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SPE-177708-MS

Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very
Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

Presented by:
Firdaus Nazlan
Authors:
Tauque Ahmad Raza (ADCO), Firdaus Nazlan (ADCO), Yassin Sallam (ADCO), Salem Al Abd (ADCO),
Abdel Hameed Al-Amiri (ADCO), Hafez H. Hafez (ADCO), Saif Al Ar (ADCO), Hassan Mostafa (Weatherford),
Mohamed El-Kholy (Weatherford), Omar El Farouk (Weatherford), Jennifer Market (Weatherford)

OUTLINE
OBJECTIVE
MAIN CHALLENGES
SOLUTION
CASE STUDIES
CONCLUSION
SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

OBJECTIVE

Land a well in a 4-S reservoir with absolutely
sourceless porosity tool for proper well
placement in 10,000-S horizontal hole

SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

OBJECTIVE

SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

MAIN CHALLENGES: Super Thin

Very thin & heterogeneous ! 4S thin
Land at 89 degree ! no margin of error

X50

Landing Point in
R1

2 S
thin

X100

SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

MAIN CHALLENGES: Non-RadiacVve

Default: Density-Neutron
Long trajectory + high dif.
pressure !stuck !
environmental concern

Alterna_ves?
NMR or Sonic

SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

SOLUTION: Azimuthal Sonic

Real Time Azimuthal Sonic
Single-axis, focused unipole transmiber
Direc_onally sensi_ve receivers

DIRECTIONAL
RECEIVERS

ATTENUATOR

UNIPOLE
TRASMITTER

SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

SOLUTION: Azimuthal Reading

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SPE-177708-MS - Azimuthal Sonic Data Enables Safe Landing in Very Thin Carbonates Reservoir of Lower Cretaceous

SOLUTION: Azimuthal Concept

Azimuthal Unipole
Concept

Azimuthally focused
10 15 kHz
No centraliza_on

Standard Monopole
Concept

Radially symmetrical
6 15 kHz
Run centralized

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SOLUTION: Sensor OrientaVon

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SOLUTION: Depth of DetecVon

Depth of Detec_on (DOD)-
distance when the tool
detects a nearby bed

F = forma_ons veloci_es &
densi_es

Approaching a faster
forma_on, DOD is greater

BED 1 (80 ms)

BED 2 (60 ms)

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SOLUTION: Depth of DetecVon

Depth of Detec_on (DOD)-
distance when the tool
detects a nearby bed

A func_on of forma_ons
veloci_es & densi_es

Approaching a faster
forma_on, DOD is greater

Approaching a slower one,
DOD is will be smaller

BED 1 (60ms)
BED 2 (80 ms)

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CASE STUDIES: Real Time 1 Well
Real-_me averaged sonic
Recorded memory
azimuthal sonic data

Slower DTC at top reservoir

Porosity increased from 1
PU to 8 PU

GR |MD| RES | DT | SEMBL.

x100

x200

(Real Time Log )

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CASE STUDIES: Memory 1 Well
16-bin memory data were
processed
Images of DTc & DTs were
created from memory
Clear deec_on between
the up & down DTc & DTs

(Memory Log )
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CASE STUDIES: 2 Well Success
Transmibed Real Time Up
and Down DTc and DTs

Down quadrant slowness
detected soS porous layer
before penetra_ng it

Star_ng deec_on

(Real Time Log )

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CASE STUDIES: 2 Well Success

SUCCESS!
Star_ng deec_on

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CONCLUSION

We used Real Time Azimuthal Sonic for well landing in a 4-S

reservoir.
It allowed proper well placement in 10,000S horizontal hole.

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SPECIAL THANKS
The authors wish to thank the management of Abu Dhabi
Na_onal Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi Company
for Onshore Petroleum Opera_ons Ltd. (ADCO) for their
permission to publish this work. The authors also wish to
acknowledge the support of their colleagues in ADCO
and in Weatherford for their valuable feedback.

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QUESTIONS

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