JPT

 

Vol. 58 No. 9

September 2006

Reservoir Performance and Monitoring

Monitoring Primary-Depletion Reservoirs With Seismic Amplitudes and Time Shifts

In the high-porosity, poorly consolidated turbidites of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), production-induced compaction can be the drive mechanism when aquifer support is weak and before pressure support by secondary-recovery water injection begins. Time-lapse (4D) seismic-monitoring time shifts occur in areas of depletion and in the overburden, and they indicate compartmentalization in the reservoir. Compartmentalization information can help place new production and injection wells better, as well as new sidetracks for optimized field development.

Synopsis of OTC 18219 (1.45MB)

This article, written by Tech-nol-ogy Editor Dennis Denney, contains high-lights of paper OTC 18219, "Monitoring Primary-Depletion Reservoirs With Seismic Amplitudes and Time Shifts," by A. Tura, T. Barker, P. Cattermole, C. Collins, J. Davis, P. Hatchell, K. Koster, P. Schutjens, SPE, and P. Wills, Shell Intl. E&P, prepared for the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1-4 May. Copyright 2006 Offshore Technology Conference. Reproduced by permission.

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