Aux Varies Analysis Paper
RESERVOIR ANALYSIS OF IMPROVED RECOVERY FROM AUX VASES FORMATION AT NEW HARMONY FIELD, WHITE COUNTY, IL
A Capstone Thesis
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
University of Houston
Professional Master of Science
Petroleum Geology
by
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B.S., Southern Methodist University, 2008
August 2013
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 2
INTRODUCTION 2 - Production History 3
RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION - General Stratigraphy - Data Analysis and Methodology - Structure - Sandstone Geometry - Depositional Facies - Reservoir Heterogeneity - Diagenesis and the Effect on Reservoir Quality
PRODUCTION …show more content…
1). The roughly 27,000 acre field produces mainly from the Cypress, Bethel, and Aux Vases Formations, lying at depths from 2,500 to 2,900 feet. The Aux Vases traps are formed by stratigraphic pinchouts of reservoir sandstone bodies across a long anticlinal nose. New Harmony Field has produced over 186,042,600 barrels of oil since its discovery in 1939.
This study evaluates the reservoir characteristics and heterogeneity associated with past reservoir management practices through primary and secondary hydrocarbon recovery. Most of the wells drilled at New Harmony Field were completed in the Cypress, Bethel, and Aux Vases zones before 1960. By 2009, 3,194 total wells were completed in the Field, with 718 wells completed from the Aux Vases Formation. In many cases, wells produced from multiple zones in the Mississippian, with one formation or zone dominating the production. Minor production has also been extracted from deeper Mississippian Limestone formations, such as the McClosky, St. Louis, and Fort Payne formations. Integration of the local reservoir geology with development history and production techniques allows for the understanding of strategies used for improving oil recovery in the New Harmony
A Capstone Thesis
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
University of Houston
Professional Master of Science
Petroleum Geology
by
XXXXXXXXXXXX
B.S., Southern Methodist University, 2008
August 2013
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 2
INTRODUCTION 2 - Production History 3
RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION - General Stratigraphy - Data Analysis and Methodology - Structure - Sandstone Geometry - Depositional Facies - Reservoir Heterogeneity - Diagenesis and the Effect on Reservoir Quality
PRODUCTION …show more content…
1). The roughly 27,000 acre field produces mainly from the Cypress, Bethel, and Aux Vases Formations, lying at depths from 2,500 to 2,900 feet. The Aux Vases traps are formed by stratigraphic pinchouts of reservoir sandstone bodies across a long anticlinal nose. New Harmony Field has produced over 186,042,600 barrels of oil since its discovery in 1939.
This study evaluates the reservoir characteristics and heterogeneity associated with past reservoir management practices through primary and secondary hydrocarbon recovery. Most of the wells drilled at New Harmony Field were completed in the Cypress, Bethel, and Aux Vases zones before 1960. By 2009, 3,194 total wells were completed in the Field, with 718 wells completed from the Aux Vases Formation. In many cases, wells produced from multiple zones in the Mississippian, with one formation or zone dominating the production. Minor production has also been extracted from deeper Mississippian Limestone formations, such as the McClosky, St. Louis, and Fort Payne formations. Integration of the local reservoir geology with development history and production techniques allows for the understanding of strategies used for improving oil recovery in the New Harmony