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CASE STUDY

Saturation Evaluation with RSTPro Tool Finds


Bypassed Oil and Gas Zones
Sigma and C/O logging finds 27.5 MMcf/d of gas and 997 bbl/d of oil
in a North Sea well previously shut in for high water cut

CHALLENGE Looking for bypassed hydrocarbons


Identify bypassed hydrocarbons in a North An operator wanted to identify any bypassed hydrocarbons in a North Sea well that had been
Sea well shut in 6 years earlier because shut in because of high water cut and low pressure. The plan was to shut off the water-flushed
of high water cut and low pressure. producing zones and recomplete the new zones.
SOLUTION Measuring water and hydrocarbon saturations
Run the RSTPro* reservoir saturation tool The innovative dual-detector spectrometry system of the through-tubing RSTPro reservoir
to evaluate saturations and determine saturation tool records carbon and oxygen (C/O) and Dual-Burst* thermal decay time
depths for shutting off existing perforations measurements in the same pass. The C/O ratio is used to determine the formation oil saturation
and reperforating. independent of the formation water salinity. The sigma log of the thermal neutron capture cross
section is used to determine water saturation behind casing. Porosity is also measured for
RESULTS
formation evaluation.
Identified three intervals for reperforating
that are producing 27.5-MMcf/d gas, Identifying new gas and oil zones
997-bbl/d oil, and only 1.7% water. The well was logged with the RSTPro tool under shut-in conditions. Schlumberger petrotechnical
experts conducted an integrated evaluation of the data. Formation sigma and related gas
indicators were used to identify gas-bearing zones, and the C/O data were used to characterize
the oil- and water-bearing zones. The source of the water was confirmed, and new potential oil
and gas reservoirs were identified.

On the basis of the petrotechnical evaluation, the operator set a bridge plug to isolate the water-
bearing zone and perforated three intervals using a 278-in PURE* perforating system for clean
perforations with deep penetrating PowerJet Omega* shaped charges to perforate through any
formation damage and create clean perforation tunnels.

Post intervention, the three new intervals were producing 27.5-MMcf/d gas, 997-bbl/d oil, and only
1.7% water.

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~1,500 us

In sigma mode, the RST tool runs an optimized Dual-Burst timing sequence and measures the time decay of the
population of capture gamma rays after each burst. The time decay of late-capture (long-burst) gamma rays
is dominated by the macroscopic sigma of the formation and is used to deduce water saturation if the water
salinity is known and sufficiently high. The time decay of early-capture (short-burst) gamma rays is primarily
sensitive to borehole salinity. The ratio of near- to far-detector capture count rates (TRAT) is used to compute
the thermal neutron formation porosity. The ratio of far- to near-detector burst-on count rates (IRAT) provides
a gas indicator that is independent of thermal neutron absorbers.

Production
CASE STUDY: Saturation evaluation with RSTPro tool finds bypassed pay, North Sea

Openhole Depth, ft Near C/O Ratio Near Capture Thermal Neutron Log Inelastic Openhole Water Openhole Undisturbed
Openhole Water
Three intervals were perforated where expert
Gamma Ray Count Rate Porosity Count Ratio Saturation Zone Water Volume
0 gAPI 200
0 0.2
38 7 0.5 ft3/ft3 0 0.63 0.8 1 ft3/ft3 0 0.5 ft3/ft3 0 petrotechnical evaluation of the RSTPro tools
Borehole Salinity Far C/O Ratio Far Capture Count Rate Bulk Density
Sand
RSTPro WaterSaturation Porosity Shale measurements indicated oil and gas. Post intervention,
0 g/kg 150 0 0.2 50 0 1.95 g/cm3 2.95 1 ft3/ft3 0 0.5 ft3/ft3 0
Sand
water production had significantly declined to 1.7%.
Openhole
Gas Indicator Shale Shale Depletion
Gamma Ray
0 gAPI 150 Openhole Undisturbed
Thermal Decay Porosity Zone Water Volume
Sand RSTPro C/O Hydrocarbon
0.5 ft3/ft3 0 0.5 ft3/ft3 0
Thermal Decay Porosity Sigma Shale Volume
Openhole Water
0.5 ft3/ft3 0 50 cu 0 0 ft3/ft3 1
Porosity
RSTPro Undisturbed 1 ft3/ft3 0
Zone Water Volume
0.5 ft3/ft3 0 Openhole Hydrocarbon

Y,200
Perforation

Y,300
Perforation
Perforation

Y,400

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