Seismic amplitude anomalies at Mestena Grande field
- Union Texas Petroleum, Houston, TX (USA)
Mestena Grande field is located in northeast Jim Hogg County, Texas. Gas and condensate are produced from the middle lobe of the middle Eocene Queen City Formation. The Queen City is approximately 100 ft thick and the middle lobe, the main reservoir, is only 30 ft thick, which is well below tuning thickness. Porosities in the producing sands are generally 15-25% and permeabilities are usually 15-25 md, the maximum being about 80 md. The most recent seismic data exhibit amplitude anomalies that have some correspondence with the production. The strongest amplitudes are from the vicinity of the better wells and increase with offset. Most of the dry holes are on weak amplitudes that decrease with offset. Modeling the AVO response of a productive well, however, has predicted an amplitude decrease with offset. This disagreement is attributed to the lack of accurate shear wave velocities and the very thinly laminated sands.
- OSTI ID:
- 5498277
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8910221-; CODEN: AABUD
- Journal Information:
- AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA), Vol. 73:9; Conference: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies and Gulf Coast Section of SEPM meeting, Corpus Christi, TX (USA), 25-27 Oct 1989; ISSN 0149-1423
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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