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ren

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tte S

ulliv

an, C

huck B

lum

entritt, K

urt M

arfu

rt, and Q

ifeng D

ou, fo

r se

ism

ic a

ttribute

genera

tion a

nd g

eolo

gic

al in

sig

ht

iiiii

Bu

rlingto

n R

esourc

es O

il & G

as C

om

pany a

nd S

chlu

mb

erg

er IP

M, fo

r pro

vid

ing

seis

mic

and w

ell d

ata

The U

. S. D

epartm

ent o

f Energ

y, for p

roje

ct fu

ndin

g u

nder c

ontra

ct D

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C26-0

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ism

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icro

-Te

chnolo

gy, In

c., fo

r access to

se

ism

ic-in

terp

reta

tion s

oftw

are

Ha

mp

son-R

ussell, fo

r access to

se

ism

ic in

vers

ion s

oftw

are

IHS

, for a

ccess to

well-lo

g c

orre

latio

n a

nd m

appin

g s

oftw

are

Th

e K

ING

DO

M S

uite

+

ST

RA

TA

PE

TR

A

Ac

kn

ow

led

gm

en

ts

BV

Wp

rofile

sfro

mb

ase

an

hyd

riteto

"x"m

ark

er

-800

-780

-760

-740

-720

-700

-680

-660

00.0

50.1

0.1

5

BV

W

Elevationn (ft)

1202w

1261w

1201w

1205w

1206w

1207w

1208w

1209w

1228w

1229w

-680 B

VW

-700 B

VW

-720 B

VW

-740 B

VW

-760 B

VW

-780 B

VW

Bu

bb

le m

ap

s o

f BV

W a

t a g

ive

n e

leva

tion

(su

bse

a in

fee

t) are

su

pe

rimp

ose

d o

n th

e to

p o

f Sa

nA

nd

res s

ub

se

a d

ep

th m

ap

.T

he

se

ma

ps s

ho

w a

ran

ge

in B

VW

va

lue

s th

at a

re n

ot c

lose

ly tie

d to

ele

va

tion

on

top

of th

e S

an

An

dre

s F

orm

atio

n. M

ore

ove

r, va

lue

s v

ary

ma

rke

dly

by d

ep

th in

an

ind

ivid

ua

l we

ll, refle

ctin

g th

e v

aria

tion

of p

oro

sity

in th

e c

yclic

pa

cksto

ne

-gra

insto

ne

inte

rva

l.Th

ed

ep

th s

lice

s a

lso

do

no

t sh

ow

an

y p

atte

rn o

f BV

W v

aria

tion

with

de

pth

, pa

ralle

ling

the

BV

W v

s.

de

pth

plo

t ab

ove

.T

his

lack o

f de

pth

pa

ttern

ind

ica

tes th

at th

ere

is n

ot a

stro

ng

field

-wid

etra

nsitio

n z

on

e, b

ut ra

the

r loca

l we

ll-sca

le v

aria

tion

s in

rese

rvo

ir pro

pe

rties.

iiiiiiiiii

Aw

ide

range o

f fluid

recoverie

s is

note

d in

wells

in th

e“h

igh v

olu

me a

rea

”of W

addell F

ield

. Hig

her p

roductio

ngenera

lly c

om

es fro

m 1

) the m

ain

stru

ctu

ral h

igh, 2

) alo

ng th

e n

orth

east fla

nk o

f the s

outh

east-tre

ndin

g a

ntic

line

that ru

ns th

rough th

e a

rea, a

nd 3

) alo

ng a

narro

w n

orth

east-tre

ndin

g a

rea ro

ughly

corre

spond

ing to

a s

tructu

ral

saddle

on th

e a

ntic

line.

In th

e“h

igh v

olu

me a

rea

”, tight, a

nh

ydritic

“macro

”kars

t at th

e to

p o

f the S

an

Andre

s F

orm

atio

n c

uts

dow

n in

toth

e u

nd

erly

ing p

oro

us re

serv

oir.

The k

ars

t zone e

xhib

its h

igh v

aria

bility

in th

ickness b

ut is

genera

lly th

icker o

n th

e h

igher p

ortio

ns o

f the

south

east-tre

ndin

g a

ntic

line.

The p

oro

us c

arb

onate

reserv

oir in

terv

al b

elo

w th

e k

ars

t ison th

e s

addle

are

a o

f the a

ntic

line.

Aseis

mic

horiz

on c

orre

spondin

g to

the

”x”

mark

er (b

ase o

f poro

us re

serv

oir) c

an b

e in

terp

rete

d a

cro

ss th

eim

peda

nce v

olu

me.T

his

horiz

on is

truncate

d b

y th

e b

ase o

f kars

t in s

om

e a

reas, s

uggestin

g a

n a

ssocia

ted

change

in re

serv

oir ty

pe/q

uality

in th

ese a

reas.

Acom

paris

on o

f mean a

nd c

ente

r of g

ravity

measure

s o

f poro

sity

indic

ate

s th

at h

igher p

oro

sity

is d

evelo

ped

low

er in

the p

ay in

terv

al.

The m

ean s

eis

mic

impedance o

f the

reserv

oir in

terv

al c

orre

spon

ds w

ell w

ith m

ean p

oro

sity

from

well lo

gs a

nd

allo

ws p

oro

sity

appro

xim

atio

n in

are

as o

f poor w

ell c

ontro

l.

The im

pedance m

aps s

uggest th

at th

e p

oro

us S

an

Andre

s s

hoa

ls th

at c

om

pris

e th

e p

ay a

ppe

ar to

have N

-NE

trends, o

bliq

ue to

the m

ain

San

And

res s

tructu

re.T

he p

atte

rn o

f shoal d

evelo

pm

ent m

ay b

e c

ontro

lled b

y d

eep-

seate

d s

tructu

re.

Local k

ars

t develo

pm

ent a

ppears

to b

e a

t a w

ell s

cale

, gre

atly

reducin

g th

e re

serv

oir q

uality, w

hic

h c

auses

varia

bility

in o

il and g

as p

roductio

n, e

ven w

ithin

this

hig

h v

olu

me

are

a

Acom

bin

atio

n o

f facto

rs a

ppears

to b

e re

sponsib

le fo

r the p

ay d

istrib

utio

n in

the h

igh v

olu

me

are

a o

f Waddell

Fie

ld.

locally

thin

BV

WA

NA

LY

SIS

Ph

i-BV

W d

ep

th p

rofile

s (le

ft) of w

ells

#1

22

8 a

nd

ad

jac

en

t #1

20

7 a

re o

n o

pp

os

ing

en

ds

of th

e d

ep

th c

lus

ter.

We

ll #1

22

8 is

mo

re tig

htly

clu

ste

red

at lo

we

r va

lue

s a

t gre

ate

r de

pth

du

e th

e p

res

en

ce

of th

ick

ka

rst, w

hile

the

ph

i-BV

W p

oin

ts a

ss

oc

iate

d w

ith w

ell #

12

07

are

no

tice

ab

ly h

igh

er a

t hig

he

r ele

va

tion

s. W

hile

bo

th w

ells

are

es

se

ntia

lly th

e s

am

e e

lev

atio

n a

t the

top

of S

an

An

dre

s, a

s c

an

be

se

en

in th

e m

ap

be

low

, the

de

ep

er k

ars

t at

the

loc

atio

n o

f we

ll #1

22

8 le

av

es

pa

y in

the

pa

ck

sto

ne

-gra

ins

ton

e fa

cie

s a

t gre

ate

r de

pth

s. T

he

co

ntra

st in

loc

atio

n o

f the

po

rou

s in

terv

al in

the

se

two

we

lls c

an

be

ob

se

rve

d in

the

cro

ss

se

ctio

n o

n th

e rig

ht.

-81

0

-79

0

-77

0

-75

0

-73

0

-71

0

-69

0

-67

0

-65

0

00

.05

0.1

0.1

5

Ph

i-BV

W

Elevation (ft)

12

02

_p

hi-b

vw

12

61

_p

hi-b

vw

12

01

_p

hi-b

vw

12

05

_p

hi-b

vw

12

06

_p

hi-b

vw

12

07

_p

hi-b

vw

12

08

_p

hi-b

vw

12

09

_p

hi-b

vw

12

28

_p

hi-b

vw

Well 1

207- H

igh

ele

vatio

n a

nd

hig

h s

um

(ph

i-BV

W)

Well 1

228 - H

igh

ele

vatio

n, o

ffsettin

g w

ell 1

207

an

d re

lativ

ely

low

su

m (p

hi-B

VW

)

4.1

8

4.8

5

7.6

0

2.1

8

5.1

2

2.9

8

3.6

9

4.3

2

1.0

7

7.7

7

1229

(no

t plo

tted

)

Sum (Phi-BVW)

To

p S

an

An

dre

s

Ph

i-BV

W fo

r Se

lec

ted

We

lls

Ele

va

tion

of lo

we

rmo

st

pa

y

Ob

serv

atio

ns o

f the P

hi-B

VW

dep

th p

rofile

plo

t:

Well #

1261 is

nearly

the

low

est in

ele

vatio

n a

nd h

as

the s

malle

st c

um

ula

tive P

hi-

BV

W o

f 1.0

7.

Well #

1202 is

adja

ce

nt to

we

ll#1261 a

nd a

t the s

am

eele

vatio

n a

t the to

p o

f the S

an

Andre

s, a

s s

een in

the m

ap a

trig

ht. H

ow

eve

r, the p

ay

inte

rva

l in #

12

02 o

ccurs

at a

hig

her e

levatio

n d

ue to

thin

ner

overly

ing k

ars

t.T

he a

dditio

nal

pay in

terv

al a

nd h

igh

er

ele

vatio

n a

ppa

rently

led to

are

lativ

ely

hig

h c

um

ula

tive p

hi-

BV

W o

f 4.3

2 v

s. 1

.07

.

Well #

1205, n

ear w

ell #

1208

,has th

e lo

west to

p o

f San

Andre

s, b

ut p

ay is

rela

tively

hig

h a

nd c

um

ula

tive p

hi-B

VW

is m

od

era

tely

ele

vate

d, 5

.12

,com

pa

red to

2.9

8. P

hi-B

VW

pro

files a

re s

imila

r in p

atte

rn,

but e

levatio

n o

f pay in

#1205

is h

igh

er d

ue to

less d

eeply

penetra

ting k

ars

t.T

hus

iii

Stru

ctu

re m

ap

top

of S

an

An

dre

s F

orm

atio

n. B

ub

ble

sd

ep

ict c

um

ula

tive

Ph

i-BV

W in

the

pa

y in

terv

als

of e

ac

hw

ell. P

hi-B

VW

is a

n in

dic

atio

n o

f hy

dro

ca

rbo

n p

ore

vo

lum

e. N

o c

lea

r pa

ttern

is n

ote

d, in

clu

din

g o

ffse

t we

llsw

ith la

rge

co

ntra

st in

pa

y a

nd

stru

ctu

rally

low

we

lls w

ithh

igh

er p

ay

ca

lcu

latio

ns

. Ma

ps

of c

um

ula

tive

oil a

nd

ga

sp

rod

uc

tion

in th

e“h

igh

vo

lum

e a

rea”

sh

ow

sim

ilar

va

riatio

n o

n a

we

ll-to-w

ell le

ve

l.

1261

1205

1202

12071228

1229

1201

1206

1209

1208

Phi-BVW= hydrocarbon pore volume

additio

nal s

ectio

n is

availa

ble

for h

ydro

carb

on

accum

ula

tion.

Well #

1228 is

locate

d a

dja

ce

nt to

well #

120

7 in

a s

tructu

rally

hig

h p

ositio

non th

e to

p o

f the S

an

Andre

s, b

ut th

e p

ay in

terv

al is

aro

und 3

5 fe

et lo

wer.

The p

hi-B

VW

pro

files a

re in

sharp

contra

st to

one a

no

ther, 7

.77 (o

ne o

f the

hig

hest v

alu

es) v

s. 3

.69.A

dd

itionally, th

e m

axim

um

pay v

alu

es (p

hi-B

VW

)fo

r ind

ivid

ual p

oin

ts d

eclin

e fro

m 0

.1 to

0.5

in w

ell #

12

28, a

s in

dic

ate

d b

yth

e o

range d

ashed lin

e in

the p

hi-B

VW

dep

th p

lot. O

ther w

ells

follo

w th

istre

nd o

f phi-B

VW

declin

e w

ith d

epth

sugge

stin

g a

declin

e in

hydro

ca

rbon

satu

ratio

n, p

erh

aps a

n in

dic

atio

n o

f transitio

n.

Most o

f the in

dic

atio

ns o

f pa

y (p

hi-B

VW

), oth

er th

an in

well #

1261, re

sid

eat e

levatio

ns a

bove -7

88 fe

et.

This

may b

e a

n in

dic

atio

n o

f the p

roxim

ity o

fan o

il/wate

r co

nta

ct.

ii

PH

I-BV

WA

NA

LY

SIS

GE

NE

RA

LO

BS

ER

VA

TIO

NS

OF

PH

I-BV

W P

LO

TS

AN

D M

AP

PIN

G

Afte

r petro

physic

al c

ut-o

ffs a

re a

pplie

d a

nd th

e p

ay in

terv

als

of re

serv

oir a

re id

entifie

d, e

ffectiv

e p

oro

sity

can b

esu

btra

cte

d fro

m th

e B

VW

, the b

ulk

volu

me w

ate

r, to e

stim

ate

hydro

carb

on p

ore

volu

me

. Dis

pla

yin

g a

depth

pro

fileof p

hi-B

VW

can

pro

vid

e a

n in

dic

atio

n o

f a h

ydro

carb

on tra

nsitio

n z

one, w

here

valu

es d

ecre

ase

with

depth

,eventu

ally

dro

pp

ing to

zero

at th

e h

ydro

carb

on/w

ate

r conta

ct. S

imila

rly, wid

espre

ad s

ca

tterin

g o

f poin

ts w

ith n

opa

ttern

reveals

com

ple

x h

ete

rogeneity

with

no tra

nsitio

n z

one o

r oil o

r gas w

ate

r conta

ct.

The p

hi-B

VW

de

pth

plo

t show

s s

om

e v

ague p

atte

rns re

late

d to

local re

se

rvoir h

ete

rogen

eity

that a

ppears

to b

ede

velo

ped a

t the

well s

cale

, rela

ted to

the s

trong k

ars

t overp

rintin

g th

at h

as g

enera

lly re

duced th

e m

ore

contin

uous

pa

y d

evelo

ped in

the o

verly

ing

gra

insto

ne-p

acksto

nes.T

hu

s, k

ars

t dia

gen

esis

pays a

sig

nific

an

t role

in th

ehe

teogeneity

in th

e“h

igh v

olu

me a

rea

”.

Well-s

cale

hete

rogeneity

is s

imila

rly re

flecte

d in

the c

um

ula

tive p

roductio

n a

nd s

eis

mic

attrib

ute

data

. Seis

mic

attrib

ute

analy

sis

suggests

an e

lem

ent o

f stru

ctu

ral c

ontro

l on th

is h

ete

rog

eneity.

Low

mean im

pedance in

the re

serv

oir in

terv

al h

as

been s

how

n to

corre

spond

genera

lly to

hig

h m

ean

poro

sity. H

ow

ever, lo

wer m

ean im

pedance a

lso

appears

to c

orre

late

with

low

er c

um

ula

tive

hydro

carb

on

pore

volu

me fro

m P

hi-B

VW

, as is

show

nby w

ells

#12

61 a

nd #

1228

(whic

h h

ave a

thic

ker

kars

t zone), c

om

pare

d to

wells

#1202 a

nd #

1228

(whic

h h

ave

a th

inner k

ars

t zone).

This

corre

sponde

nce b

etw

een h

igh p

oro

sity

and lo

whydro

carb

on

pore

volu

me is

most lik

ely

expla

ined b

yth

e fa

ct th

at th

e h

igh p

oro

sity

is d

evelo

pe

d d

eeper in

the re

serv

oir in

terv

al (a

s w

as in

dic

ate

d b

y th

e c

ente

rof g

ravity

ma

p) a

nd in

are

as w

ith th

icker k

ars

t, the

low

er p

oro

sity

upper re

serv

oir w

ill be c

ut o

ut, s

o th

at

only

the d

ee

per h

igh p

oro

sity

inte

rval w

ill contrib

ute

to th

e m

ean

poro

sity.

Am

ost p

ositiv

e c

urv

atu

re m

ap (s

how

ing a

ntifo

rmbendin

g) e

xtra

cte

d fro

m th

e s

eis

mic

data

volu

me

alo

ng a

Devonia

n h

oriz

on a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 0

.6 s

econds

belo

w th

e S

an

Andre

s s

ho

ws th

at th

ere

is a

sig

nific

ant d

eep-s

eate

d s

tructu

ral c

ontro

l to th

enorth

west-tre

ndin

g fe

atu

res in

the

“hig

h v

olu

me

are

a”.

As c

an b

e s

een b

y th

e in

terle

aved

most

positiv

e c

urv

atu

re a

nd m

ea

n re

serv

oir in

terv

al

impedance m

aps, th

ere

is a

lso a

n in

dic

atio

n th

at

cro

sscuttin

g n

orth

to n

orth

east-tre

ndin

g fe

atu

res o

nth

e D

evonia

n s

urfa

ce a

lso im

pacte

d p

oro

sity

develo

pm

en

t in th

e S

an

An

dre

s.

Am

ost p

ositiv

e c

urv

atu

re m

ap e

xtra

cte

d a

long th

e“x

mark

er s

how

s s

om

e o

f the

sam

e s

tructu

ral tre

nds a

sth

e D

evonia

n h

oriz

on b

ut a

lso s

how

s a

finer n

etw

ork

of lin

eam

ents

that e

nclo

se

are

as w

ith d

iam

ete

rs o

nth

e o

rder o

f 1500 ft (4

50 m

).T

hese fe

atu

res m

ay

indic

ate

rese

rvoir c

om

partm

enta

lizatio

n a

t a s

ingle

-w

ell s

cale

.

SE

ISM

ICA

TT

RIB

UT

EA

NA

LY

SIS

Mo

st p

os

itive

vo

lum

etric

cu

rva

ture

ex

trac

ted

alo

ng

the

“x

”m

ark

er

ho

rizo

n s

up

erim

po

se

d o

n th

e m

ea

n im

pe

da

nc

e m

ap

for th

e b

as

e k

ars

t to“x

”m

ark

er in

terv

al. B

lac

k c

orre

sp

on

ds

to tig

ht p

os

itive

(an

tiform

al)

cu

rva

ture

.

Mo

st p

os

itive

vo

lum

etric

cu

rva

ture

ex

trac

ted

alo

ng

a D

ev

on

ian

ho

rizo

n(a

pp

rox

ima

tely

0.6

se

co

nd

s b

elo

w th

e S

an

An

dre

s) s

up

erim

po

se

d o

n th

em

ea

n im

pe

da

nc

e m

ap

for th

e b

as

e k

ars

t to“x

”m

ark

er in

terv

al. B

lac

kc

orre

sp

on

ds

to tig

ht p

os

itive

(an

tiform

al) c

urv

atu

re.

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1228

12611202

1207

1228

12611202