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Title: INTEGRATED OUTCROP AND SUBSURFACE STUDIES OF THE INTERWELL ENVIRONMENT OF CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: CLEAR FORK (LEONARADIAN AGE) RESERVOIRS, WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO

Abstract

Petrophysical heterogeneity in the South Wasson Clear Fork (SWCF) reservoir and other shallow-water platform carbonates in the Permian Basin and elsewhere is composed of a large-scale stratigraphically controlled component and a small-scale poorly correlated component. The large-scale variability exists as a flow-unit scale petrophysical layering that is laterally persistent at interwell scales and produces highly stratified reservoir behavior. Capturing the rate-enhancing effect of the small-scale variability requires carefully controlled averaging procedures at four levels of scaleup. Porosity can be easily scaled using arithmetic averaging procedures. Permeability, however, requires carefully controlled power-averaging procedures. Effective permeability is increased at every scaleup level.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
University of Texas (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
(US)
OSTI Identifier:
811893
DOE Contract Number:  
AC26-98BC15105
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; NEW MEXICO; PERMEABILITY; PERMIAN BASIN; POROSITY; TEXAS; OIL FIELDS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS

Citation Formats

Jennings, Jr, James W, and Lucia, F Jerry. INTEGRATED OUTCROP AND SUBSURFACE STUDIES OF THE INTERWELL ENVIRONMENT OF CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: CLEAR FORK (LEONARADIAN AGE) RESERVOIRS, WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO. United States: N. p., 2001. Web. doi:10.2172/811893.
Jennings, Jr, James W, & Lucia, F Jerry. INTEGRATED OUTCROP AND SUBSURFACE STUDIES OF THE INTERWELL ENVIRONMENT OF CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: CLEAR FORK (LEONARADIAN AGE) RESERVOIRS, WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/811893
Jennings, Jr, James W, and Lucia, F Jerry. 2001. "INTEGRATED OUTCROP AND SUBSURFACE STUDIES OF THE INTERWELL ENVIRONMENT OF CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: CLEAR FORK (LEONARADIAN AGE) RESERVOIRS, WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/811893. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/811893.
@article{osti_811893,
title = {INTEGRATED OUTCROP AND SUBSURFACE STUDIES OF THE INTERWELL ENVIRONMENT OF CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: CLEAR FORK (LEONARADIAN AGE) RESERVOIRS, WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO},
author = {Jennings, Jr, James W and Lucia, F Jerry},
abstractNote = {Petrophysical heterogeneity in the South Wasson Clear Fork (SWCF) reservoir and other shallow-water platform carbonates in the Permian Basin and elsewhere is composed of a large-scale stratigraphically controlled component and a small-scale poorly correlated component. The large-scale variability exists as a flow-unit scale petrophysical layering that is laterally persistent at interwell scales and produces highly stratified reservoir behavior. Capturing the rate-enhancing effect of the small-scale variability requires carefully controlled averaging procedures at four levels of scaleup. Porosity can be easily scaled using arithmetic averaging procedures. Permeability, however, requires carefully controlled power-averaging procedures. Effective permeability is increased at every scaleup level.},
doi = {10.2172/811893},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/811893}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001},
month = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001}
}