1 / 16

Developing the Role of Petrophysics into the Year 2000 and Beyond

Developing the Role of Petrophysics into the Year 2000 and Beyond. Donal S Mageean Exxon Exploration Company. Outline. Petrophysics past and present Developing the role of Petrophysics Beyond the year 2000 Summary . Petrophysics Past and Present. Isolation

Lucy
Download Presentation

Developing the Role of Petrophysics into the Year 2000 and Beyond

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Developing the Role of Petrophysics into the Year 2000 and Beyond Donal S Mageean Exxon Exploration Company

  2. Outline • Petrophysics past and present • Developing the role of Petrophysics • Beyond the year 2000 • Summary

  3. Petrophysics Past and Present • Isolation • Black box technology • A specialist skill

  4. Isolation • Over the wall mentality • Too inwardly focused • Missing the big picture

  5. Black Box Mentality • Management perspective - wiggles on a roll of paper • Failure to understand the F.E. process

  6. A Specialist Skill • Perceived as having a narrow skill base • An external resource, not integrated into the project team • Confusion over the correct nomenclature for the discipline

  7. Developing the Role of Petrophysics • Breaking the mold - think beyond our perceived boundaries - question the internal and external structures of our organizations

  8. Developing the Role of Petrophysics • Breaking the mold • Integration - be the unifying discipline GEOSCIENCE PLANNING PETROPHYSICS PETROPHYSICS DRILLING RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

  9. Developing the Role of Petrophysics • Without Integration - outsourcing - loss of corporate research - remain on the periphery of projects - poor estimation of in place and recoverable reserves

  10. Developing the Role of Petrophysics • Breaking the mold • Integration • Project coordination - our skill is required in the complete life cycle of every development

  11. Beyond the year 2000 • Broaden our skill base - enabling us to work with other disciplines in preserving critical data during scale- up to geological models • Build a diverse team

  12. Beyond the year 2000 • Petrophysics must move beyond oil in place - reservoir flow simulation - recovery efficiencies

  13. Beyond the year 2000 • Flow units - next generation of sequence stratigraphy

  14. Beyond the year 2000 • Facies typing to seismic attributes • In situ relative perm • Fluid typing and viscosity • Neural networks • Tool response modeling

  15. SUMMARY • Break the mold • Challenge your companies structure • Reach out beyond our perceived boundaries • Be the unifying discipline in data integration • Be the project coordinator

  16. PETROPHYSICS: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

More Related