CASE STUDY

Dielectric Scanner Provides High Resolution

Water Saturation in Nile Delta Channel Sands
Case Study: Dielectric Scanner Offshore Nile Delta, Petrobel
Challenge
Formation Evaluation at high
resolution in channel and
turbiditic sands of the Nile
Delta.

Background
The Dielectric Scanner (DS) was run in a shallow Meditarrenean exploration well
targeting Pliocene channel and turbiditic sands. These sands can exhibit low
resistivity pay due to their thinly laminated nature. The Dielectric Scanner was run to
improve the water saturation evaluation in these sands.

Solution
Dielectric Scanner water
saturation at 1 vertical
resolution.

Results
Improved pay quantification.

Fig.1 Dielectric Scanner results in conjunction with Rt Scanner, CMR and FMI results.

Thanks to its 1 vertical

resolution, the Dielectric
Scanner highlights
reservoir heterogeneity
and delivers a more
realistic net to gross ratio.

Figure 1 shows the results of the lower gas reservoir evaluation. The DS outputs
were generated over a very shallow zone close to the borehole and a deeper zone
less affected by invasion. The DS deep and shallow water saturations are presented
in the 4th track from the right, together with the Rt Scanner sand fraction saturation
and the CMR irreducible water saturation and DMR flushed zone saturations. While
the Rt Scanner shows a relatively homogenous picture across the reservoir, the DS
highlights heterogeneities.
The DS deep zone Sxo matches with the Rt Scanner Sw in a few parts of the
reservoir, reaching down to Sxo~3-4% (912.8 m, 913.5 m, 914.4 m, 915.2-915.5 m),
denoting very good reservoir quality as well as very shallow invasion.
At 911.2 m, the DS Sxo exceeds that of the Rt Scanner, highlighting a thin high
quality zone. At 913 m, DS shows again a thin high quality snad layer (also seen on
FMI) while just below a more of poorer quality is found.
In other parts of the reservoir, invasion is deeper and the DS highlights reservoir
heterogeneities. For example, the zone between 914.5 m and 915 m has deeper
invasion and is clearly of poorer quality than the zones immediately above and
below. This is not observed on the FMI image because of saturation due to the very
high resistivity. The CMR also highlights an increase in clay content across this depth
but with a very poor vertical resolution.
The DS is sensitive to a few calcite streaks: at 911 m (clear from FMI but not from
density), 916.4 m, 918.85 m.

Case Study: Dielectric Scanner Offshore Nile Delta

Fig.2 Dielectric Scanner results in conjunction with Rt Scanner, CMR and FMI results.

Figure 2 shows the results of the upper gas reservoir evaluation. The DS outputs a deep zone Sxo comparable to
that of the Rt Scanner (~20-25%) in the cleanest part of the reservoir between 848.5 m and 849.7 m, showing very
shallow invasion of the reservoir. The FMI image also highlights this zone as the brightest one, hence the best
quality facies.
From 850.5 m down to the bottom of the reservoir, the DS computes a high Sxo, highlighting deep invasion and a
poorer quality rock.
At 847.8 m, the DS shows a thin layer with deep Sxo ~ 54%, which exceeds that computed by the Rt Scanner
(Sw~62%).
From 853 m till 856 m, DS and Rt Scanner saturations give a good match. However, several low porosity spikes are
visible. They are likely to be associated with calcite nodules, as seen by the FMI image.

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