Integrated Formation Evaluation of a Complex Tight Oil Reservoir in Junggar Basin, Northwest China

Abstract

Jimusaer tight oil reservoir is characterized by complex lithology, low permeability and high total organic carbon (TOC) content. These features make conventional logging responses very complicated and bring big troubles to reservoir identification. Horizontal well drilling is extremely difficult due to high heterogeneity and uncertain faulting. To maximize oil production with low cost, an integrated solution is provided. First, accurate reservoir characteristics of the pilot well was got using an unconventional evaluation approach by combining capture spectroscopy log, micro-resistivity imager log, nuclear magnetic resonance log, et al. Second, structure analysis for sidetracking well and well correlation between the sidetracking well and the pilot well were done to guide the horizontal section drilling. Third, reservoir quality and completion quality were evaluated for horizontal well, and a 3D structural model was built to optimize the stimulation design by combining reservoir quality, completion quality and natural fractures.