AN INTEGRATED PETROPHYSICAL WORKFLOW TO GENERATING FLUID SUBSTITUTED LOGS FOR AVO CHARACTERISATION—GIPSY AND NORTH GIPSY FIELDS CASE STUDY, NORTH WEST SHELF, AUSTRALIA

Abstract

As part of a multi-well field study an integrated petrophysical workflow was developed to include the generation of fluid substituted logs for AVO characterisation.

The workflow relied upon the construction of a multimineral model that best approximated the actual mineral content of the reservoir. Any limitations or assumptions were noted and taken into account when creating the multi-mineral model. Other petrophysical results were derived from the same model to validate its consistency such as intrinsic permeability, porosity, water saturation, etc. Iteration between the model and the results was required until a consistent model was achieved.

The estimation of an intrinsic permeability log was based upon the k-Lambda method that uses the multimineral model and porosities.

The estimation of a shear slowness log and the fluid substituted logs was based upon elastic rock properties derived from the multi-mineral model and the acquired compressional slowness log and bulk density log. This integrated approach provides a higher confidence in the derived results, which are then used as input into the reservoir model, thereby improving the reserve calculations.

The interdependence of each derived result on the same input multi-mineral model ensures consistency and predictability in a complex geological environment, which captures all available information.

The method is demonstrated with the Gipsy–1 and North Gipsy–1 wells, which were part of the original field study.