3-D geologic model of a fractured carbonate reservoir, Norman Wells Field, NWT, Canada

Yose, Lyndon A.; Brown, S.L.; Davis, Timothy L.; Eiben, Thorston; Kompanik, Gary; Maxwell, Susanne R.

doi:10.2113/49.1.86

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“…Hume and Link 1945) and has been featured in numerous reports (e.g. Bassett 1961;Tassonyi 1969;Pugh 1983Pugh , 1993Muir et al 1985;Morrow 1991Morrow , 1999Meijer Drees 1993;Moore 1993;Norris 1997;Yose et al 2001;Pyle and Jones 2009). Morrow (2012) synthesized the Devonian stratigraphy of the northern mainland by grouping formations into informal 'assemblages' and interpreting the region's stratigraphic evolution in terms of transgressive-regressive (T-R) second-order sequences.…”

Section: Lithostratigraphy/seismic Stratigraphymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Middle Devonian reefs (Kee Scarp Member of the Ramparts Formation) are the producing reservoirs at Norman Wells due to the development of diagenetic chalky microporosity (Kaldi 1989) that ranges from 12 to 20%. Matrix permeability is extremely low, averaging 2.2 mD, but is enhanced by a multi-scaled natural fracture system (Yose et al 2001). Core porosity and permeability of Kee Scarp and Ramparts rocks averages close to 8.8% and 5.3 mD, respectively, and ranges up to 28% and 3320 mD.…”

Section: Hydrocarbon Systems and Playsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reservoir parameters for the Norman Wells oilfield include a drainage area of 1600 hectares, net pay of 110 m, average porosity of 9.8%, water saturation of 0.1, reservoir temperature of 21°C and reservoir pressure of 4900 kPa (Kempthorne and Irish 1981;Irish and Kempthorne 1987;Kaldi 1989;Meding 1994). The in-place oil volume is 108 MMm 3 (679 MMbbl) (Yose et al 2001). In-place solution gas volume is 6230 MMm 3 (220 Bcf ) (Canadian Gas Potential Committee 2005).…”

Section: Discovered and Potential Petroleum Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mackenzie–Peel Platform and Ellesmerian Foreland Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, northwestern Canada

Fallas¹,

MacNaughton²,

Hannigan³

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The Mackenzie-Peel Platform tectono-sedimentary element, and the overlying Ellesmerian Foreland tectono-sedimentary element, consist of Cambrian to Early Carboniferous shelf and slope sedimentary deposits in Canada&s northern Interior Plains. In this chapter, these elements are combined into the Mackenzie-Ellesmerian Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element. The history of the area includes early extensional faulting and subsidence in the Mackenzie Trough, passive margin deposition across the Mackenzie-Peel Platform, local uplift and erosion along the Keele Arch, subsidence and deposition in the Ellesmerian Foreland, possible minor folding during the Ellesmerian Orogeny, and folding and faulting in Cretaceous to Eocene time associated with the development of the Canadian Cordillera. Recorded petroleum discoveries are within Cambrian sandstone (Mount Clark Formation), Devonian carbonate strata (Ramparts and Fort Norman formations), and Devonian shale (Canol Formation). Additional oil and gas shows are documented from Cambrian to Silurian carbonate units (Franklin Mountain and Mount Kindle formations), Devonian carbonate units (Arnica, Landry, and Bear Rock formations), and Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous siliciclastic units (Imperial and Tuttle Formations). Petroleum exploration activity within the area has occurred in several phases since 1920, most of it associated with the one producing oil field at Norman Wells.

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Section: Lithostratigraphy/seismic Stratigraphymentioning

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Mackenzie–Peel Platform and Ellesmerian Foreland Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, northwestern Canada

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MacNaughton²,

Hannigan³

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“…9) with fractures. Fracture properties of a carbonate reservoir can be measured by the use of different approaches (Liu et al 2002;Yose et Gray is interparticle pore space; white is grain. These grains are appropriate for modeling ooid particles in rock Types II and III (e.g., Fig.…”

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New Classification of Carbonate Rocks for Process-Based Pore-Scale Modeling

2012

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Carbonate rocks are complex in structure and pore geometry and display heterogeneity on all length scales. In this paper, carbonate rocks are described on the basis of their contents and pore geometry for use in pore-scale modeling. Definitions of grains and porosities are based on other carbonate-rock classifications; we did not invent new concepts. On the basis of carbonate content (grain, mud, and cement), carbonate rocks were divided into three types: muddy, grainy, and mixed. Each type was divided into subtypes on the basis of pore geometries defined by other researchers. Poresize distribution of Lønøy (2006) was used for each subtype. We review existing carbonate-rock models and suggest approaches, and show preliminary flow-simulation results, for pore-scale modeling of different grains, cement, and pore geometry in these complex rocks.

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Photic-zone euxinia and anoxic events in a Middle-Late Devonian shelfal sea of Panthalassan continental margin, NW Canada: Changing paradigm of Devonian ocean and sea level fluctuations

Kabanov

2020

Global and Planetary Change

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3-D geologic model of a fractured carbonate reservoir, Norman Wells Field, NWT, Canada

Cited by 29 publications

References 20 publications

Mackenzie–Peel Platform and Ellesmerian Foreland Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, northwestern Canada

Mackenzie–Peel Platform and Ellesmerian Foreland Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, northwestern Canada

New Classification of Carbonate Rocks for Process-Based Pore-Scale Modeling

Photic-zone euxinia and anoxic events in a Middle-Late Devonian shelfal sea of Panthalassan continental margin, NW Canada: Changing paradigm of Devonian ocean and sea level fluctuations

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