Integrated Characterization of Permian Basin Reservoirs, University Lands, West Texas: Targeting the Remaining Resource for Advanced Oil Recovery

Tyler, Noel; Bebout, Don G.; Garrett, C.M.; Guevara, Edgar H.; Hocott, C.R.; Holtz, Mark H.; Hovorka, Susan; Kerans, Charles; Lucia, F. Jerry; Major, Robert P.; Ruppel, Stephen C.; Stoep, Gary W. Vander

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“…We defined 32 Permian basin oil plays (Table 1) on the basis of reservoir stratigraphy, lithology, depositional environment, and structural and tectonic setting. This new play analysis builds on and revises earlier play assessments of the Permian basin by Galloway et al (1983) Silver and Todd, 1969;Hills, 1984;Frenzel et al, 1988;Kosters et al, 1989;Ewing, 1990;Tyler et al, 1991;Kerans and Fitchen, 1995). Harland et al (1989), Tucker and McKerrow (1994), and Bowring et al (1998).…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Because many reservoirs in the Permian basin produce by solution-gas drive (Galloway et al, 1983), primary recovery efficiencies are typically low. Average primary recovery in selected Permian basin reser-voirs characterized by solution-gas-drive mechanisms was 14.8% (Tyler et al, 1991). Secondary waterflooding is the most common reservoir-development method used in the basin.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Typical waterfloods have evolved from peripheral floods to line-drive floods to pattern floods, such as five-spot or inverted nine-spot patterns. In plays in which solution-gas drives have been supplemented by waterfloods, recovery efficiencies have increased to an average of 26% (primary and secondary) (Tyler et al, 1991). Waterflooding is used so commonly throughout the basin that it has not been included in Table 2 unless a particular pattern realignment or other modification enhanced recovery.…”

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“…Reservoirs in the Grayburg platform carbonate play occupy the southeast side of the Central Basin platform in Texas (Figure 8b). Depositional style and petrophysical properties of Grayburg platform carbonate reservoirs are similar to those of the San Andres, being thick, dolomitized, subtidal portions of shoalingupward cycles (Bebout et al, 1987;Tyler et al, 1991). Reservoir quality has been influenced strongly by diagenesis, particularly dolomite alteration and anhydrite alteration and removal (Ruppel and Lucia, 1996).…”

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“…By the time of Grayburg deposition, the Midland basin was areally restricted and shallow, and the Ozona arch was a shallow-water platform across which water was exchanged between the open ocean to the south and west (Sheffield Channel, Figure 1) and the restricted basin to the north (Tyler et al, 1991). The Grayburg high-energy platform carbonate -Ozona arch play produces from upper San Andres and Grayburg carbonate reservoirs (Figure 8b).…”

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Play analysis and leading-edge oil-reservoir development methods in the Permian basin: Increased recovery through advanced technologies

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Comparing Resource Plays in the Texas and New Mexico Permian Basin – Implications for Exploration Research

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Golding²,

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The Permian Basin in Western Texas and North Eastern New Mexico is an energy powerhouse. With three sub-basins i.e., Delaware, Central Basin Platform and Midland Basin producing hydrocarbons from both conventional and unconventional plays, the Texan Permian has been a focus of more interest from energy companies than the North-Western Shelf of the basin in New Mexico. However, the less explored North Western shelf of the basin in New Mexico furnishes equal opportunity for oil and gas exploration companies for further exploration research and subsequent discoveries. This research is an attempt to showcase the exploration significance and highlight the gaps for in exploration research in the New Mexico Permian Basin. We compare the oil plays in both Texas and New Mexico Permian based on reservoir geology and basin architecture. Overall, The Permian Basin is dominated by carbonate reservoirs. They account for 75% of all oil production followed by clastics, which contribute 14%; then come the mixed clastics and carbonates accounting for 8%; and lastly cherts make up around 3%. The leading growing production zone is the San Andres platform (Northwest shelf) carbonate play (4.0 billion bbl) followed by the Leonard restricted platform carbonate play (3.3 billion bbl). The Lower Permian Horseshoe and Pennsylvanian plays are next (2.7 billion bbl) and lastly by the San Andres platform carbonate play contributes to the overall production (2.2 billion bbl). With known potential of shelf plays we determine that North Western Shelf has similar stratigraphy and extensive hydrocarbon potential yet to be researched and explored.

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Dolomitization geometry and reservoir quality from supervised Bayesian classification and probabilistic neural networks: Midland Basin Leonardian Wichita and Clear Fork Formations

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Pigott

2021

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Extensive dolomitization is prevalent in the platform and periplatform carbonates in the Lower-Middle Permian strata in the Midland and greater Permian basin. Early workers have found that the platform and shelf-top carbonates were dolomitized while slope and basinal carbonates were remained calcitic, proposing a Reflux Dolomitization model as the possible diagenetic mechanism. More importantly, they underline that this dolomitization pattern controls the porosity and forms an updip seal. These studies are predominately conducted using well logs, cores, and outcrop analogs, and while exhibiting high resolution vertically, such determinations are laterally sparse. In this study, we employed supervised Bayesian classification and probabilistic neural networks on 3D seismic volume to create an estimation of the most probable distribution of dolomite and limestone within a subsurface 3D volume petrophysically constrained. Combining this lithologic information with porosity we then illuminate the diagenetic effects on a seismic scale. We started our workflow by deriving lithology classifications from well log cross plots of neutron porosity and acoustic impedance to determine a priori proportions of lithology, and probability density functions calculation for each lithology type. Then, we applied these probability distributions and a priori proportions to 3D seismic volumes of acoustic impedance and predicted neutron porosity volume to create a lithology volume and probability volumes for each lithology type. Acoustic impedance volume was obtained by model-based post-stack inversion and the neutron porosity volume was obtained by the probabilistic neural network. Results best support a regional reflux dolomitization model, in which the porosity is increasing from shelf to slope while dolomitization is decreasing, but with sea level forcing. With this study, we demonstrate that diagenesis and corresponding reservoir quality in these platforms and periplatform strata can be directly imaged and mapped on a seismic scale by quantitative seismic interpretation and supervised classification methods.

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Integrated Characterization of Permian Basin Reservoirs, University Lands, West Texas: Targeting the Remaining Resource for Advanced Oil Recovery

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Play analysis and leading-edge oil-reservoir development methods in the Permian basin: Increased recovery through advanced technologies

Play analysis and leading-edge oil-reservoir development methods in the Permian basin: Increased recovery through advanced technologies

Comparing Resource Plays in the Texas and New Mexico Permian Basin – Implications for Exploration Research

Dolomitization geometry and reservoir quality from supervised Bayesian classification and probabilistic neural networks: Midland Basin Leonardian Wichita and Clear Fork Formations

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