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Objective of these exercise is to understand and apply systematic methods for analysis of data
and calculation of attitude and thickness of subsurface formations.
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School of Petroleum Engineering
T.Y.B.Tech. Petroleum Geology II Laboratory
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ATTITUDE The general term used for the orientation of a structural plane or a line in space,
usually related to geographical coordinates and the horizontal. Both bearing and
inclination are components of ATTITUDE. In simple words attitude has a reference
to three- dimensional configuration of beds
BEARING The horizontal angle between a line and a specified coordinate direction,
usually true north
Strike The bearing of a horizontal line on an inclined plane. OR The line formed by
intersection of a horizontal plane and an inclined plane (structural feature)
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❖ Plot well locations in map view and show elevation/ depth to the top in bracket adjacent
to well location.
❖ Connect highest and lowest points of elevation/ depth (line AC). If both elevation and
depth is given then reduce the value to MSL to find relative depth for given points.
❖ The third point is of intermediate elevation/ depth, which may be plotted on the line
(AC) by calculating distance between the highest and lowest point by dividing the map
distance in to equal parts.
❖ This line (BB’) by definition is a strike line. Dip direction is perpendicular to strike and is
from higher to lower strike line.
Problems:
2. Calculate attitude of a homo-clinal bed from given data: Points L, M, N are given as
follows:
Point ‘L’ is located at elevation of 600 m. Point ‘M’ is located at a distance of
800 m west from ‘L’ with an elevation of 400 m. Point ‘N’ is located 300 m south of
‘L’ and its elevation is 600 m. The top of bed is encountered at these locations below
the surface at a depth of 400, 200, 100 m respectively.
3. From following data calculate elevation of limestone bed at ‘D’ and also find out
attitude of limestone bed.
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4. Three wells have been drilled to find a sandstone bed. Faculty In-charge: Prof. Amey Dashputre
Following data is obtained. The wells are positioned at the
corner of a square at a distance of 500 m. calculate the attitude of horizon.
5. The given map depicts a level land surface at an elevation of 30 m above mean sea
level. Below the surface, a thin shale bed is encountered. The top of which, is
recorded in borehole A, B and C at depth of 15 m, 30 m and 40 m respectively.
(Scale 1cm: 25m)
• Assuming bed to be planar, project on the map, stratum counters above and
below mean sea level at 5meter interval
• Calculate direction and amount of true dip.
• What is the amount of apparent dip in the direction N270o?
• State at what depth, the shale band would be encountered at ‘D’.
(Use the enclosed Location Map below to solve Problem 5)
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School of Petroleum Engineering
T.Y.B.Tech. Petroleum Geology II Laboratory
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Draw the stratum contours at 25 m interval for three domains. Describe the attitude.
What may be the plausible explanation for dip variation? Describe different parameters
related to steeping of beds
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