Layers Gamma Ray Porosity Log Volumetric

RHOB Anhydrite
2 gr/cm3 3 Clay
TNPH Dolomite
0.45 V/V -0.15
GR Limestone
PEF
0 API 70 0 barn.gr 20

ARAB A

ARAB B

ARAB C

ARAB D

Scale 1:500 ft.

SPE 164203 - SPE Middle East oil and gas Show and Conference 10-13 March, Bahrain,
2013
Sourceless Porosity and Permeability Estimation with NMR Logs While Drilling in a
Carbonate Reservoir: A Case Study
A.M. Serry, O. Al-Mutwali, A.M. Al-Mansoori,M.I. Al-Marzouki, S.A. Budebes,
A.G.Gueddoud; Abu Dhabi MarineOperating Co.; R. Balliet, A.C. Aki, G. Akopyan;
Halliburton

Field-A is one of the giant fields located in offshore Abu Dhabi; it was discovered in 1958,
and production began in 1962.Down-flank water injection began in 1973 followed by
crestal gas injection in 1994. The Arab reservoir in Field-A is formed of regressive cycles of
sedimentation divided into four highly heterogeneous sub-reservoirs (labelled in ascending
order from A to D. The principal oil-producing reservoirs include Arab zone C and Arab-D,
whereas Arab-A and B still remain undeveloped. Based on the core description, the Arab
reservoir section is mainly composed of three lithologies, namely anhydrite (purple
shading), dolomite (green), and limestone (light blue). Arab reservoir characterization is
challenging, with a wide variation of rock fluid properties across Arab sub-reservoirs. The
dominant lithology changes from highly dolomitic across Arab A at the top, to be more
limestone-dominated at Arab D level, accompanied by heterogeneity of properties like
porosity and permeability.
 GR RHOB NPHI
LLD LLS MSFL
(API) (ohm.m) (gr/cm3)
(v/v)

B1

B2
Depth (m)

B3

Sand Shale Gas Water

SPE 128353 - 33th Annual SPE International Technnical Conference and Exhibition,
Nigeria 3-5 August, 2009

Petrophysical Evaluation and Sequence Stratigraphic Model of ‘Indigo Field’ in Greater

Ughelli Depobelt, Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Okeke Chinwendu., Mode Ayonma W., et al (Agip Oil Nigeria)
Well B: with three reservoir (B1 – B3) with average net sand ranging from 7 – 26 m.
Reservoirs B1 and B3 have porosity values between 10 and 20%, while B2 has 25%.
Vshale is less than 5% in sands. Permeability in reservoirs reach 2.871 darcy's
 GR RHOB NPHI
ILD SN
(API) (gr/cm3)
(ohm.m)
(v/v)

C1

C2

C3
Depth (m)

C4

C5

C6

Sand Shale Oil Water

SPE 128353 - 33th Annual SPE International Technnical Conference and Exhibition,
Nigeria 3-5 August, 2009

Petrophysical Evaluation and Sequence Stratigraphic Model of ‘Indigo Field’ in

Greater Ughelli Depobelt, Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Okeke Chinwendu., Mode Ayonma W., et al (Agip Oil Nigeria)

Well C: Six reservoirs (C1 – C6) with average net san thickness between 8 – 22 m,
delineated with a cut off value of 64.95 API in the GR Log. Sands average porosity
range from 19 – 24%. V-shale values goes from 5 to 10%. Cut off value for water
saturated intervals was established for resistivity values bellow 8.17 ohm.m.
Permeability values for C1, C5 and C5 are 3674 md, 2532 md and 1063 md.
SPWLA 47 Annual Logging Symposium, June 4-7, 2006

Lithofacies-based corrections to density-neutron crossplot total porosity in a high porosity

gas and oil bearing turbidite sandstone reservoir, Erha Field, OPL 209, deepwater Nigeria
Russell W. Spears ExxonMobil Production Company, Houston, Texas

Because some of the reservoir section at Erha is gas bearing, the formation density porosity
observed in these intervals is abnormally high while the neutron porosity in these same
sections is significantly lower, as expected.
When the density porosity and compensated neutron logs are compared graphically on
compatible scales, the cleanest reservoir sands typically display greater than 18 porosity
units of gas crossover (Figure). Historically, it has been assumed that a linear crossplot of
density-neutron porosity is appropriate for porosity estimation in gas bearing section in
order to approximate true formation porosity in the absence of core porosity
measurements.