Permeability modeling of Lavrans field

• Main Author: Niwaz, Ahmad
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stavanger, Norway 2012
• Subjects: petroleumsteknologi; reservoarteknologi; borehullslogging; VDP::Technology: 500::Rock and petroleum disciplines: 510::Petroleum engineering: 512; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/183422

Master's thesis in Petroleum engineering Permeability has been calculated for three exploration wells from the “Smørbukk” field, from the mid – Norwegian Sea. Permeability from logs, cores and cross plots have been derived and compared with permeability from well testing. Permeability from logs alone is derived by the Timur’s correlation. It is observed that this permeability is affected by the shape of the well. Timur’s correlation is based on porosity and water saturation, porosity has been calculated from density log which is easily affected by the shape of well. And the constants in the correlation must be corrected for each formation to give a good match. Permeability from cores, gives a good overview of the permeability distribution in the cored interval, but is difficult to scale up for the un – cored interval. The Arithmetic scaling gives much higher values than the geometric method. Gas slippage (Klinkenberg effect) has also been discussed, this effect leads to wrong (higher) permeability and must be corrected for at low pressures. Test Top Bottom K DST K Arith K geom 6406/2-1 DST 7 4427 4495 0,03 0,05 0,44 DST 6 4645 4704 4,2 16,62 0,61 DST 5 4816 4858 3,2 5,89 0,43 DST 4 4910 4924 4,0 0,94 0,76 DST 3 5021 5041 0,49 1,45 1,06 DST 2 5099 5170 6,5 8,515 0,67 DST 1 5201 5227 0,29 0,41 0,98 6406/2-2 DST 2 4714 4745 15 56,40 1,62 DST 1 4868 4927 0,7 9,18 1,59 6406/2-4SR DST 2 4684 4704 0,07 4,02 0,95 DST 1 4874 4904 16,1 26,8 1,71 Permeability from cross plot gives a good overview of permeability distribution, as seen from the result. The best permeability is from well testing; the effective permeability of the tested interval is calculated. All effects are counted for in the permeability, as seen in the literature study, minerals and overburden pressure reduces the permeability.