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SCALE UP WELL LOGS................................................................................................................... 2 Exercise Overview:.................................................................................................................... 2 A) SCALE UP WELL LOGS............................................................................................................. 2 Exercise Steps........................................................................................................................... 2 Comments................................................................................................................................. 2 B) STATISTICAL CHECK OF THE SCALED UP WELL LOGS....................................................................3 Exercise Steps........................................................................................................................... 3

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Scale Up Well Logs

In order to distribute property values for each cell within the geometry of the 3D grid, scale up of well logs is required. This process performs an averaging of original log values within each cell cut by the well path. There are different methods available for up scaling of logs because different property logs require different scale up methods to get the best possible result. This process is also called blocking of well logs.

Exercise Overview:
A) B) Scale up Well Logs Process Statistical check of a scaled up well log

A) Scale Up Well Logs

The scale up of well logs is an automatic process with some user settings available. When scaling up the well logs Petrel will first find the 3D grid cells that the wells penetrate. For each grid cell all log values that fall within the cell will be averaged according to the selected algorithm to produce one log value for that cell. The resulting 3D grid will only hold values for the 3D grid cells that the wells have penetrated.

Exercise Steps
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Activate the 3DGrid (DC) under the GeoModel project. In the Petrel process window open the Scale Up Well Logs Process by double clicking on it. In the Scale Up Well Logs Process dialog use the Create new Property option. Select the wells to be included in the process. Select the porosity log as the Log to be used. Define Scale Up Settings. Arithmetic as average Method, treat the log As lines and use Neighbor cell as Method. Press OK to create the property model. Upscale the permeability and Fluvial facies logs as well. Under the Models tab check the Properties folder that new properties have been created. Display them.

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Comments
The result of the up-scaling of the well log is placed as a property model icon under the Properties folder for the 3D grid and the up-scaled log is part of the 3D property, not a different item. This will ensure that the value of the cells penetrated by the well path is identical for the up-scaled logs as for the entire 3D property.

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B) Statistical check of the scaled up well logs

Exercise Steps
1. 2. 3. Open the Settings dialog for the property by double clicking on a selected property model icon and select the Statistics tab. Observe the various statistical parameters. Note that statistics are given both for the raw log and the scaled up cells of the property. Select the Histogram tab to generate the histogram of the raw log and the scaled up well log.

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