Abstract
The focused area in this study is in the Cornea Field located in the Yampi Shelf, north-eastern Browse Basin, Australia. The field was stated to be an elongated unfaulted drape anticline over highly eroded basement. From the literature and seismic data, faults die at the basement in the Cornea Field. Therefore, no faults were considered previously. The tectonic activity was not apparent in the area with only deformation by gravitational movements and compaction in the basement zone. However, fault might present in the reservoir and seal depth as time passed. Therefore, the aim of this study is to simulate the Cornea field with faults, to determine the effect of fault transmissibility on oil production. The study shows that the fault permeability and fault displacement thickness ratio have a close relationship with fault transmissibility. The fault transmissibility increases when fault permeability and fault displacement thickness ratio increase. Transmissibility multiplier was also considered in this study. The fault transmissibility increases with the increase in transmissibility multiplier, thus the oil production. This study contributes to the gap present in the research of the Cornea Field with fault structure, where it is important to consider fault existence during exploration and production.
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Introduction
The Cornea Field is located offshore Western Australia, in the Yampi Shelf of the north-eastern Browse Basin with an area of approximately 1755 km2. The Browse Basin was an extensional half-graben, with upper crustal faulting resulted in half-graben geometry with large-scale normal fault compartmentalizing the basin into sub-basin. Extensional faulting was concentrated on the north-eastern part of Caswell Sub-Basin and western margin of Prudhoe Terrace, and this formed Heywood Graben (Australia and Australia Geoscience 2011a, b; Australia 2012a; Michele 1999; Tuohy 2009a; Poidevin et al. 2015). The Yampi Shelf is located at the transition zone between two major compartments. The boundary zone was acted as the fault relay zone (Fig. 1). However, the fault displacement on the Yampi Shelf depleted to the northeast area (Obriena et al. 2005) stated that the fault and trap reactivation was minimal to absent across the Yampi Shelf and considered not an important feature. However, seal integrity was more likely to occur. Gas chimneys and hydrogen-related diagenetic zones (HRDZs) spread over the accretion and extended to the regional seal on laps the basement highs on the east. Alkaif (2015) also showed that from the literature and seismic data (Ishak et al. 2018) faults die at the basement in the Cornea Field. Ingram et al. (2000) also stated that the tectonic activity was not apparent in the area with only deformation by gravitational movements and compaction in the basement zone. Therefore, no faults were considered.
The Cornea structure is a simple trap configuration consisting of a large, elongated, four-way dip closure formed by an unfaulted drape anticline of the Albian sandstone (comprised of zones A, B, C, D and E) of upper Heywood Formation over an eroded basement high (Fig. 2). The hydrocarbon accumulation consists of an expanded gas cap over a thin discontinuous oil rim (Poidevin et al. 2015). Most studies showed that the fault was unlikely to be present in the Cornea Field. However, there were faults existed around the Yampi Shelf zone where Cornea Field is located so there is a possibility for faults to developed in the reservoir. Ingram et al. (2000) stated that fault may not be present in the seismic; however, fault might present in the reservoir and seal depth. Sea floor was seen to demonstrate some linear features in the seismic, and there is a possibility of a strike-slip fault due to near surface stress disturbance. A significant amount of hydrocarbon has been discovered in the cornea field, and also a commercial development of the Cornea Oil Field is possible .
However, there were challenges involved in the evaluation (Naser et al. 2007) of the productivity of the wells and the recovery of the oil production (Ltd 2014). Therefore, the aim of this study is to consider the fault existence in the Cornea field and to foresee the effect of the fault transmissibility on the Cornea Field that might impact the reservoir production. There are three areas in the Cornea Field: Cornea South, Cornea Central and Cornea North. This paper only focuses on Cornea South and Cornea Central.
Research done in 1999 by Michele G. Bishop stated that the Cornea 1 was reported to have encountered from 600 MBBL (\(95\times 10^{6}\) sm3) of oil to 2.6 BBBL (\(413\times 10^{6}\) sm3) of oil in place. This discovery was considered to be the first commercially producible oil in the Browse Basin. The Cornea discovery proved that a large volume of oil has been generated in the mature central portion of the basin; however, no production tests were attempted and it was confirmed that migration and charge have occurred (Australia and Australia Geoscience 2011b; Australia 2012b; Bishop 1999).
In 2010, exploration activities on the Cornea Field were completed by Cornea Resources Pty Ltd. Cornea Resources Pty Ltd indicated that Cornea Field was one of the undeveloped potential oil fields in Australia. A large number of exploration and appraisal wells were being drilled into the accumulation. A significant amount of hydrocarbon was discovered from the samples obtained, where the quantum of contingent resources in Cornea was reasonably expected to be economic as long as production flow rates can be achieved. Cornea Field was estimated to have a P50 of 411 MBBL (\(65\times 10^{6}\) m3). However, productivity of the reservoir has not been proved (Ltd 2014).
Appraisal project was also done by Octanex in order to invest on the Cornea oil field, which had the potential of future feasible development upon the appraisal. The Cornea 1 well resulted in a discovery of a gas cap which showed in the seismic and oil leg within upper Heywood formation. A drill stem test (DST) was conducted at this well with 14.4 BFPD and 0.3 MMCFPD gas (Khan et al. 2006) obtained. However, even with the amount of the oil and gas encountered, the appraisal project did not come up to their expectation on the Cornea Field. Therefore, by reprocessing the Cornea seismic, Shell indicated that a great amount of oil resources may exist within sands B, C and E that could be further developed by using multilateral horizontal wells (Tuohy 2009a; Limited 2010).
On the other hand, RPS Energy Pty Ltd reviewed the Cornea Field seismic, well data and other data and estimated the in-place volumes and recoverable volumes of the field. They stated that with only one DST flow conducted by Shell from Cornea South 2ST1, there were insufficient data to conclude that Cornea well production would match the production levels in real life. However, the volume between Top B gross reservoir map and the Base C gross reservoir was calculated. The calculated oil in place was P50 159 MBBL (\(25\times 10^{6}\) sm3). RPS also estimated that the recovery factor at lowest was 15%, best at 25% and highest at 35% (Tuohy 2009b).
The presence of fault can impact the production of the reservoir. Costa et al. (2016) stated that the fault within the petroleum reservoir acted as a barrier or flow for fluid. Therefore, it was important to know the fault properties in order to optimize (Khan et al. 2012) the recovery factor. This had dramatically helped the industry to predict the impact of fault on fluid flow and also decreased the risk of exploration in the faulted zone. Fault transmissibility is one of the factors that need to be considered in oil recovery. Fault transmissibility in a reservoir simulation model depends on the grid block geometry as shown in Zhalehrajabi et al. (2014) and Rashid et al. (2014a); permeability and transmissibility multiplier are applied to the faces of the grid blocks (Fig. 3). To determine the fault transmissibility multiplier, fault properties such as fault thickness and fault permeability are required.
Manzocchi et al. (2008) studied the performance of the faulted and unfaulted in the shallow marine reservoir model. There were nine different cases tested in the reservoir model. The result showed that the oil production rate was highly correlated with the fault permeability case, while the recovery factor was highest in the intermediate fault case. However, when the fault becomes less permeable, the production and the recovery factor decreased rapidly (Manzocchi et al. 2008; Houwers et al. 2015; Flodin and Durlofsky 2001; Kimura et al. 2015; Wenning et al. 2018), while Rotevatn and Fossen (2011) focused on evaluation of the subseismic fault element on the hydrocarbon exploration and production. The production and pressure data set obtained was simulated. The focused area was in the Colorado Plateau of South East Utah. Rotevatn and Fossen (2011) stated that the dimension of the fault system was important to be understood for better exploration. The low permeable fault resulted in aquifer support in the reservoir and thus enhanced production. From the flow simulation, it proves that lowering the fault permeability led to increase in sweep efficiency and recovery by increasing the injection fluid flow (Rashid et al. 2014b) and set back water breakthrough (Rotevatn and Fossen 2011; Fisher and Jolley 2007; Paul et al. 2007). This had an opposite result with Manzocchi et al. (2008) since there was aquifer support in this reservoir and water was injected into the reservoir to boost the recovery.
Byberg (2009) aimed to investigate the effect of dynamic behavior of the reservoir by applying transmissibility multiplier to the fault to achieve history match and to determine its effect on field production. History-matched A-Lunde reservoir simulation model was used as reference for the study. After running simulation, it showed that there was an increased in oil production of 1.4 M SM3 with fault model. It also showed that the higher the value of the fault transmissibility multiplier, the higher the oil production. Thus, by varying the fault transmissibility, there was a significant impact on the field performance.
Toft et al. (2012) estimated the potential recovery of the segment H1 in Gullfaks. The segment H1 was injected with a chemical called Abio Gel due to oil residual stayed in the low permeable zone. Six Eclipse simulation scenarios were done by applying different transmissibility multipliers to reservoir volume. The result of the simulation showed a significant increase in total oil production with increasing transmissibility multipliers.
In addition, Frischbutter et al. (2017) conducted a fault analysis from core and seismic scale (Sern et al. 2012) to assess the effect of the faults on the production and recoverable volumes in the Upper Jurassic reservoir, Norwegian offshore sector. The reservoir consisted of many compartmentalizations by depositional fault. The fault permeability was examined at high confining pressures using formation compatible brines. It was used to calculate the transmissibility multiplier that was integrated into the reservoir model to measure the impact of fault on fluid flow. The dynamic reservoir simulations showed that more than 20% recoverable volumes depending on the fault properties inserted in the simulation. Therefore, it was proved that the fault existence can impact the cumulative recoverable oil volumes and the recovery efficient (Frischbutter et al. 2017; Manzocchi et al. 1999; Ahmed 2013). The fault architecture indicates the fault shape, size, orientation and connectivity are important to be considered. Therefore, the importance of the fault properties in the reservoir structure needs to be taken into consideration, especially during hydrocarbon drilling, exploration and production stage (A TNO-CSIRO-ISES Joint Industry Project 2009; Taylor 2016; Manzocchi et al. 2010; Zijlstra et al. 2016; Cerveny et al. 2005; Sorkhabi and Tsuji 2005; Wennberg et al. 2012).
In conclusion, many studies have been conducted on the fault related to the reservoir production. Despite that, the uniqueness of this study is to simulate the fault into the Cornea Field, which initially did not have fault structure that exists in the reservoir. The objectives of this study are:
To focus on the Cornea South and Cornea Central Field (data available for this part only)
To develop dynamic model of Cornea Field
To simulate fault structures in the Cornea Field reservoir
To evaluate the fault permeability and fault displacement thickness ratio effects on transmissibility
To test the transmissibility multiplier effects on the transmissibility and oil production.
Methodology
Data were collected from different available sources. In constructing the 3D model, the following data were needed:
Data collection (Australia and Australia Geoscience 1998a, b; Geoscience Australia 1997)
Data source | |
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1. Well Data | |
Well Headers Geoscience Australia—Well Completion Report | |
Well Deviation Geoscience Australia—Well Completion Report | |
Well Log Occam Technology Company (Mr Mike Wiltshire) | |
2. Well Tops Geoscience Australia—Well Completion Report | |
3. 3D Seismic Data | |
Reservoir Boundary polygon estimation | |
4. Fault Data Fault polygon estimation |
The 3D model was constructed in PETREL using the data extracted from the literature review, Geoscience Australia and Occam Technology Company (Australia and Australia Geoscience 1998a, b; Geoscience Australia 1997). It was proved that fault did not exist in the Cornea Field and also no fault data are available. Therefore, the fault characteristic and displacement were assumed, in order to fit the objective of this paper. As mentioned from the literature review, extensional faulting exists within the area of the Cornea Field. Therefore, normal fault was considered in this case. The location of the fault was randomly picked. Two faults were assumed and constructed in the Cornea Field. In order to construct the fault, fault polygons were generated in the mapping application. The fault polygons data were imported to the model (Khan et al. 2003) and generated by fault modeling process. Pillar gridding has a close relationship with the fault model. The concept of the pillar gridding is to construct the skeleton framework for top, mid- and base skeleton that connects the top, mid- and base key pillars to generate 3D grid. The last step was to insert the horizons by inputting the surfaces, zones generation and layering to construct the fine-scale layering 3D model (Zene et al. 2019; Witt et al. 2007).
The unfaulted model was calibrated by modifying the porosity (Saeid et al. 2018) using ECLIPSE keyword MULTIPLY to match with the literature-reviewed oil in place in the reservoir to have a more realistic model. The fault was constructed after model (Khan et al. 2001) calibration. See Table 5 for original oil in place data. Sensitivity analysis was done by varying fault permeability and fault displacement-to-thickness ratio to test the uncertainty in transmissibility. Transmissibility multiplier MULTFLT keyword in ECLIPSE was used to test its effects on the fault transmissibility and oil production. There were two algorithms considered: Monzhocchi and Sperrevik algorithm, in calculating the fault permeability, Eqs. (1) and (2). The fault displacement-to-thickness ratio formula is shown in Eqs. (3) and (4).
where
Hull, 1988
Walsh, 1998
To capture effectively the fault transmissibility (Fig. 4), fault transmissibility multiplier needs to be calculated.
The volumetric recoverable oil production (STOOIP) was calculated (Table 1) from volume calculation in Petrel as shown in Eq. (8). The stock tank oil in place calculation is:
The detail of the computer hardware is attached in “Appendix.”
Results
Figure 5 shows the porosity map of the unfaulted model of the Cornea Field with dimension of \(134\,{\hbox {m}} \times 160\,{\hbox {m}} \times 50\,{\hbox {m}}\). The well production is Cornea 1, Cornea 1B, Cornea South 1 and Cornea South 2 ST1. The illustrated model shows Unit B, Unit C, oil water contact, producible oil water contact layers. The active unit in the Cornea Field is Unit B and Unit C. Porosities are higher in the Cornea South 1 and Cornea South 2ST1 well region. This indicates that there is more hydrocarbon accumulation in this region. Table 2 shows the initial condition and fluid condition extracted from well completion report. Table 3 states the porosity data for Cornea 1, Cornea 1B, Cornea South 1 and Cornea South 2ST1 wells. Table 4 shows the permeability data for Cornea 1, Cornea 1B, Cornea South 1 and Cornea South 2ST1 wells.
Figure 6 shows the Cornea Field with fault polygon displayed, while Fig. 7 shows the Cornea Field after the fault polygons were converted into faults. Table 5 shows the nature and position of the faults. In this case, the fault location is placed in between the well location.
Monzocchi algorithm gave higher fault permeability compared to Sperrevik algorithm, thus higher transmissibility values. Therefore, Monzocchi algorithm was used in this model. See Figs. 8 and 9 for the comparison of the fault transmissibility in X and Y direction by Monzocchi and Sperrrevik algorithm.
Figures 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 show varying fault permeability effect from 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 10, 100 mD on fault transmissibility. From the trends, it shows that as the fault permeability increases, fault transmissibilities also increase. On the other hand, fault displacement-to-thickness ratio of 66, 100, 170 was also tested to determine the fault transmissibility. See Figs. 15, 16, 17 and 18. The fault transmissibilities also increase with increasing fault displacement thickness ratio value. Figure 14 (permeability 100mD) shows higher transmissibility compared with other permeabilities; therefore, these data were used to further determine the oil production using transmissibility multiplier. Transmissibility multiplier was varied from 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 3.0 to determine its effects on transmissibility and oil production. See Figs. 18 and 19.
Figure 17 (fault displacement thickness ratio 170) also shows higher transmissibility; therefore, these data were used to further determine the oil production using transmissibility multiplier. Transmissibility multiplier was also varied from 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 3.0 to determine its effects on transmissibility and oil production (Table 6). See Figs. 20 and 21. Figures 18, 19, 20 and 21 show that oil and water production increases with time. Thus, it shows that the higher the transmissibility multiplier, the more oil will be produced.
Conclusions
The report published by Tuohy (2009a) was basically based on the real appraisal and exploration on the Cornea Field. Shell conducted the appraisal drilling on the Cornea Central, Cornea South and Cornea North. However, this research is based on simulating the reservoir to resemble the real reservoir and only focused on Cornea Central and Cornea North.
The exploration included nine wells drilled around the area. However, this research only focused on Cornea 1, Cornea 1B, Cornea South 1 and Cornea South 2 ST1. The data from this well were reliable because it shows that wire logging and conventional core sample obtained by Shell from Cornea 2 ST2 and Cornea South 1 shows the best reservoir properties. The wells used in this research are the wells that have the evidence of producing the most from this potential oil-producing field.
Therefore, the oil production obtained by different companies was used to compare the result obtained in this research.
This concludes few important findings:
- 1.
Fault properties such as fault permeability and fault displacement thickness ratio are important to be considered in fault model transmissibility.
- 2.
Fault permeability and fault displacement thickness ratio have a close relationship with transmissibility. It shows that the fault permeability and fault displacement thickness ratio increase proportionately with fault transmissibility.
- 3.
Transmissibility multiplier was also important to be considered to see its effects on oil production. It shows that the transmissibility increases with the increase in transmissibility multiplier; thus, it increases oil production.
- 4.
Fault analysis is important to be taken into account for successful exploration and production.
Hence, this paper contributes to the gap in the Cornea Field research related to fault structure existence. From the result, it is confirmed that the production has a direct relation to the reservoir structure and properties. Therefore, it is important to consider possible faults that exist in the reservoir during exploration and production. From the literature review, it showed that gas chimney was detected in the Cornea Field which can also have a significant impact on production. Therefore, future study can be considered on modeling the gas chimney in the Cornea Field for further understanding of the field framework. From the literature review, the Cornea Field was stated to have a gas chimney that exists within the reservoir. Therefore, more simulation illustration and research need to be done. This is to study the geological structure of the gas chimney and to see the impact of the gas chimney on the reservoir production.
Abbreviations
- MBBL:
-
Million barrels
- BFPD:
-
Barrel of fluid per day
- MMCFPD:
-
Million cubic feet per day
- HRDZ:
-
Hydrogen-related diagenetic zone
- SAIGUP:
-
Sensitivity analysis of the impact of geological uncertainties on production
- STOOIP:
-
Stock tank oil in place (stb)
- TM:
-
Transmissibility multiplier
- \({\mathrm{Trans}}_{ij}\) :
-
Transmissibility in i and j grid blocks
- \(L_i L_i\) :
-
Distance in i and j directions
- \(K_i K_i\) :
-
Permeability in i and j blocks
- \({\mathrm{TransF}}_{ij}\) :
-
Fault transmissibility in i and j grid blocks
- \(K_{\mathrm{f}}\) :
-
Fault permeability in i and j blocks
- \(t_{\mathrm{f}}\) :
-
Fault thickness
- \(Z_{\mathrm{f}}\) :
-
Depth at time of deformation
- \(Z_\mathrm{max}\) :
-
Maximum rock burial depth
- \(V_{\mathrm{f}}\) :
-
Fault rock clay content
- D :
-
Fault displacement (m)
- SGR:
-
Frictional shale gauge ratio
- A :
-
Area (acre)
- h :
-
Reservoir thickness (ft)
- \(\varnothing\) :
-
Rock porosity (%)
- \(S_\mathrm{wc}\) :
-
Connate water saturation (%)
- \(B_\mathrm{oi}\) :
-
Oil formation volume factor (rb/stb)
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Appendix 2
MEASURED DEPTH (mKB)AZIMUTH (degrees)INCLINATION (degrees)
000
161.01113.950.4
189.25105.950.5
217.61103.350.4
273.19109.350.4
301.8117.250.6
330.63123.750.6
359.26128.650.3
387.85135.950.3
416.46139.650.3
445.32135.050.4
474.18155.850.2
502.75160.20.2
560.23159.750.2
589.06154.350.3
602149.550.4
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STRT.M 538.5816 :START DEPTH
STOP.M 845.0580 :STOP DEPTH
STEP.M 0.1524 :STEP
NULL. -999.25 :NULL VALUE
COMP. Shell :COMPANY
WELL. Cornea South 1 :WELL
FLD. Cornea :FIELD
LOC. :LOCATION
PROV. :PROVINCE
SRVC. :SERVICE COMPANY
CTRY. :COUNTRY
DATE. 21 10 99 :LOG DATE
UWI. :UNIQUE WELL ID
LATI.DEG -13\(^\circ\)45’53.796”S : Latitude
LONG.DEG 124/27/36.698 : Longitude
GDAT. : Geodetic Datum
#MNEM .UNIT API CODE Curve Description
DEPT .m : Along hole depth
CALI .IN : Caliper
GR .GAPI : Gamma Ray
KTH .GAPI : Gamma, Potassium + Thorium
K .% : Potassium Concentration
M2R1 .OHMM : 2 foot vertical resolution matched res. - DOI 10 inch
M2R2 .OHMM : 2 foot vertical resolution matched res. - DOI 20 inch
M2R3 .OHMM : 2 foot vertical resolution matched res. - DOI 30 inch
M2R6 .OHMM : 2 foot vertical resolution matched res. - DOI 60 inch
M2R9 .OHMM : 2 foot vertical resolution matched res. - DOI 90 inch
M2RX .OHMM : 2 foot vertical resolution matched res. - DOI 120 inch
DT .US/F : Sonic
TH .PPM : Thorium Concentration
U .PPM : Uranium Concentration
WTBH .DEGC : Well Temperature
GR1 .GAPI : Gamma Ray
WTBH .DEGC : Well Temperature
CNCF .PU : Field Normalized Borehole Corrected Compensated Neutron Porosity
PE .B/E : Photoelectric Factor
ZCOR .G/C3 : Bulk Density Correction
ZDEN .G/C3 : Compensated Bulk Density
MBVI .PU : Bulk Volume Irreducible
MBVM .PU : Bulk Volume Moveable
MCBW .PU : Clay Bound Porosity
MPHE .PU : MRIL Effective Porosity
MPHS .PU : Total Porosity
MPRM .MD : Permeability
DTC .US/F : Delta-T, Compressional
DTS .US/F : Delta-T, Shear
DAZ .DEG : Dip Azimuth
DEV .DEG : Deviation
GR2 .GAPI : Gamma Ray
# HOLE AND CASING DATA:
# Hole HoleCasingCasing WeightGradeJointsCementTOC
# SizeDepthSizeDepthlb/ft
# 36”145m30”141m310X-52519 sx G at SG 1.9
# 12.25”616m9 5/8”612m47L-80370 sx G at SG 1.5Seafloor
# 204 sx G at SG 1.9
# 8.5”847m
# #
# TEMPERATURES:
# Depth DrillerLoggerTempLog TypeTime since circCirc Time
# 837m50.5 deg CHDIL-MAC-GR-CAL5.75 hrs1.25
# 52.8 deg CZDEN-DSL-MRIL11.5 hrs
# 58.7 deg CFMT-GR
# #
# MUD PROPERTIES:
# Depth (L)Fluid TypeSGVis.pHFl ccRmRmfRmc
# 847mSOBM1.1087na3.0na
# Oil:water63:37Whole mud Chlorides:53000 mg/l
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Abdullah, N., Hasan, N., Saeid, N. et al. The study of the effect of fault transmissibility on the reservoir production using reservoir simulation—Cornea Field, Western Australia. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 10, 739–753 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-019-00791-6
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