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    A data processing algorithm proposed for identification of breakout zones in tight formations: A case study in Barnett gas shale

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    Soroush, H.
    Rasouli, Vamegh
    Tokhmchi, B.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Soroush, Hamed and Rasouli, Vamegh and Tokhmchi, Behzad. 2010. A data processing algorithm proposed for identification of breakout zones in tight formations: A case study in Barnett gas shale. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 74 (1-3): pp. 154-162.
    Source Title
    Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
    DOI
    10.1016/j.petrol.2010.08.012
    ISSN
    09204105
    School
    Department of Petroleum Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26895
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    Due to low permeability of tight gas shale, production in commercial quantities requires effective hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies. Therefore, understanding rock properties and earth's stresses is an important step toward reservoir evaluation and ultimately development of these kinds of resources. Furthermore, successful production from such a complex formation is heavily dependent on selection of appropriate completion technology which requires having sufficient knowledge of borehole shape or say enlarged zones.Borehole enlargements or specifically breakouts provide valuable information for evaluation of in-situ stresses and verification of geomechanical models. Customarily used methods to identify breakouts, i.e., caliper and image logs, suffer from several limitations. In addition, good quality image logs are not usually available in shaly formations due to requirement of using oil-based mud. This led to the need for developing a new technique to identify borehole enlargement zones using petrophysical logs which are often acquired in majority of the wells.This study proposes a new multi-variable approach to identify borehole enlargement zones in tight gas shale using some petrophysical logs, mud weight and overburden stress data. This approach employs number of data processing techniques including Bayesian classification, wavelet decomposition and data fusion to determine borehole intervals with maximum likelihood of enlargement. This paper explains the methodology and presents its results in four study wells in Barnett gas shale. The study confirms the applicability and the generalization capability of the approach in shaly formations with a significant accuracy.

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