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Work performed as a Seconded at Carrizo & Oil USA
By Sourav Bhardwaj
Oil India Limited acquired 20% interest in Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc liquid rich shale assets,
i.e. Niobrara Asset, in the Denver–Julesburg (D-J) Basin in Colorado, USA. The Purchase and
Participation Agreement (PPA) with Carrizo was signed on 4th October 2012 and the acquisition
became effective from 1st October 2012.
On Oct’ 2014 joined as a secondee to Carrizo Oil & Gas to gather the knowledge and to
understand the unconventional reservoir as well as operational activities related to the
unconventional field at the USA. The following work has been carried out during my whole
tenure:
1. Performed all geological work using Petra Software (iHS) of Niobrara area under the
guidance of Mr. Paul Fears (Mentor), Geologist Carrizo Oil & Gas.
Petra (iHs):
Petra is a cost-effective software solution for managing, manipulating and visualizing
integrated geological, geophysical and engineering data. Geologists, engineers,
technicians, and analysts use Petra for exploration, exploitation, infill drilling, reserves
analysis, unconventional plays, production analysis and more. With Petra, quickly
visualize results using mapping, cross-sections, seismic interpretations, log plots, cross-
plots, production and reservoir analysis, and 3D visualization.
Petra enables to:
a. Expedite drilling decisions with shorter cycle times
b. Integrate large IHS well, production and log data sets
c. Quickly define reservoirs and prospects
d. Focus on analysis rather than map-making
e. Analyze mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
2. Prepared several maps viz. Thickness, Resistivity, Structural, Saturation, Porosity etc.
and regional correlation of wells based on the data available in the area.
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Fig. Thickness Map
Fig. SoPhiH map
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Fig. Resistivity map
Fig. Correlation of the wells
3. Expedite drilling decisions with shorter cycle times using the geo-steer software (SES) of
Carrizo operated wells. SES is horizontal and directional well bore drilling software for pre-
spud well planning with geologic model data integration through landing and 3D technical
geosteering / stratigraphic interpretation while drilling or post drilling. Includes 2D/3D
directional well planning methods, minimum curvature directional survey calcs, Technical
Hole Deviation (THD) calcs, THD logs, steering guidance from patented Fuzzy Logic control
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technology, and advanced visual geosteering interpretation tools using LWD (gamma
radiation, resistivity, etc.)
Geosteering:
Geosteering, in general, is drilling a horizontal wellbore that ideally is located within or near
preferred rock layers. As interpretive analysis performed while drilling or after drilling,
geosteering determines and communicates a wellbore's stratigraphic depth location in part
by estimating local geometric bedding structure. Early geosteering was performed mostly
with interpretation from cuttings samples, paper well logs and maps, and rough sketches.
Modern geosteering normally incorporates multiple dimensions of information, including
insight from quantitative correlation methods. Ultimately, today's geosteering methods
provide an explicit approximation to the location of nearby geologic beds in relation to a
wellbore or coordinate system, and as such, help to explain rock/wellbore completion and
subsequent oil/gas/water/frac fluid-flow observations from or into rock.
Technical geosteering is a computational signal-mapping task. Timely and depth-accurate
logging while drilling formation evaluation (LWDFE) data is transformed—using a geometric
location estimate of a marker bed—to plot on a representative stratigraphic type log. An
acceptable “fit” suggests a good estimate of the marker bed location.
a. Gamma Ray
The most common LWDFE measurement applied to technical geosteering is omni-
directional gamma ray. Gamma ray is chosen because of its relatively insensitive signal
response to varying pore fluids, rock porosity, rock permeability, and circumferential
borehole quality. Another favourable gamma ray attribute is a short depth of investigation
(e.g., 4-6 inches); with less rock “seen” by the tool there is less chance for signal
complication.
In oil and gas geosteering applications, the measured depth (MD) frequency of gamma ray
data is typically 0.5 or 1 ft, which enables fault-crossing recognition. Some operations rely
on focused gamma ray measurements (e.g., borehole high side and low side readings) to
either outright drive technical geosteering or to augment interpretations relying primarily on
omni-directional gamma ray measurements.
b. 3D Curved World
What complicates the software engine of technical geosteering is addressing the fact that
both the well path (known-location) and the payzone (unknown-location) simultaneously
change and curve in three-dimensional (3D) space. A two-dimensional (2D) technical
geosteering analysis—one based on the vertical section for example—inherently suppresses
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resolution and introduces distortion, especially with ‘3D’ wells and or ‘2D’ wells with thin pay
zones.
c. 3D Technical Geosteering
In 2006, Stoner Engineering LLC developed a 3D technical geosteering methodology that
eliminates the shortcomings of 2D analysis. Two new geologic terms resulted from this work:
3DStratBlock and relative stratigraphic depth.
A 3DStratBlock (3DSB) is a planar surface that mathematically represents the 3D location
of a geologic marker—usually the top of the pay zone. The target well path is at some offset
distance parallel to this marker. A 3DSB is defined with a true dip, a true dip direction
azimuth, map coordinates corresponding to an MD along the actual well path, and a control
point true vertical depth (TVD).
Fig. Geosteering of the well
4. Based on wells data (viz production, logs etc.) quickly define reservoirs and prospects of
unconventional fields.
5. Focus on analysis rather than map-making. The following main analysis term is used:
i) Estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) approximates the quantity of oil or gas that
is potentially recoverable or has already been recovered from a reserve or well.
ii) IP (Initial Production) of the well used for analysis of productivity of the area.
iii) Decline rate analysis is important, that gives the idea how fast the reservoir is
going to decline (Time Rate Analysis).
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6. Analyze mergers, acquisitions, and divestment of the different Assets.
7. Acquire complete information (Geology, Reservoir properties & operators) of Oil plays in the
United States under the different basins. Detail analysis provided to Carrizo.
8. Monitor and evaluate production performance of the Carrizo, Whiting & Noble wells.
9. Evaluate financial performance for assets and company portfolios using GEM Modules.
Understand the effect of cost overruns and project delays on asset valuation. Export data into
in-house workflows and systems for further analysis.
10. Prepared prospect map of all basins of USA using Carrizo IHS license through Enerdeq
Browser. All wells information viz, Drilling, completion, production, operator information etc.
have been used for better understanding of unconventional reservoirs time to time.
IHS Enerdeq Browser:
IHS Enerdeq provides online access of well data and the subscription-based US Well,
Production and Land data, including well completions and production entities:
a. Allocate resources to analysis rather than research
b. Consolidate data management into a single source
c. Streamline workflows to evaluate acreage and generate prospects
d. Assess competitive position and oil well production
e. Identify field outlines and oilfield service opportunities