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Title: Sedimentation, zoning of reservoir rocks in W. Siberian basin oil fields

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)
OSTI ID:5326006
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  1. Enforce Energy Corp., New York, NY (United States)

A line pattern of well cluster spacing was chosen in western Siberia because of taiga, marshes, etc., on the surface. The zoning of the oil pools within productive Upper Jurassic J[sub 3] intervals is complicated. This is why until the early 1990s almost each third well drilled in the Shaimsky region on the western edge of the West Siberian basin came up dry. The results of development drilling would be much better if one used some sedimentological relationships of zoning of the reservoir rocks within the oil fields. These natural phenomena are: Paleobasin bathymetry; Distances from the sources of the clastic material; and Proximity of the area of deposition. Using the diagram in this article, one can avoid drilling toward areas where the sandstone pinch out, area of argillization of sand-stones, or where the probability of their absence is high.

OSTI ID:
5326006
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 92:6; ISSN 0030-1388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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