Carbonate Pore Systems: New Developments and Case Studies
A Petrophysical Multivariate Approach Using Geophysical Well Logs and Laboratory Measurements to Characterize an Albian Carbonate Reservoir in the Campos Basin, Southeast Brazil
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Published:January 01, 2019
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Abel Carrasquilla, Raphael Silva, 2019. "A Petrophysical Multivariate Approach Using Geophysical Well Logs and Laboratory Measurements to Characterize an Albian Carbonate Reservoir in the Campos Basin, Southeast Brazil", Carbonate Pore Systems: New Developments and Case Studies, Donald F. McNeill, Paul (Mitch) Harris, Eugene C. Rankey, Jean C.C. Hsieh
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This study characterizes an Albian carbonate reservoir of oilfield B in the Campos Basin, based on geophysical well logs and laboratory petrophysical data. The use of current approaches to characterize reservoirs allowed us to estimate the porosity, permeability, and water saturation of this reservoir in a more reliable way than when this oilfield was discovered in 1976. To achieve this goal, the cluster analysis for rock typing module of the Interactive Petrophysics software was used to divide the succession into 11 electrofacies. Using log and laboratory data, an equation was derived to determine the porosity and the permeability of each electrofacies through the multiple linear regression technique. The results were compared with different models proposed by other authors, with the best results being found with multiple linear regression. Water saturation, on the other hand, was estimated by the Archie (The electrical resistivity log as an aid in determining some reservoir characteristics, Petroleum Transactions of AIME, 146:54–62, 1942) equation after identifying the cementation coefficient with the Pickett (A review of current techniques for determination of water saturation from logs, Journal of Petroleum Technology 18:1425–1433, 1966) cross plot. Finally, the porosity and permeability data were again used to identify three main flow units in the reservoir through the Winland (Oil accumulation in response to pore size changes, Weyburn field, Saskatchewan. Amoco Production Company Report F72-G-25, 20 p., 1972) graph. To verify the effectiveness of the adopted methodology, it was applied (successfully) in a test well, defining porosity, permeability, water saturation, and flow units, where laboratory data were absent.
- Albian
- aquifers
- Brazil
- calcarenite
- Campos Basin
- carbonate platforms
- carbonate rocks
- cementation
- Cretaceous
- diagenesis
- fluid flow
- graphic methods
- ground water
- high-energy environment
- limestone
- Lower Cretaceous
- marine sedimentation
- Mesozoic
- models
- neutrons
- oil and gas fields
- permeability
- petroleum
- petroleum accumulation
- porosity
- regression analysis
- reservoir rocks
- resistivity
- saturation
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentation
- South America
- statistical analysis
- water content
- well logs