous? – How homogeneous is the
– Formation intervals? zone?
– Lithology? – Porosity?
– Hydrocarbons? – Permeability?
– What type of hydrocarbons?
• Production Engineer
– Commercial quantities?
– Which zone(s) to complete?
• Drilling Engineer – What production rates?
– Hole volume for cementing? – Any water production?
– Any keyseats or doglegs? – Is zone hydraulically isolated?
– Packer placement for testing? – Will well need stimulation?
– Best place to set a whipstock? – What stimulation would be
best?
WHAT DOES AN OPEN HOLE LOG COST?
IT DEPENDS ON...
• Well type
– Vertical/Deviated
– Deep/Shallow
– Hot/Normal
• Measurements
– Depth charge
– Survey charge
• Time / location / special procedures
– Land/offshore
– Service charge
– Equipment availability
– Rig time
– Wireline/LWD
TYPICAL OPEN HOLE WIRELINE COSTS
Land Offshore
Service Charge $1-3K $6-10K
$12-25K/day jack-up
Rig Time $4K/day $100K+/day floater
EXAMPLE LOGGING JOB COSTS
• DIL+BHC+GR • DIL+BHC+GR
• Land well • Offshore well
• Logged interval 8-10K ft. • Logged interval 8-10K ft.
Misc.
Mud
7%
Trouble 20%
15%
Wireline
Logging
8% Rig Time
25%
Steel
25%
1. Rig-up
Place sonde(s) on cat-walk
Erect sheaves
Thread cable through
sheaves
Connect head to sonde
Using cable, lift sonde to rig
floor
Set 0 depth reference
2. Tool to TD
3. Repeat section 300ft/100m
4. Tool to TD
5. Full survey
6. Pull out of hole
7. Rig down
LOG PRESENTATION - THE HEADING
• Well location
• Depth references
• Date of log
• Well depth
• Casing shoe depth
• Bit size
• Mud data
– Type
– Properties
– Resistivities
• Max. Temperature
IMPORTANCE
OF HEADERS
Note use of
Rm to
correct for
borehole
effects in
Dual
Laterolog
Tool
• All tools are affected by the presence and properties of mud in the
borehole
• It is necessary to record all mud properties, such as mud weight, mud
resistivity (at a given temperature) in the header
Modified from Halliburton EL-1007
LOG PRESENTATION - LINEAR GRID
Depth
Track 1 track Track 2 Track 3
LOG PRESENTATION - LOG GRID
Track 1 Depth Track 2 Track 3
track
n n+4
2x10 2x10
LOG PRESENTATION - HYBRID GRID
Depth
Track 1 track Track 2 Track 3
n
2x10
n+2
2x10
LOG PRESENTATION - COMMON DEPTH SCALES
• Correlation
– 1:500 or 1:1000
– 2 in. (1:600) or 1 in. (1:1200)
– Heavy lines every 100 ft. or
50m
– Light lines each 10ft or 5m
• Routine
– 1:200 or 1:240 (5 in)
– Heavy lines every 50 ft. or 5 m
– Medium lines each 10 ft. or 5
m
– Light lines each 2 ft or 1 m
MEMORIZATION - 1 D
• Multi-sensors at different
positions create two
effects
• Sensor D does not ‘see’ C
bottom 70 ft. of well, etc.
• Measurements B, C, and B
D are ‘delayed’ until A
reaches where D was
• May give depth mismatch
between curves
A
STACKED LOGGING
TOOLS AND
MEMORY DISTANCES
SAND
B
All memorization is
done using a surface
computer that records
SAND data coming from a
tool and the depth of
A
the reading.
On depth
Off depth
DEPTH
SHIFTING
CORES
SHIFT
GR
(CORE)
W. Ayers, 1997
CHOOSING A LOGGING TOOL
Considerations:
• Type of well ( wildcat or development )
• Hole conditions ( depth, deviation, hole size, mud
type )
Examples:
– Oil based mud : Induction tool
– Water based salty mud : Laterolog Tool
• Formation fluid content (fresh/salt connate water)
• Economics (cost of the job, rig time involved)
TYPES OF LOGS TO BE RUN
• Logging suites generally include one resistivity and
one porosity device
• The logging string will also have other tools like the
gamma ray, SP and caliper tools
• However, logging suites usually have two porosity
devices to give more information about rock type,
hydrocarbon type and porosity
• Other considerations – to estimate permeability or to
take fluid samples – require other special tools like
the formation testers
NOMENCLATURE FOR ZONES IN
AND AROUND THE BOREHOLE
• Several methods
• Measurement many parameters
• Provides geoscience & engineering info
• Modest cost
• Standard formats
• Interpretation requires care
• Most abundant source of reservoir data