USING RECENT ADVANCES IN 2D SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY AND SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY TO ECONOMICALLY REDEVELOP A SHALLOW SHELF CARBONATE RESERVOIR: VERNON FIELD, ISABELLA COUNTY, MI.

Wood, James R. ; Bornhorst, T.J. ; Chittick, S.D. ; Harrison, William B. ; Quinlan, W.

Michigan Technological University

关键词: Resource Development;    02 Petroleum;    Oil Fields;    Michigan;    Reservoir Engineering;   

DOI  :  10.2172/816082
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FC26-00BC15122
RP-ID  :  816082

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Two major accomplishments resulted from Phase I. One is the success of the surface geochemistry program, which collected over 800 samples from the site of the 1st demonstration well in Vernon Field and has pretty well provided us with the tools to delineate favorable ground from unfavorable. The second is the recent detailed mapping of the Central Michigan Basin that for the first time revealed the presence of at least two major faults that control the location of many of the reservoirs in the Michigan Basin. These faults were located from structure maps obtained by contouring the surface of the Dundee Formation using top picks from 9861 wells in 14 counties. Faults were inferred where the contour lines were most dense (''stacked'').