Measuring and predicting reservoir heterogeneity in complex deposystems. Annual report, September 20, 1990--September 20, 1991
The Lower Mississippian Big Injun sandstone, a major oil producer in the western half of West Virginia, consists of several sandstones that overstep each west. Examination of cores and thin sections has led to preliminary interpretations of depositional environments for the Big Injun. These include distributary-mouth bars with associated distal, bar crest and back bar environments in a marine-deltaic system; and channel, point bar and chute environments in a fluvial system. Overall, the Big Injun is a medium-grained sublitharenite in which initially high porosity has been modified by compaction and diagenesis. Chlorite grain coatings helped to preserve original porosity, whereas illite promoted pressure solution during compaction, resulting in a loss of porosity. Diagenetic effects within specific environments are being evaluated to determine if environmental interpretations can be used to predict porosity preservation. Core plugs taken from cores in Granny Creek field were analyzed for porosity and horizontal and vertical permeability. Directional permeability was negligible, but permeability does correlate with depth. Changes in permeability with depth can be related to subdivisions of the Big Injun determined from density logs. Permeability also correlated with porosity, but porosity values derived from both cores and logs show no significant correlation trend at present. A layered reservoir model is being developed to evaluate the effect of these vertical heterogeneities. Initial attempts to characterize the heterogeneity of the Big Injun reservoir in Granny Creek field used a number of direct and indirect methods.
- Research Organization:
- Appalachian Oil and Natural Gas Research Consortium, Morgantown, WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-90BC14657
- OSTI ID:
- 10187436
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BC/14657-7; ON: DE92001068
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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