Quantitative reservoir characterization and geologic model building is standard, required practice in the petroleum industry. This book provides the methods and analysis for an integrated geoscience-engineering approach to developing inputs for and construction of carbonate reservoir models. It is a compilation of the author's vast experiences of characterizing carbonate assets for Shell Oil Company and for the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas. The major theme of the book is Lucia's Rock-Fabric classification approach to carbonate porosity that consists of 1) interparticle pore space, 2) separate-vug pore space, and 3) touching-vug pore space, as outlined in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 is a detailed treatment of understanding these pore systems in the context of subsurface cores and wireline logs. Chapter 5 explains how to transform geologic interpretations into inputs for constructing geologic models that underpin engineering reservoir flow simulations. The last three chapters, 6, 7 and 8, are well explained and illustrated examples of the integrated quantitative characterization approach for limestone, dolostone, and touching-vug reservoirs. Subsurface carbonate field and reservoir case studies are from the Permian, Williston, Alberta, and Arabian Basins.
Lucia, J. F., 1999, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization: An Integrated Approach: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 336 p.
Jim Markello and Bill Morgan
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