US 12,104,487 B2
Determine a formation's textural parameters using advancing logging data
Salah Al-Ofi, Al-Khobar (SA); Bilal Saad, Al-Khobar (SA); Syed Shujath Ali, Al-Dammam (SA); Hasan Kesserwan, Al-Khobar (SA); and Guodong Jin, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Salah Al-Ofi, Al-Khobar (SA); Bilal Saad, Al-Khobar (SA); Syed Shujath Ali, Al-Dammam (SA); Hasan Kesserwan, Al-Khobar (SA); and Guodong Jin, Katy, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/943,342.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034222 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01); G01V 3/34 (2006.01); G01V 20/00 (2024.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01)
CPC E21B 49/00 (2013.01) [E21B 44/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/303 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 3/34 (2013.01); G01V 20/00 (2024.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for deriving textural properties of a reservoir formation, the method comprising:
acquiring multi-frequency dielectric data (εmeas);
applying a dielectric mixing model between different fluid phases to generate an effective fluid permittivity (εfluid) by mixing the permittivity of water and hydrocarbon fluids;
applying the dielectric mixing model between the effective fluid permittivity (εfluid) and a matrix permittivity (εm) to generate an effective permittivity (εeff);
minimizing a difference between a measured dielectric response and the effective permittivity by optimizing model parameters, wherein minimizing the difference between the measured dielectric response and the effective permittivity comprises optimizing a water saturation, a textural parameter for water/oil interfaces, and a textural parameter for fluids/matrix interfaces;
computing a cementation exponent (m) and a saturation exponent (n) from the multi-frequency dielectric data (εmeas);
estimating a textural property of the resorvoir formation based at least in part on the cementation exponent (m) and the saturation exponent (n); and
controlling a wellbore operation based at least in part on the textural property of the reservoir formatiom.