Abstract:A well was drilled into a prospective new unconventional mudstone play offshore Norway. Two of five coring runs were successful while the rest yielded little to no core recovery. Investigations attributed the poor recovery to sub-optimal coring practices, equipment failure and operational errors. Recently, the accompanying petrophysical logs and seismic data were revisited, and upon detailed investigation several unusual responses were observed to correspond with intervals of poor core recovery. Subsequent inv… Show more
“…Faults that were once a hindrance to reaching (risk of wellbore instability etc., Ogilvie et al 2015) deeper reservoir targets, could, in some geological settings, themselves, become targets for production (fractures around faults) and be an integral part of a field depletion plan. This will likely coincide with an increasing focus upon unconventional reservoirs (e.g., the faulted, oil-bearing mudstones in the overburden section of the Valhall Field, Central North Sea studied by Bradley et al 2019). Fault seal studies will require close integration with geomechanical studies in these types of reservoirs.…”
Section: Future Trends In Fault Seal Analysismentioning
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“…Faults that were once a hindrance to reaching (risk of wellbore instability etc., Ogilvie et al 2015) deeper reservoir targets, could, in some geological settings, themselves, become targets for production (fractures around faults) and be an integral part of a field depletion plan. This will likely coincide with an increasing focus upon unconventional reservoirs (e.g., the faulted, oil-bearing mudstones in the overburden section of the Valhall Field, Central North Sea studied by Bradley et al 2019). Fault seal studies will require close integration with geomechanical studies in these types of reservoirs.…”
Section: Future Trends In Fault Seal Analysismentioning
The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting and correction before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the book series pertain. Although reasonable efforts have been made to obtain all necessary permissions from third parties to include their copyrighted content within this article, their full citation and copyright line may not be present in this Accepted Manuscript version. Before using any content from this article, please refer to the Version of Record once published for full citation and copyright details, as permissions may be required.
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