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IPA10 G 183 Firstpage
IPA10 G 183 Firstpage
IPA10-G-183
ABSTRACT
Naturally fractured reservoirs have attracted an
increased interest of exploration and production in
recent years. Fractured Basement reservoirs
provide a challenging environment to properly
characterize. The term basement however, defines
not just a single homogenous rock type, but a
complex interplay of lithologies often genetically
very different in origin. Hydrocarbon production
from Pre-Tertiary rock is exceptional in Southeast
Asia, oil fields in fractured basement are known in
Indonesia. Indonesia provides a wide variety of
basement reservoir lithologies that range from felsic
intrusives to carbonate metasediments. Indonesian
basement units are comprised of andesites, granites
(granodiorites through monzonites), basaltic dikes,
marbles, limestones, quartzites, conglomerates, and
phyllites. Granites are dominated by SII intrusives
and violent hydrothermal histories have overprinted
many of the original basement rock.
Exploitation of these reservoirs requires more then
just drilling a basement high. It involves a
carefully thought out plan of execution in order to
optimize the intersection of breccias and associated
fracture sets.
Note Breccias are the poorest
understood component of fractured reservoirs due to
their nature (washouted zones often with drilling
losses). Southern Sumatra characterizes the global
fractured basement challenges.
Understanding fact from fiction is critical in dealing
with fractured basement reservoirs.
Identifying
data that is helpful in understanding these unique
reservoirs is important. Force fitting conventional
analytical techniques to these reservoirs may result
in a gross miss-statement of resources. Structural
domains, principle stress (including local stress
fields), and mechanical stratigraphy have to be
considered in exploration and development of these
fields. Data components such as gas shows, gas
ratios, mud losses, core, rate of penetration petro*