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Utilizing Pressurized Rotary Sidewall Cores for the Determination of Pore Fluid Total Material Balance and Characterization of Bulk Fluid Hydrocarbons

Abstract

Once the general vertical location, quality, and character of a target reservoir are identified through mud gas analysis and subsequent petrophysical logging of the wellbore, pressurized rotary sidewall cores can be obtained from wireline deployable tools and evaluated within a relatively rapid timescale. Through depressurization and subsequent extraction (solvent and/or thermal methods), one can obtain pore fluid total material balance (stock tank) for oil-in-place and gas-in-place estimates, bulk hydrocarbon compositional and geochemical character, gas-oil or condensate-gas ratios, and equation-of-state thermodynamic models which allow for predictions of in-situ fluid phase behavior. Armed with these data an operator can rank stacked pay, make informed decisions about lateral well placement, and formulate reasonable estimates of EOR and well performance.