Date of Award
4-2011
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Geological and Environmental Sciences
Department
Geosciences
First Advisor
Dr. G. Michael Grammer
Second Advisor
Dr. William B. Harrison III
Third Advisor
Dr. Michelle A. Kominz
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Reservoir characterization of carbonate rocks is complicated by heterogeneous pore architecture related to primary depositional facies and subsequent diagenesis; this is especially true in diagenetically-altered and structurually-influenced Trenton-Black River reservoirs of the Michigan Basin. Accurate and reliable prediction of reservoir properties within hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs through the use of acoustic properties would aid exploration and characterization both within and outside of the Michigan Basin.
Results indicate that measures of pore architecture when integrated with measures of physical properties into multiple variable linear regression can accurately predict permeability of core plugs. However, due to the highly-heterogeneous distribution of pore architecture and resultant petrophysical properties, upscaling these relationships to wireline log or seismic scale is problematic.
Integrating modem borehole measures of physical properties and measures of pore architecture derived from cuttings data may increase the predictability of permeability within hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs.
Recommended Citation
Thornton, John E., "Prediction of Petrophysical Properties of Trenton-Black River (Ordovician) Reservoirs by Comparing Pore Architecture and Permeability to Sonic Velocity" (2011). Masters Theses. 4402.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4402