Advanced Independent Study

GLGY 701

Project Title: Construct Reservoir

Architecture using Geo-modelling:
Glauconitic Sandstone Member:
Countess H Pool, Southern Alberta.

Submitted by

MD ABU SAYED
UCID: 10118960
Date: 15 April 2016

Project Supervisor: Mr. Rudi Meyer

rmeyer@ucalgary.ca
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Abstract

The Lower Cretaceous Glauconitic Sandstone Member is a part of the Upper Mannville Group

and has been targeted by oil producers for many decades. Since 1968, 17 MMbbls oil has already

been produced from the Upper Mannville ‘H’ Pool of the Countess Field (Township 18-19 and

Range 16 west Meridian 4), southern Alberta out of estimated 37.5 MMbbls original oil in place

(OOIP). The aim of this study is to construct the reservoir architecture of the ‘H’ Pool

represented by a geo-model. Wireline logs, physical cores and petroleum production data are

used to conduct this study. The Glauconitic Member consists of fine to upper medium grained

sandstone is interpreted as occurring in a paleovalley incised by river channels. The regional

structural and isopach maps along with constructed geo-model depict the trend of the paleovalley

was southeast-northwest. The Member contains two main facies those are sandwiched by marine

Ostracod beds and Upper Mannville shale. The lower facies consists of upper fine to upper

medium grained sandstone was deposited in fluvial system where the deposition of the upper one

(very fine to fine grained sandstone with siltstone and mudstone interbedded) had significant

local tidal influences. The southern part of the reservoir has the highest petroleum production

with good reservoir properties and the lower facies unit contains the most petroleum fluids.

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Methodology Chart:

Conclusion and Recommendation

The Lower Cretaceous Glauconitic Sandstone Member consists of two distinct facies: lower

facies contains upper fine to upper medium grained sandstone and upper facies contains very fine

to fine grained sandstone. They are sandwiched by the Ostracod Member at the bottom and the

Upper Mannville shale on top. Lower facies, constitutes the segment 3 position of estuarine

system, was deposited in fluvial river channel as a paleovalley incision. Upper facies, constitutes

the segment 2 position, was deposited as paleovalley infill with significant local tidal influences.

The elevation and isopach maps show that the trend of the paleovalley was southeast-northwest

direction. The wireline log-estimated reservoir properties like shale volume, effective porosity,

water saturation and permeability are more similar to that of the core in case of lower facies. The

constructed geo-models exhibit that the lower intervals of the central and southern part of the

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reservoir possess the highest quality reservoir properties and lower facies unit contains the most

petroleum fluids. The estimated OOIP is little lower than the GeoSCOUT calculation due to the

shrinkage of the pool area. A sequence stratigraphic correlation could be attempted to achieve a

different, perhaps more realistic compartmentalization of the reservoir which would then result

in a different geo-model.

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Fig-30(a): Original oil in place (OOIP) saturation geo-model showing the distribution of oil throughout the reservoir. Fig-30(b): A`A
cross-section shows a vertical slice of the 3D model viewing from southwest.