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recognized as hydrocarbon bearing from conventional stimulation and production due to their ability to
logs. block pores by expansion, migration or by trapping
drilling particles.
Information gained from higher resolution logs,
Repeat Formation Tester (RFT) sampling, drill stem Core data indicate the reservoirs to be argillaceous
tests and core analysis has helped to improve log litharenites (Figure 8). The clays generally exist as a
interpretation, resulting in a tremendous increase in function of disintegration and diagenesis of feldspars
reserves from low resistivity sandstone reservoirs. and volcanic rocks. Illitehmectite comprise
approximately 70 to 90 percent of total clay volume.
LOW RESISTIVITY RESERVOIRS This will cause high CEC and consequently the
formation becomes electrically more conductive (Shan
Past log calculation of low resistivity sandstone Chen, 1986).
reservoirs suggested very high water saturations in
zones where RFT sampling and DST tests recovered Volcanic rock fragments ranging from rhyolite,
hydrocarbons. Low resistivity pay presently rhyodacite to andesite are locally common, and have
contributes 40 percent of the production from the been subjected to diagenesis and leaching into
Attaka field. different types of clay minerals. Development of
microporosity as a result of rock fragment
Causes of Low Resistivity desintegration has caused larger grain surface area and
much larger amount of irreducible water (Shan Chen,
There are several causes for the low resistivity pay in 1985). The presence of both authigenic clays and
Unocal’s East Kalimantan area, including bioturbation, volcanic rock fragments causes the reservoir to be
conductive minerals, high irreducible water saturation unstable and immature. Diagenesis has a significant
and shoulder or thin bed effects. In the Attaka field influence on porosity and permeability as
the latter two are very dominant (Elim and Partono, demonstrated by SEM from Attaka B-15. In the
1994). High irreducible water saturation is caused by Shallow stratigraphic sequence, RFT or MDT
high clay content or presence of volcanic rock sampling performance has a very low measure of
fragments and is a primary problem in the Shallow success due to plugging. Another factor that makes
sequence. Shoulder bed effect is caused by thin beds, this interval problematic is poor compaction. High
and is predominant in the Overpressure, Deep and drawdown applied during production creates fines or
Intermediate sequences. sand migration.
Thick shaly sandstone reservoirs Core data also indicate a fair amount of conductive
ferro-magnesiun minerals, pyrite and siderite which
Authigenic clays are v e 6 common and well locally comprise as much as 5 percent of the bulk
recognized from both core Scanning Electron matrix volume.
Microscopy and X-Ray diffraction. Generally
dispersed and structural clays are more common than Effects on wireline measurements due to the above
laminar clay. These clays have a major influence on conditions are as follows; 1). Gamma Ray as the
reservoir quality, particularly by affecting permeability primary clay indicator overestimates clay volume or
and water saturation. Pore size and shape are modified underestimates net sand, 2). Resistivity is lower than
by clay minerals that either occur as pore fillings or expected in clean hydrocarbon bearing sandstone
grain coatings blocking the pore throat and reducing resulting in overestimation of water saturation,
the size of pore apertures. Kaolinite is less damaging 3). Neutron porosity is very high and very often gas
than hairlike to fibrous forms of illite which has a effect on the logs is masked. The response appears as
large surface area and low permeability. Micropores if no gas is present because a large percentage of the
occumng between clay particles are capable of bulk composition is liquid. 4). Density becomes
holding large amounts of irreducible water by slightly higher resulting in apparently tight rock. Due
surfacial capillary pressure (Shan Chen, 1985), thus to these limitations, Unocal has relied on RFT
representing non-effective porosity. These types of sampling for fluid identification. Figure 7 shows a
clays are known to create problems during drilling, typical Shallow interval example of a low resistivity
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thick shaly sandstone reservoir. Abragam, 1961, Fmar and Becker, 1971, Hearst and
Nelson, 1985, Miller et al., 1990, Coates et al., 1991,
Thinly Bedded Sandstone Resexvoils 1993, and 1994, Chandler et al., 1994 and Prammer,
1994.
In general the sands are categorized as sublitharenites
with thicknesses ranging from few inches to 10 feet. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technology
The quartz grains are fine to very fine in size. Chert, primarily measures the effects on hydrogen atoms by
plagioclase, benthic forams, schist and micas are the introduction of a strong magnetic field. The tool
present as accessory grains. Clays are very common, measures the amount of irreducible fluid and free
with laminar-detrital forms of illite/smectite being fluid as well as the effective porosity. Permeability
more dominant than the dispersed and structural forms can then be derived from these measurements (Miller
of kaolinite. Variations in porosity and permeability et al, 1990). The MRIL tool uses this principle for its
are controlled by deposition rather than by diagenetic downhole measurements.
factors. The depositional factors are primarily
bioturbation resulting in high detrital clays which How MRIL Can Help the Evaluation of Low
severely reduce porosity and permeability, and Resistivity Pay
increases the bulk conductivig.. Diagenetic factors
which play an important role in porosity and There are several applications of MRIL in the
permeability development are compaction, pore-filling identification of low resistivity pay. MRIL porosity by
authigenic kaolinite, pyrite, siderite and associated definition is effective porosity free of clay effects
detrital clays. (Coates et al., 1994). When MRIL porosity is
compared to the wireline total porosity, it can provide
Petrology indicates that the sands have a high a more direct shale volume indicator. This is very
potential for fines migration, especially of kaolinite applicable for intervals such as the Shallow sequence
and mixed layer illite/smectite. High transient pressure where the volcanic rock fragments are abundant and
may cause blockage of pore throats restricted by result in a very high Gamma Ray derived clay
expandable illite/smectite causing permeability content. Coates et al., also discuss the possibility of
retardation around the well bore. The lithologic and determining the CEC from this phenomenon.
mineralogical effects on log response are less
dominant than in the Shallow sequence. Clay volume The continuous measurement of irreducible water
can be accurately predicted by conventional log provides a quantitative input for the dual water model.
analysis. However, shoulder bed effects causing The irreducible water saturation variation due to
apparent resistivity reduction are very prominent due lithology effects can also be used for resistivity
to thinly bedded reservoirs. Neutron and density logs modeling. Further results can be obtained by
are slightly affected in these laminated sands. integrating thin section petrology and mineralogy
Resistivity readings are also reduced by the effect of from core and irreducible water variation.
apparent dip due to directional drilling (Partono, Information on the amount of irreducible water can
1992). Resistivity modelling is very critical for this help solve the problem of wireline porosity log
type of reservoir. A deconvolution program has been responses where neutron and density curves in a gas
used for resistivity enhancement of older logs, and the sand do not show any indication of gas effect. Prior
program also allows for dip correction. High to the availability of MRIL information, this was
resolution data has been a primary source of more thought mainly due to mud filtrate invasion (Sutiyono,
reliable measurements, including the Array Induction 1992) but can now be shown actually to be due to
Tool (AIT) and XHR. These indicate much higher high irreducible water.
resistivity in this type of reservoir.
Another benefit obtained from MRIL logs is
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE continuous data on effective porosity, irreducible
water saturation and permeability which can replace
Detailed theory of nuclear magnetic resonance is routine core analysis for certain purposes. The
beyond the scope of this paper. The reader is referred disadvantage of core data is that it is only available
to the extensive discussion about this subject by over limited intervals which very often are extended
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for permeabily-porosity prediction for different is in good agreement. Although to some extent MRIL
intervals. With good MRIL data from selected wells data is more advantageous than routine core analysis
in a field, conventional wireline data can be utilized data, MRIL resolution is much poorer than
for facies modeling and permeability prediction for conventional wireline logs.
offset wells. This type of pemeability prediction has
proven very accurate. The interval from A140 to A160' MD shown in
Figure 7 exhibits a thick, shaley sandstone reservoir,
More importantly MRIL data in combination with with a resistivity of about 2 Ohm-m. The sand, which
wireline data provides information on whether any is proven gas bearing from RFT, does not show any
moveable (free) water is present. gas effect on neutron and density curves. MRIL data
shows zone to have a very large amount of irreducible
Typically the thinly bedded reservoirs have been water in cases as high as 85 percent. The overlying
completed with multi-zone perforation (Elim and interval B190 - B210' MD demonstrates a good gas
Partono, 1994, Zagalai, 1994). MRIL permeability effect from a sand with 20 Ohm-m resistivity. Raw
data will allow a more accurate calculation of each MRIL porosity, MPHI, and raw MRIL permeability,
zone's contribution from which a measure of PERM, show gas effect response. MDT samples
producibility can be derived (Straley et al., 1995). taken to test intervals with similar MRIL response
Another important benefit is to find possible give contradicting indications as some samples
overlooked pay. Conventionally net pay calculations recover gas in a liquid response and vise versa.
are based on cutoff parameters. Intervals which do
not pass the cutoff test may actually contain The irreducible water content, MBVI, of this gas sand
producible hydrocarbon at very high irreducible water is about 17 percent of the effective pore space. The
and only very little or no free water. data from the two zones in Figure 7 indicate that it
should be possible to generate a relationship between
R~SULTS irreducible water content and resistivity readings.
Otherwise when both high and low resistive sands are
The B-type MRIL tool was run in 8.5 inch hole in present, the sand with lower resistivity would be
five Attaka wells during the second half of 1994. This easily missed as pay a zone. The log response in such
type of MRIL tool has some limitations, including the sands suggest a very high clay content capable of
allowable logging speed of only 120 ft per hour holding large amounts of irreducible, non-moveable,
compared to the conventional logging speed of 900 water. This type of reservoir is well known to
to 1800 feet per hour. Effective porosity, irreducible experience plugging during RFT sampling, as well as
water, free fluid and permeability were measured and fines migration and sanding problems when the zone
processed. On first appearance the MRIL is produced.
measurements using this tool are affected by the
presence of light hydrocarbons (Miller et al., 1990) No gas effect is seen on the logs because the MRIL
which reduce porosity and permeability significantly. tool measures formation bulk composition. In this case
This is very recognizable in intervals with strong gas it reads liquids, consisting of about 8 5 percent water
effect on log response (Figure 7). The correction and 15 percent gas. By conventional logs this zone
applied to raw MRIL data is performecl through an would be considered wet, whereas MRIL indicates
iteration process called "MRIAN" processing that it will flow water-free gas. Despite improvements
incorporating wireline data (Coates et al., 1994). in log interpretation from determination of electerical
Figure 10 demonstrates crossplots of MRIL and properties from core analysis, resistivity modeling
ELAN porosity before and after correction indicating requires further evaluation and understanding of how
good agreement in the higher porosity region, while in clay types, clay distribution, pore geometry and
the lower porosity region the difference is much mineralogy affect the resistivity measurement.
larger. MRIL porosity-permeability crossplot were
generated in all stratigraphic sequences and compared It has been discussed earlier that the MRIL tool
to core porosity-permeability crossplots. One of these provides a unique porosity measurement, which
crossplots is shown in Figure 8 which suggests that excludes clay porosity (Coates et al., 1994). A more
the core and MRIL porosity-permeability relationship reliable clay content indicator can be established by
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the offset of total porosity from conventional tools to completed, and core porosity-permeability crossplots
the MRIL porosity. Figure 9 demonstrates the generated. Both sets of results were shown to be in
difference between a conventional Gamma Ray and close agreement (Figure 14). This type of prediction
a Swb derived Gamma Ray from MRIL porosity and has been implemented for a field wide study in 3-D
conventional wireline total porosity. Swb is equivalent detailed geologic modeling to improve recovery by
to the bound water saturation assumed to be infill drilling and enhanced recovery.
proportional to one less the fraction of MRIL porosity
over wireline total porosity (Coates et al., 1994). The CONCLUSIONS
interval from X340' to X378'MD in Figure 9 indicates
higher Gamma Ray derived clay content than MRIL logs provide valuable results for log
indicated MRIL clay content. The difference most interpretation. Integrated with wireline data, MRIL is
likely is due to the presence of radioactivity useful for identifying low resistivity sandstone
contributed by feldspars, plagioclase, volcanic rock reservoirs. This improved understanding of low
fragments and other radioactive elements in the resistivity zones is valuable when incorporated in
formation. detailed field studies aimed at future development in
the Shallow Sequence in the Attaka field or in other
The benefit from using MRIL data permeability is to nearby fields such as Serang and Santan with similar
determine more accurately the production split for conditions.
multilayered completions which is normally used in
this type of reservoir as shown in Figure 11. Due to the slow logging speed, the B-type MRIL tool
is not desirable to run over large intervals. In terms
Determining net pay using cutoff parameters is not of log quality, MRIL logs require conventional
always accurate. This method tends to underestimate wireline data for correction and verification,
the potential of intervals with large amounts of particularly since the effect of light hydrocarbons on
irreducible water. A good example of this is presented raw data is found to be inconsistent. Although worse
in Figure 12 where the interval between Y630' and than the resolution of conventional wireline logs,
Y640'MD (W Sand) represents a non-hydrocarbon MRIL vertical resolution is acceptable.
zone according to cutoff criteria. MRIL data in the
other hand shows this interval to have very high ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
irreducible water saturation and only a small amount
of free water. A large proportion of the moveable The author would like to thank the Pertamina and
fluids in this interval is actually hydrocarbons. Unocal managements for permission to publish this
paper, and the Reservoir and Exploration staffs of
Statistical Analysis Unocal Balikpapan for their assistance.
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mGURE 2 - Generalized structure map of the Attaka field at a Shallow Sequence marker.
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Shallow Sequence
Deltaic Sequence
Intermediate
Sequence
b/ I: Deepsequence
Over-Pressu re
Sequence
-- Shallow
Intermediate
Quartz
Lithic
Feldspar
Fragments
FIGURE 4 - Attaka sand composition in different stratigraphic units based on modal analyses
from thin sections (Trevina)
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FIGURE 5 - SEM from the Attaka D-12 wll rich in authigenic clay, AK=authigenic
kaolinite F =feldspar, P=pyrite, Qrtz=quartz grains, S=schistose,
metamorphic rock.
FIGURE 6 - SEM of the Attaka B-15 well with abundant volcanic rock fragments
(V), vesicular textures arc seen in most of these fragments, schistose
(S) is also common.
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FIGURE 7 - Wmline and MRIL logs from the L17 well. PERM=raw MRIL permeability curve, PMRI=comcted MRILpermeability.
MBVI=irreducible fluid, MPHI=raw MRIL porosity, MPHIc=corrected MRIL porosity. The sand at B200' shows gas
effect. Where the sand has small irreducible water, the resistivity reading (not shown) is about 20 Ohm-m. The sand
at A150' does not show gas effect due to high irreducible water. The resistivity reading in this sand is about 2 Ohm-m.
The a m w s indicate how the clay content affects the of irreducible water saturation.
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