Quantifying Bypassed Pay
by Amitabha Chatterjee, Schlumberger
will be presented on the 3 rd of December, 2014, at the Solastranden Gård .
Abstract
Hydrocarbon saturations are key to reserves estimates. While various methods can be used to estimate fluid saturations, resistivity based saturation is used overwhelmingly in the industry. While it has its advantages, resistivity also comes with its limitations. Whether it is low contrast between water and hydrocarbon bearing rock, or uncertainty in the saturation equation parameters, relying solely on resistivity can be dangerous. Pay zones can be wrongly categorized as non-commercial or even missed altogether. What could have been bypassed based on resistivity alone, can be turned into prospective pay with newer logging techniques using Dielectrics, NMR and Spectroscopy.
Amitabha Chatterjee, CV
Amitabha did his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and joined Schlumberger in 1993, where he has worked as Field Engineer, Quality Coach, SME- software development, Service Delivery manager, FSM, Instructor and Account manager, before moving to Petrophysics. He has lived and worked in India, Middle East, South and North America, and currently is based in Norway as Wireline Domain for Petrophysics; learning, teaching and advising on Wireline data acquisition and Petrophysical interpretation both internally to Schlumberger and within Oil companies operating out of Norway.