THE UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

B. A. SC. PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

ALTERNATE 2012 FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Course Code and Title:

FMEV 2002 - BASIC WELL LOGGING BASc

Programme:

B.A.SC. Petroleum Engineering

DATE:
DURATION:

TIME:
3 HOURS

Read all instructions carefully before you begin this examination.

Materials Supplied:
1. A copy of a log section for question 17
2. Copy of Schlumberger Chart Gen 9 - Resistivity of NaCl Solutions.
3. Copy of Schlumberger Chart CP -10 - Hydrocarbon Density Estimation.
4. Copy of Schlumberger Chart s CP- 1c - CNL* Compensated Neutron Log and
Litho-Density* Tool.
5. Copy of Schlumberger Charts CP 16 - Porosity and Lithology Determination

Instructions to Candidates
1. This paper has 11 pages and 17 questions.
2. You are required to answer and submit ALL questions on the question paper.
3. All charts required for these questions have been supplied.
4. Please note that some questions are worth more marks than others so you should allocate
your time accordingly.
5. Submit your answers on the question paper.
6. Material that is foreign to that allowable or provided in the examination room is prohibited.
7. You must return the question paper along with other writing paper to the Invigilator at the
end of the examination.

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Key Examination Protocol

1. Students please note that academic dishonesty (or cheating) includes plagiarism, collusion,
falsification, replication, taking unauthorised notes or devices into an exam, obtaining an
unauthorised copy of the exam paper, communicating or trying to communicate with another
student during the exam and being a party to impersonation in relation to an exam.
2. These and any other actions which compromise the integrity of the academic evaluation
process will be fully investigated and dealt with in accordance with UTTs academic
regulations.
3. Please be reminded that looking into another candidates script is strictly prohibited.
4. Speaking without the Invigilators permission is NOT allowed.
There are three sections as follows:
Section 1
Questions 1 10 (20 marks)
Section 2
Questions 11-16 (40 marks)
Section 3
Questions 17
(40 marks)

Show all working to gain full marks. Use additional sheets as necessary.
Your student number and the question number(s) must be shown clearly on all
additional sheets which should be stapled to the question paper.
WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR PAPER PLEASE PLACE THE QUESTIONS IN NUMERICAL
ORDER FROM 1 TO 17.

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Section 1 Well Logging Concepts

(TOTAL 20 marks)

You should not spend more than 20 minutes on this section.

Circle the correct answer(s).

1. Which type of resistivity tool can be used in a well which has been drilled with oil-base mud?
(Circle one)
(2 marks)
Laterolog

Induction

Either Laterolog or Induction

2. Circle two of the following which can cause the resistivity of a rock to increase:
(2 marks)
(a)

An increase in connate water resistivity

(b)

A decrease in tortuosity

(c)

A decrease in formation porosity

(d) An increase in water saturation

3. Generally with resistivity tools the greater the spacing between the measuring electrodes
the greater the depth of investigation. True or False.
(2 marks)
True

False

4. Which of the following indicate that a rock is permeable? (Circle all that apply).
(2 marks)
Low gamma-ray

SP deflection

Low resistivity

High porosity

5. The density porosity tool responds to the total formation porosity not effective porosity.
(Circle one)
(2 marks)
a) True

b) False

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c) It Depends on the depth of invasion

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6. Which of the following is correct with respect to the effect of the presence of shale and gas on
the Compensated Neutron tool?
(2 marks)
a)

They have the similar effects, each causing the tool to read high porosities.

b) They have similar effects, each causing the tool to read low porosities.

c)

They have opposite effects, shale causing the tool to read high and gas causing
it to read low porosities

7. When gas replaces oil in a clean sandstone, Density-Neutron log separation:

(2 marks)

a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains the same.
8. You are given the Gamma-Ray log on a well which has been drilled through a siliciclastic
sequence. The Gamma-Ray reading of a clean sand is 20 API units and the shale baseline
has a reading of 120 API units. The Gamma Ray Shale Index of a formation is 0.25. The
Gamma Ray reading across f this formation is?
(2 marks)

25 API units

35 API units

45 API units

9. The response of the gamma ray tool is unaffected by the presence of hydrocarbons.
(Circle One)
(2 marks)
True

False

It depends on the depth of invasion

10. You are working with porosity logs the header indicates that the logs are recorded on a
limestone matrix and fluid density is 1.0 g/cc. The density porosity reading is 15% and the
neutron porosity reading is 8%. What is the most likely lithology of the formation?
The only choices are: Sandstone, Limestone, Shale, Dolomite.
(2 marks)

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Section 2 Well Logging Computations

(TOTAL 40 marks)

All working is to be shown below each question.

11. The resistivity of a water-bearing sand was found to be 0.8 Ohm-m. If the porosity
of the formation is 0.31 and for this formation the relationship between the formation factor, F,
and porosity has been established as

0.81

. What is the salinity of the formation water?

(4 Marks)

Show working below:

Formation water salinity =

12. A well is drilled through a hydrocarbon-bearing formation which is at its irreducible water
saturation and it has a porosity of 28%. Rock core data indicates that (a= 0.81, m=2, and n=2).
The mud used for drilling is water-base, with a salt concentration (NaCl) of 50,000 ppm. The
connate water has a salt concentration (NaCl) of 20,000 ppm. The shallow and deep resistivity
logs readings are 12 ohm-m and 50 ohm-m respectively. You should assume that the deep
resistivity tool will be sensing the virgin zone, which does not experience any mud-filtrate
invasion, and that the shallow resistivity tool will be sensing the flushed zone. The formation
temperature is 145 deg F. What is the hydrocarbon saturation of the formation and what is the
water saturation in the flushed zone?
(10 marks)
Show working below:

Hydrocarbon saturation of the formation =

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Water saturation in flushed zone =

_______________

13. In a clean hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone formation the neutron and density logs read 10 and
38 sandstone porosity units, respectively. The shallowest resistivity reading is 10 ohm-m
across the hydrocarbon-bearing formation and the resistivity of mud filtrate at the temperature
of the formation is 0.075 Ohm-m. The residual hydrocarbon saturation in the flushed zone is
0.65. What is the in situ hydrocarbon density? Estimate the effective porosity of the formation.
Assume that a=0.81, m and n = 2 in Archies equation. (8 marks)
Show working below:

In situ hydrocarbon density =

__________________________

Effective porosity of formation = ________________________

14.
An interval transit time of 90 sec/ft was measured in a sandstone reservoir. The
acoustic velocity of the matrix was 18000 ft/sec.
(6 Marks)
a. What is the interval transit time of the matrix?
Show working below

Interval transit time of the matrix= ______________

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b. Assume a fluid transit time of 189 sec/ft. Calculate the porosity in the sandstone reservoir
using Wyllies time average equation.
Show working below:

Formation porosity= _____________

15. The following Pe and b values were recorded at various depths in a well drilled with fresh
mud. Determine the lithology and the porosity for each set of figures.
(6 marks)
Pe (b/e)
b (gm/cc)
2.8
2.40
5.0
2.92
Show working below:

Lithology

Porosity

16. The table below shows the porosity values in limestone porosity units which were obtained
across two formations. Identify the lithology and the effective porosity of each formation.
(8 Marks)
Formation
A
B

Density
Porosity
14
-12

Neutron
Porosity
27
1

Lithology

Effective
Porosity

Show working below:

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Section 3 Well Log Analysis

Question 17 (Marks for each part as indicated)

(TOTAL 40 marks)

You have been asked to evaluate a recommendation to perforate the interval

5906 5916 on the attached log. You can make the top six feet of the interval i.e.
5906 5912 the focus of your evaluation. Note that you have only been provided
with sections of the well log so that all depths are not continuous. The questions
below are the basis of your evaluation
You can assume that all necessary environmental corrections have been done to the
logs.
Assume the simplest linear relationship between Gamma-Ray Shale Index and VSh.
Also, a=0.81; m= 2 and n=2 in Archies equation.

Show all working were possible to gain full marks.

a. Based on a review of the SP log indicate which of the following is correct. (Select one).
(2 marks)
Rmf > Rw

Rmf = Rw

Rmf < Rw

b. Indicate the depth of the top of the hydrocarbon bearing interval in the well and provide
the gross thickness of the hydrocarbon bearing interval in the well.

(6 marks)

Top of hydrocarbon bearing interval _________________

Gross thickness of hydrocarbon bearing interval ______________

Depth of hydrocarbon / water contact, if any

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c. What is the salinity of the mud filtrate in the well?

Salinity of mud filtrate =

(3 marks)

_____________________

d. Calculate the resistivity of the formation water in the well, Rw, using the sand @ 6048
6054. Assume that the value of Vsh in the interval = 0.23. The porosity logs should be
corrected for shale in determining the effective porosity

(5 marks)

Show all work below

Formation water resistivity, Rw = ______________________

e. What is the salinity of the formation water in the well?

(3 marks)

Salinity of the formation water in the well = ________________

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f.

Calculate the value of Vsh at 5910 given that the value of Vsh at 6053 is 0.23. You
should assume a simple linear relationship between Gamma Ray Shale Index and Vsh.
(5 marks)
Show all work below

Vsh at 5910 = ________________

g. Calculate the hydrocarbon saturation at 5910.

(6 marks)

You should use the average of the corrected neutron and density porosity values as the
porosity value in calculating the hydrocarbon saturation.
Show all work below

Hydrocarbon saturation at 5910=___________

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h. Calculate the hydrocarbon saturation in the flushed zone at 5910.

(4 marks)

Show all work below

Hydrocarbon saturation in flushed zone at 5910 = _________________

i. Determine the in-situ hydrocarbon density at 5910 and based on this determine whether
the hydrocarbon bearing interval contains oil or gas.

(3 marks)

Hydrocarbon-bearing interval contains (state whether oil or gas) ________________

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j. Calculate the effective porosity at 5910

(3 marks)

Show all work below

Effective porosity at 5910 = _____________________

END OF EXAMINATION

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