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7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006
1 ADCO, Abu Dhabi, 270, United Arab Emirates, phone: +971506122358, fax:
+97126675307, [email protected]
2 Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), P.O. Box 270, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3 ROXAR, 27 ST Georges Road, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
The Unified Modeling project was conducted in two phases with phase I being the construction of the structural and stratigraphic model of the three Bu Hasa reservoirs. The main objectives of phase I are:
1- Construct a consistent unified structural framework across all Bu Hasa reservoirs to avoid overlap between them since the existing models were built independently.
2- Incorporate revised seismic interpretation (surfaces and faults) based on seismic inversion.
3- Use of a common seismic depth conversion method and a single integrated interpretation for all three reservoirs.
During phase I, a consistent set of structural definition are used for all three reservoirs ensuring that no more structural overlap is observed between any surfaces. In addition to this, a unified 3D structural (surfaces and faults) and stratigraphic model and a common 3D grid for all three Bu Hasa reservoirs were also constructed.
In phase II, properties model was constructed for all three reservoirs. The main objectives of Phase II are:
Reservoir A: Build new refined facies and petrophysical properties model using the new petrophysical interpretation, build simulation 3D grid and upscale properties.
Reservoir B: Re-model facies and petrophysical properties, Build simulation 3D grid and upscale properties.
Reservoir C: Re-build facies and petrophysical properties model, incorporate Integrated I Dense Study (Thickness/distribution), incorporate new data from Full Field Petrophysical Study (FFPS), build simulation 3D grid and upscale properties.
This project has developed a methodology to integrate the lithofacies properties into the sequence stratigraphy framework. The seismic inversion (porosity cube) has also been used to constraint the modeling process.