User-defined Average Porosity and Net-

to-Gross determination per zone from

well tops in Petrel.
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Dataset

Gullfaks field description

• Offshore oilfield in the Norwegian North Sea.
• Exploration began in 1974.
• Gullfaks reservoirs : Brent group Middle Jurassic sandstones
Lower Jurassic & Upper Triassic sandstones

Data content:
3 wells, well logs, well tops
Objective

• How to create attributes in Petrel from continuous & discrete logs for well top zones

• How to create attributes average porosity zone attribute using the ‘insert new
attribute’ option

• How to generate Net-to-gross per zone from facies

• Gridding the zone attributes to generate maps for average properties

This is an important workflow as it allows for quick QC on imported well log data prior to
their use in exploration workflow.
Workflow

Import well logs and well tops (created well tops can also be used)

Create average continuous and discrete attributes for zones between two well tops

Grid zone attributes to generate surfaces for petrophysical properties

Generated grids can then be employed in volume calculations, modeling and used as
input for petrophysical analysis in other software
Well data display and QC

1. Display wells and well logs in a new WSW

2. QC logs and adjust log value limits
3. Display created or imported well tops
Creating average porosity attribute per zone (1)

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1. Expand ‘attributes’ under ‘well tops’ folder to view Petrel pre-defined well top attributes
2. Right click on attributes
3. Select new attribute to be created e.g. Continuous, discrete, boolean, string etc.
4. In the setting dialog, rename the attribute & select the appropriate template “porosity”
5. Click ‘Apply’.
Creating average porosity attribute per zone (2)
In the ‘Attributes operations’ tab,
1. Select ‘To the zones at level’ (this
1
generates average porosity between an
upper and lower well top)

2 2. Select porosity as the log to be used for

attribute computation. For porosity,
select treat log as lines and Arithmetic
as the average method to be used

3. Click ‘Run’ – this generates the attribute

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Displaying calculated average porosity attribute

1. Calculated attribute (porosity) is stored in the well tops folder under the attribute object.
2. Toggle on average porosity attribute to display it in the well section window. Note: the
calculated attribute defines the porosity between the a well top and the one below it.
Average porosity maps

1. Convert the active attribute to points for the different zones (right click on the zone
between 2 well tops and select ‘convert the active attribute to points’)
2. Using the point data and selecting Isochore as the algorithm method, gridded surfaces
of the zone attribute are created in the make/edit surface process.
Average porosity maps

Attribute map not

created for Zone 1
(Base Cretaceous
and Top Tarbert).
Average porosity maps
Net-to-Gross (NTG) per Zones from well tops.

1. Right click on attributes .

2. Select insert new attribute
3. Expand the drop-down list and select discrete attribute and click ok
4. Give an appropriate name to the attribute, select facies as the template, click apply.
Deriving calculated zone NTG attribute

In the ‘Attributes operations’ tab,

1. Select ‘To the zones at level’ (this
1 generates the net-to-gross for zone 1)

2 2. Select an appropriate facies log as the

log to be used for attribute computation.

3 3. For NTG, select treat log as lines and

Most of as the average method to be
used. NTG is a discrete property,
selecting ‘most of’ gives preference to
the highest occurring facies per zone.
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4. Click ‘Run’ – this generates the attribute

• Calculated attribute (Zone NTG) is stored in the input pane under well tops attributes

• Toggle on Zone NTG attribute to display it in the well section window.

Displaying derived zone Net-to-Gross

1. Calculated attribute (porosity) is stored in the well tops folder under the attribute object.
2. The facies with the most proportion is assigned to the zone between two well tops.