DevelopingaReservoirScaleFractureModelfortheTight.docVIP

Developing a Reservoir Scale Fracture Model for the Tight Naturally Fractured Tensleep Sandstone Reservoir, Teapot Dome, Wyoming Valerie Smith*, Tom Wilson?, Alan Brown* and Bryan Schwartz? Abstract:Remains to be completed! FMI log observations and 3D seismic data are used to develop a reservoir fracture network for the Tensleep Formation at Teapot Dome in Wyoming. Teapot Dome is a doubly plunging anticline that trends roughly N30W. Oil production from the Tensleep is restricted to a mile-square area of structural closure on the southern end of the dome. Borehole scale open fracture systems estimated from FMI logs consist predominantly of three sets including two hinge-oblique sets and one hinge-parallel set. (note relative intensities). Most prevalent N71W has a trend similar to that of the drilling induced fractures. The Tensleep produces oil from the upper A and B sandstone members. FMI mapped fractures in the producing area were located primarily in the B Sandstone and consist primarily of the hinge-parallel (N23W) set. The intervening B Dolomite although generally considered a permeability barrier has numerous open fractures oriented oblique to the fold hinge with ~N75W trend. This suggests that the B Dolomite facilitates local connectivity between the A and B sands. Fracture properties such as spacing, length, and aperture distributions are obtained from FMI log analysis. The local log-derived properties of the fracture network are integrated with 3D seismic analysis to provide a field-scale reservoir and fracture network model that can be incorporated into subsequent flow simulation. ….. Introduction In this study detailed reservoir characterization and reservoir model development are undertaken of the Tensleep Sandstone, a naturally fractured oil reservoir in the Teapot Dome field, in Natrona County, Wyoming, about 30 miles north of Casper. Operation of the field started in 1915 when it was established as the National Petroleum Reserve #3. There was some