2018
DOI: 10.1190/geo2017-0047.1
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Using cuttings to extract geomechanical properties along lateral wells in unconventional reservoirs

Abstract: We have developed a method using measurements on drill cuttings as well as calibrated models to estimate anisotropic mechanical properties and stresses in unconventional reservoirs, when logs are not available in lateral wells. We measured mineralogy and organic matter on cuttings using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). We described the methodology and illustrated it using two vertical control wells in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina, and one lateral well drilled in the… Show more

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“…A-8b). (1) Theory DRIFTS measurements (Prioul et al, 2018) include weight fractions of 9 inorganic mineral components (smectite, illite, kaolinite, chlorite, quartz-feldspar, muscovite, calcite, dolomite, and anhydrite; however, only major 6 of them are used in analysis by clubbing the four clays together as clay, and quartz, feldspar, muscovite together as qfm, as shown by Table A-1 in Appendix), and organic matter that is only kerogen (because drill cuttings cleaned with solvents remove the soluble organics). The density of the combined inorganic (mineral) and organic phases is estimated using the weight fractions and the known densities of the minerals and the kerogen as follows: 1…”
Section: Machine Learning-based Classification Of Lithologies and Roc...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A-8b). (1) Theory DRIFTS measurements (Prioul et al, 2018) include weight fractions of 9 inorganic mineral components (smectite, illite, kaolinite, chlorite, quartz-feldspar, muscovite, calcite, dolomite, and anhydrite; however, only major 6 of them are used in analysis by clubbing the four clays together as clay, and quartz, feldspar, muscovite together as qfm, as shown by Table A-1 in Appendix), and organic matter that is only kerogen (because drill cuttings cleaned with solvents remove the soluble organics). The density of the combined inorganic (mineral) and organic phases is estimated using the weight fractions and the known densities of the minerals and the kerogen as follows: 1…”
Section: Machine Learning-based Classification Of Lithologies and Roc...mentioning
confidence: 99%