Quick Look Evaluation

Review the logs

Identify Reservoir Rocks
Discriminate Hydrocarbon Zones
Gas/Oil Differentiation

Gas in formation causes the

apparent Ø from Density log to
Increase and Ø from Neutron
log to decrease, causing a high
density-neutron separation.
Oil in the formation does
cause an increase in separation
but this is usually very small.
Once hydrocarbon
bearing zones in
reservoir have been
identified, the next step
is to differentiate
between oil and gas.
Zones with high density-
neutron separation
are identified as gas
bearing and zones with
little separation as oil
bearing.
Establish porosity
Establish porosity

Formation porosity can be computed using :-

Density Log alone: The matrix density has to be known

and an approximate value of fluid density of the
flushed zone can be used.

Density-Neutron Log: Compute the density and

neutron porosity assuming the same matrix and use
the relevant equation. The computed porosity will be a
good approximation whatever the matrix.
In our example the
matrix is sandstone,
so the density log
alone is used to
compute the
formation porosity.
The porosity
computation is done
over the hydrocarbon
bearing as well as the
water bearing
reservoir interval.
The final parameter
required to compute
Sw using Archie's
equation is the Rw.
To compute the Rw
from the log, identify
a clean water bearing
zone from the log
and read the
resistivity in this zone
from a deep
resistivity tool. Using
the Archie's equation
for Sw = 1, the Rw
can be computed.
In some cases the Rt and Ø
may show sufficient variation
over the clean water bearing
reservoir interval, making it
difficult to obtain a single
value of Rw. In such cases,
plot Rt and Ø values on a
double logarithmic plot and
draw a best fit line through
the points. The intersection
point of this best fit line on
the resistivity axis will be the
value of the Rw.
Calculate saturation
Summary: Quick evaluation
Reporting
Exercise

2.2 Assessment