ABSTRACT: Formation Micro Imager for Calibration and Complete Utilization of 3-D Seismic in Exploitation

PAINTER, JAMES H., and GEORGE A. PENA

The Formation Micro Imager is a very affordable and easily interpreted open hole logging tool that enhances and completes 3-D seismic interpretation. Applications and utilization's incorporate geological, geophysical, and petrophysical parameters.

Geological utilization's are: dip data, orientation of sand bodies, current direction at time of deposition, and a "whole core" view of the borehole. Geophysical applications are: interpretation of faults below the seismic data resolution and calibration of the interpreted time mapped structure. Petrophysical interpretation uses are: thin bed resolution, sidewall core to open hole log calibration, geologic view of the "rock" to the petrophysical interpreter, more accurate net pay counts, ability to recognize grain size changes, and corrected resistivity. Examples of the many applications of the Formation Micro Imager in conjunction with 3-D seismic in field exploitation are used to illustrate the aforementioned areas of utilization.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90941©1997 GCAGS 47th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana