Flow zone indicator guided

workflows for Petrel

Flow Zone Indicators
Flow Zone Indicators (FZIs) are a powerful tool which allows users to quantify the flow
characteristics of reservoir units which do not necessarily relate to specific lithology
types. The workflows can provide insight into the relationships between petrophysical
properties at small-scale, such as core plugs, and large-scale, such as well bore level.
In addition, the FZIs provide a representation of the flow zones based on the surface
area and tortuosity. It is mathematically represented as.
𝑘
𝑅𝑄𝐼 0.0314
ɸ𝑒
𝐹𝑍𝐼 = = ɸ𝑒
𝑃𝐻𝐼𝑧
1 − ɸ𝑒
Where FZI=Flow Zone Indicator µm, k=Permeability, ɸ=effective porosity, RQI = Reservoir Quality Index, PHIz = Pore
to grain ratio.
Hydraulic Flow Units

Rather than classifying rock types based on lithology, an alternative is to characterise

them based on their ‘flow characteristics’ – these include:
• Pore space/throat geometry
• Common pore attributes
• Facies/rock type independence
FZI In Petrel – Guided Workflows
The “Flow Zone
Indicator” workflow
calculates RQI and
PHIz, which can then
be input into the
workflow to calculate
FZI.
The
“CropLogsToReservoir”
workflow works in a
similar way but allows
the user to specify the
interval of interest in
the well.
Crop logs to reservoir section – guided workflow

Provide a well, logs and specify the range to crop the logs to
Calculate the Flow Zone Indicators using the Guided Workflow

Calculates 3 new logs

RQI – Reservoir Quality Index
PhiZ – Pore to Grain Ratio
FZI – Flow Zone Indicator
Display logs as XY Crossplot
RQI vs PhiZ
Raw logRQI vs logPhiZ crossplot logRQU vs logPhiZ with Vshale Z scale
Display logs as XY Crossplot
RQI vs PhiZ
logRQU vs logPhiZ with Zone Log Z scale
Crossplots help show that different
zones have similar mechanical flow
characteristics

This method can be used to

augment reservoir characterization
Understanding the mechanical flow characteristics

Ness 2 overlaps with T2

T1 Group

Broad N1 Zone Range

Using the Crossplotting filter
Convert to Boolean Log
What has a similar response to the T1 group
References

Rastegarnia. M., and Kadkhodaie. A. (2013) Estimation of Flow Zone Indicator Distribution by Using Seismic Data: A Case Study from a Central Iranian Oilfield, Iranian Journal of Oil & Gas Science
and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 12-25

Chandra. T., (2008) Permeability estimation using flow zone indicator from Well log data, 7th International Conference & Exposition on Petroleum Geophysics

Orodu. O., D., Tang. Z. and Fei. O. (2009) Hydraulic (Flow) Unit determination of Permeability Prediction: A Case Study of Block Shen-95, Liaohe Oilfield, North-East China, Journal of Applied
Sciences, 9 (10), 1081-1816

Abbaszadeh M. R. J. and Fujii H., F., Permeability Prediction by Hydraulic Flow Units- Theory and Applications, SPE Formation Evaluation, p. 263-271, 1996.

Amaefule, J. O., Altunbay, M., Tiab, D., Kersey, D. G., and Kedan, D. K., Enhanced Reservoir Description: Using Core Log Data to Identify Hydraulic (Flow) Unites and Predict Permeability in
Uncored Intervals/Wells, SPE paper No. 26436, presented at 68th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Houston, Texas, 1993.