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Kane, J. A., and J. W. Jennings Jr., 2012, Developing a wireline-log database and a basis for determining reservoir porosity, in S. C. Ruppel, ed., Anatomy of a giant carbonate reservoir: Fullerton Clear Fork (Lower Permian) field, Permian Basin, Texas: Studies in Geology 63, p. 6776.

DOI:10.1306/13341538St633526

Copyright copy2012 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Developing a Wireline-Log Database and a Basis for Determining Reservoir Porosity

Jeffrey A. Kane,1 James W. Jennings Jr.2

1Kinder Morgan, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
2Shell, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Florence Bonnaffe and Stephen C. Ruppel for their constructive review comments on the manuscript. Lana Dieterich edited the manuscript. The illustrations were prepared with the assistance of the graphics group at Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). The support of this research by the Landmark Graphics Corporation via the Landmark University Grant Program is acknowledged. The publication was authorized by the director of BEG.

ABSTRACT

We present the procedures used to develop an accurate wireline-log database for the Fullerton Clear Fork field reservoir. We first review the borehole logging history of the field then discuss the assembly and quality checking of the log data and normalization of neutron-porosity logs, and calibration to core porosity. The procedures documented here deviate somewhat from the norm in that the assembly of the database and quality control of data occurred concurrent with data interpretation. Because of the complex nature of the field data, traditional log-normalization methods were not adequate. A method of normalization is described that is a modification of traditional methods, which overcomes the unique problems of the Fullerton Clear Fork reservoir.

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