Reservoir Characterization Project

Phase XVI Sponsors

RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION PROJECT

Contact RCP

Dr. Ali Tura, Director alitura@mines.edu

Dr. Bob Benson, Co-Director rbenson@mines.edu Dr. Tom Davis, Prof. Emeritus tdavis@mines.edu Sue Jackson, Project Manager sujackso@mines.edu Cindy Herb, Administrator cherb@mines.edu

Sponsorship Benefits

Access to highly qualified students for employment Integrated research of relevant reservoir challenges Sponsor-proposed research projects and field studies Availability of comprehensive datasets and results Proprietary access to student theses and presentations Interaction and networking with other sponsors and students

Sponsorship includes direct financial contribution or in-kind products or services

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Established in 1989 as an industry-sponsored research consortium, RCP focuses on dynamic reservoir characterization with an integrated multi-disciplinary approach. Emphasizing a comprehensive array of reservoir characterization technologies, RCP’s faculty and graduate researchers collaborate closely with industry partners to predict reservoir perfor-mance and improve field development for oil and gas recovery.

Anadarko Petroleum CGG Cimarex Energy Dawson Geophysical Denbury Resources Devon Energy Drillinginfo Dynamic Graphics, Inc. EOG Resources ExxonMobil Upstream FairfieldNodal Geospace Technologies

Paragon Geophysical Services PDC Energy Pertamina PTTEP Repsol Schlumberger Sigma Cubed Total E & P Unified Geosystems Vecta Oil & Gas Whiting Petroleum Corp Wintershall

Great Western Halliburton / Landmark Hess Corporation IHS Ikon Science Limited INOVA Kuwait Oil (KOC) Lumina Technologies Nanoseis Nexen Inc. Noble Energy Occidental Oil and Gas Corp. Oil & Gas Institute—Poland

Benefits of Membership

An integrated 3D multi-scale model incorporates reser-voir engineering and geo-mechanical simulations to capture the full scale of reservoir heterogeneity, including faulting and stress variations and their impact on completions and produc-tion.

The project is in collabora-tion with Anadarko.

2016 – 2017 Projects

CABIN CREEK FIELD, WILLISTON BASIN USA

Reservoir Characterization for CO2 Monitoring

One of 13 producing fields along the Cedar Creek Anticline, the project is a candidate for future CO2 flooding. Our research aims to characterize a very thin Red River dolomite in the field to understand reservoir properties and determine appropriate geophysical and simulation tools to monitor and optimize CO2 floods via time-lapse studies.

Modeling plays a vital role in understanding the value of seismic data for monitoring; research also includes petrophysical studies, fault and fracture analysis, seismic interpretation and inversion, and reservoir simulation studies.

Denbury is the field operator and project sponsor.

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RCP’s global focus on dynamic reservoir characterization emphasizes integrated research in a variety of geologic settings

WATTENBERG FIELD, COLORADO USA

Unconventional Shale Reservoir Study

The dynamic reservoir characterization project of the Nio-brara and Codell shale incorporates geology, geophysics, and reservoir engineering to analyze reservoir changes in a de-tailed analysis of 11 horizontal wells and surrounding area.

A full range of data is utilized in the study—4D multicompo-nent seismic data, microseismic, well logs, core samples, trac-er survey, and completions and production information.

THE VACA MUERTA, ARGENTINA

Unconventional Development—Early Stage

This integrated study in the Neuquén Basin seeks to gain insights into the reservoir, reduce geologic uncertainty and identify reservoir sweet spots to guide placement of future horizontal wells and optimize field development.

Current work focuses on investigation of depositional controls on rock properties, well log analysis, seismic inversion and microseismicity. Recent test wells provide logs, VSP and microseismic datasets, along with engineering data to further our understanding. The project is provided by Wintershall.

RAUDHATAIN FIELD, KUWAIT

Characterization of Deep Jurassic Shale

This project focuses on seismic imaging and fault characteriza-tion to delineate optimal zones for horizontal well drilling of deep Jurassic shale/carbonate reservoirs below salt and anhy-drite layers. The reservoir engineering portion of the study uti-lizes a dual porosity model and simulation to identify optimal fracture zones. The project is provided by Kuwait Oil Company.