Raghu Ramamoorthy

Geologically Consistent Resolution Enhancement of Petrophysical Analysis With Image Log Data

Very thin, laminated sand-shale sequences pose a challenge to petrophysical evaluation. The poor vertical resolution of the log measurements results in pessimistic estimates of hydrocarbon volumes and producibility. An earlier proposal by Flaum to enhance the resolution of the analysis using a high-resolution clay indicator did not account for variations in clay mineralogy and porosity with clay content. We present here a technique to incorporate results of core mineralogy measurements to ensure a geologically consistent resolution enhancement of the petrophysical analysis and we compare the results in an actual field example.