Contribution of the Sonic Scanner tool in the understanding of

fractured reservoirs, a case study from the Algerian Sahara

Sid-Ali Ouadfeul1 and Leila Aliouane2
1

Algerian Petroleum institute, IAP, Algeria

LABOPHYT, Facult des hydrocarbures et de la chimioe, universit Mhamed

Bougara de Boumerdes, 35000, boumerdes, Algeria.
Abstract:
Here, we show a case study of the contribution of the sonic scanner tool in the
understanding of a tight sand fractured reservoir located in the Algerian Sahara
using shear wave anisotropy. The sonic scanner records the fast and slow shear
wave slowness; this can provide an idea about the velocity of the shear wave
anisotropy. The azimuth of the fast shear wave is able to give the fractures
azimuths since if we assume that the reservoir target is an HTI model the
azimuth of the fast shear wave is parallel to the fractures azimuth.
The maximum and the minimum cross energies of the shear wave well-logs can
be used to quantify the degree of anisotropy of the shear wave. Combination of
these logs with the bulk density and the Poissons ratio well-logs can help
greatly to predict the fluid nature that exists in the fractures.
Keywords: Sonic scanner, tight sand, shear wave, slowness, anisotropy,
fractured reservoirs.