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Abstract Understanding the basic rock elastic properties such well as macroscopic of core sample. However, different data
as porosity, density, P and S wave propagation, reflectivity, scale has differences in term of resolution or data quality.
acoustic impedance and electric property such as resistivity are Seismic image covers the vertical and horizontal resolution of
very important in hydrocarbon exploration. To be precise, these larger area but the data is low in resolution. Meanwhile, well
properties have relationship which can help in doing reservoir
data has better horizontal resolution but the data only limited to
interpretation. The main purpose of this project is to understand
the behavior of wave velocity and resistivity for different type of the particular drilled well hole only. Core sample has finer data
fluid filling the reservoir rock. In this project, Berea Sandstone resolution than well data and will give better understanding on
core sample is used which represent the reservoir rock. the reservoir properties. This project will focus on determining
Laboratory measurements of velocity and resistivity were taken the behavior of wave velocity and resistivity responses of
for the core in dry, saturated with brine, saturated with fresh different type of saturated reservoir rock for the macroscopic
water and partially saturated. Velocity measurement is done by scale. A laboratory test will be conducted using a sandstone
using OYO SonicViewer- SX meanwhile resistivity is done using core sample which representing the reservoir rock. The results
SCIP (Sample Core I.P.) tester. The findings shows that wave obtained from the laboratory measurement can help people such
travel faster through denser material such as fluid saturated core
as geoscientists and engineers to understand the velocity and
sample compared to dry or gas saturated core sample. Meanwhile,
material which have higher electrical conductivity such as brine resistivity readings especially in reservoir monitoring.
solution will enhance the movement of electrical current hence
reducing the electrical resistivity value. Pure electrical insulator 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT
material such as silica minerals did not support the movement of
electrical current, hence increase the electrical resistivity value of Understanding the velocity and resistivity properties of rock
the material. through large data scale such as seismic image is very difficult
and complex. This is because the data obtained is low in
Keywords- Rock elastic properties, Vp, Vs, resistivity.
resolution as the image is captured by the low frequency waves
INTRODUCTION and includes anisotropy and heterogeneity. Furthermore, the
processes for obtaining the data will cost a lot of money. For
example, in order to obtain the seismic and well data, seismic
1.1 BACKGROUND survey and well drilling need to be done. This matter become a
limitation and lead to lack of proper understanding upon
Understanding the basic rock properties are very important velocity and resistivity. However, the understanding by core
in hydrocarbon exploration. Some examples of the rock sample measurement is more advantage and can be done as it is
properties that can be measured are the porosity, density, P and much cheaper. In addition, we able to control the parameters
S wave propagation, reflectivity, acoustic impedance and also that affect the responses of wave velocity and resistivity such
resistivity. All of these elastic properties are related to each as type of fluid, fluid concentration, clay content, porosity,
other and they can be helpful in doing reservoir interpretation pressure and others.
especially in identifying the type of reservoir rock and fluid that
saturated within them. The understanding of these properties 1.3 OBJECTIVE
also can be done through different data scales such as
mesoscopic of seismic image, megascopic of well data and as
The objective of this project is to study the wave applied in various direction. There are three main elastic moduli
velocity and electrical resistivity for different type of fluid which related to each type of deformation which is Young
saturated of reservoir rock which represented by Berea Modulus (E), Bulk Modulus (K) and also Shear Modulus ().
Sandstone core sample. Youngs Modulus (E) can be defined as the ratio of extensional
stress to extensional strain in uniaxial stress state. Simple
1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY example for this modulus is the change of length of a rubber rod
when it being pull apart the ends of the rod. Bulk Modulus (K)
The study includes a laboratory measurement of the velocity can be defined as the incompressibility of a medium. When a
and resistivity responses for different condition of a sandstone small cube of material is being squeezed on all side, the volume
core sample. The core sample will be prepared into different will change. Large value of K indicates the volume did not
condition such as below: change much and compression cannot being done very much as
i. Dry (gas saturated) the medium is very stiff. Meanwhile, if the value of K is small,
ii. Fully saturated with brine the material can be compress a lot such as gas. Lastly, the Shear
iii. Fully saturated with fresh water Modulus () tell the difficulty to deform a cube of material
iv. Partially saturated when shearing force being applied. Large value of indicates
the shape of the material cannot be changed easily. Gas and
LITERATURE REVIEW liquid do not support shear forces which means the value of
will be zero. In addition, Poissons Ratio () is an additional
2.1 RESERVOIR ROCK parameter which related to stress and strain of a material.
Poissons Ratio is the ratio of transverse contraction strain to
Society of Petroleum Engineers Glossary has defined the longitudinal extension strain in the direction of stretching force
reservoir rock as a type of rock that contains porosity, (Lakes, 2016). Furthermore, Yun-ping (2007) also explained
permeability, sealing mechanism and also sufficient amount of that the elastic constant such as elastic modulus and the
hydrocarbon accumulation (Ishimwe, 2014). Furthermore, all Poissons ratio are the basic mechanical properties that is
hydrocarbon created by the source rock will not be economical necessary to be considered in rock engineering project analysis
and useful to be extract unless it being stored in a container and design.
which known as reservoir rock. Normally, the type of reservoir In interpretation of seismic data, the wave velocity are one
rock is influenced by their contents, composition, morphology of the great interest to the geoscientist. There are two type of
and also sedimentology. The most common type of rock wave velocities which are P-wave and S-wave. As being
associated with hydrocarbon are sedimentary rocks which explained by Fjr et al., (2008), the velocity of the propagation
includes sandstone and carbonate mud or dolomite. Sandstone wave depends mainly on the elastic stiffness and the density of
has numerous pore spaces that provide spaces for trapping the the rock. The E, K, and density of a material will affect the
hydrocarbon. This is the reason why sandstone being classified velocity of wave that propagate through it. The equations below
as the most common reservoir rock. shows how the properties related to compressional velocity, Vp
It takes millions of years for the decaying organic matter and shear velocity, Vs.
such as algae and planktons to be converted into hydrocarbon.
This process occurs within the source rock. They were buried +
4
by the sedimentation process and being cook at certain = 3
temperature. Lastly, they were converted into liquid
hydrocarbon which migrated upward, trapped by the seal of
= (1)
reservoir rock.
Fluid that accumulated within the reservoir rock are K is the bulk modulus, is shear modulus and is the
normally three phases, which is water, oil and gas. These three density. In relation with that, this project will able to explain
fluid types are very important for the petroleum engineers to the behavior of velocities responses when wave propagate
identify the preferable method of extracting them. The fluid through different density of sandstone core sample which
content within the reservoir is estimated by studying the rock represented by different type of fluid saturation. As mentioned
properties itself either direct way or indirect. The direct way is by Dvorkin & Nur (1998), the interpretation which relate the
by doing field data acquisition through well logging. velocity and to pore-fluid compressibility are among most
Meanwhile, the indirect way can be done by conducting important deliverable of rock physic. In addition, there are
laboratory measurement on core samples of the reservoir rock many factors which can affect the density. One of them is the
which what will be done for this project. fluid type that filling the pore spaces. The following equation
can be used to determine the bulk density by assuming the rock
having both single type of mineral and fluid filling the pores.
2.2 ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF ROCK
= (1 ) + (2)
Elastic property can be describe as the measurement of the
propensity of a rock to deform non-permanently when stress is
b is the bulk density of rock, is the porosity, m is bulk and electrical conductivity are determined mostly by the water
density of rock matrix and f is the bulk density of fluid. In this content. Benjamin and Paul (2013) mentioned that correlating
project, the fluid involved are gas, freshwater and also brine resistivity measurements with geophysical resistivity models
solution. helps constrain these models to the geology and lithology of an
Furthermore, Hamada (2004) also discussed that the use of area. Generally, the higher the conductivity of a medium, the
ratio of compressional wave velocity to shear wave velocity, lower the resistivity. Crain, (n.d.) describe that the pure water
Vp/Vs, is a good tool in identifying the fluid type in the is a very poor conductor and if an amount of salt is added to the
reservoir rock. In fact, as the light hydrocarbon saturation water, the solution become more conductive. This is because
increase, the compressional wave decrease and shear wave higher quantity of charged ions enhance the conductivity of the
velocity increase. This makes the Vp/Vs ratio more sensitive fluid. The reservoir rock saturated with gas, oil and also fresh
toward the changes of fluid type comparing by using Vp or Vs water will show high resistivity value. Meanwhile, for rock
separately. The denser rock tend to have high velocity, which is saturated with brine will showing low resistivity value as it is a
rock saturated with water compared to dry rock or gas- good conductor.
saturated. Moreover, Vp is always higher than Vs for any type
of rocks (Yilmaz, 2015).
2.5 RESERVOIR MONITORING
2.3 FLUID SUBSTITUTION MODELLING Time-lapse seismic reservoir monitoring which known as
4D seismic is the comparison of the 3D seismic surveys in the
According to He, T., & Schmitt, D. (2006), fluid same geographic location at different times (Fanchi et al.,
substitution modelling is a method which able to explain the 1999). This powerful technique able to monitor changes which
behavior of the rock properties with the changes of fluid happens within the reservoir during production in the
saturation within the reservoir. Besides, this technique can be dimension of x,y,z and time. In addition, Fanchi et al. (1999)
used also for evaluating the changes of wave velocity when also explained that the analysis of 4D seismic enhance the
there is increase or decrease of pore fluid saturation as well as ability to image fluid movement hence improving the quality of
the type. In addition, this technique normally associated with reservoir characterization, identification of fluid movement
the application of Gassmanns equation (1951) which have interfaces and also helping operators locating bypassed
been rearranged by Mavko et al as shown below; reserves. Anderson et al. (1996) stated that 4D seismic is most
effective in offshore fields due to its higher quality of 3D
seismic data and 4D seismic also works better in soft
= + (3)
( ) unconsolidated sands than the carbonate reservoir.
Besides, injections of water or gas normally being done
(2) (2) (1) (1)
= during hydrocarbon production in order to improve the
(2) ( (2)) (1) ( (1))
recovery. At the same time, 4D seismic technology can be used
(4) to monitor the variation of changes from it. The changes of
subsurfaces elasticity can be monitored by comparing the
The application of Gassmanns is based on certain assumptions differences in some properties measurement such as travel
such as the rock sample is homogenous and isotropic, complete times, reflection amplitude and also seismic velocities. Fig. 1
connection of the rocks pore spaces, low elastic stiffness and below shows the 4D seismic acquisition of Gullfaks field. As
lastly low seismic frequency. Smith, T. M., Sondergeld, C. H., the time changes from 1985 to 1999, the oil is being replaced
& Rai, C. S. (2003) stated that the shear modulus of an isotropic by water. The seismic amplitude changed and this information
material is not depend on pore fluid, hence remain at constant able to tell location and how much oil is present there at a time.
during fluid substitution process.
b = (1 )m + [Sww + (1 Sw)g] (5) In this project, the results in Fig. 2 shows that Vp is reduced
significantly for the core sample which in partially saturated
condition and increase as the core sample being fully saturated proportional to Vp, it cause the Vp to increase as the density
(Fig. 3). Moreover, Vp for fully brine saturated core sample is and K increase. Since density of brine is higher than freshwater,
greater compared to fully freshwater saturated and dry core is the Vp of brine saturated core is bigger (Figure 7). is not
the lowest. supported by gas or liquid and the value is considered zero.
Wang et. al. (1990) also mentioned that Vs have very small
sensitivity toward fluids. Meanwhile, as the is zero,
theoretical value of Vs should decrease as density increase.
However, this project shows that Vs increase from dry to fully
saturated for both freshwater and brine. This happens due to the
low effective stress upon the core sample as the measurement
is taken at normal atmospheric condition. This results is similar
to the experiment conducted by Tao, G., King, M. S., & Nabi-
Bidhendi, M. (1995). They observed that Vs is higher for brine
saturated sandstone compared to dry sandstone at low effective
pressure. Meanwhile, for high effective pressure, the S-wave
velocities for the brine saturated sample are lower than the dry
sample. The sudden increase of Vs for partially freshwater
saturated core sample can be related to some errors. The human
error can be the unparalleled positioning of core sample to the
both transducers and also the wax put to the core is not spread
Figure 3 Graph of Vp vs fluid saturation
evenly. In addition, the significant decrease of Vp for partially
fluid saturated core also can be related to the presence of gas in
Besides, different trend occurred to the measurement of Vs. the rock sample. Ali, T., Din, Z. U., Khalid, P., & Ahmed, N.
Vs significantly increase as core sample being saturated by the (2013) explained that the increase of gas saturation will
brine. However for freshwater saturated, Vs increase in partial decrease the bulk modulus as well as density and Vp. For
saturated condition and decrease at full saturation. Both Vs for partially saturated condition, small amount of gas saturation
fully freshwater saturated is still higher than Vs for dry core able to reduce the Vp.
(Fig. 4).
4.2 RESISTIVITY