Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2019, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (2): 50-55.

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Forward simulation of response characteristics of the array lateral logging in drilling process of fault

Yang Yong1,2,Li Heng1,2,Yang Duo1,2,Du Shuangjun1,2,Peng Jie1,2,Chen Kun1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Education, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
    2. College of Geophysics and Petroleum Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
  • Received:2018-08-31 Online:2019-04-26 Published:2019-05-07

Abstract:

Firstly, we established a 3D forward model of the vertical well when drilling in faults, the response of the array lateral logging was numerically simulated by the finite element method. And then, we analyzed the effects of different fault dip angles, fault distances, and surrounding rock conductivity on the characteristics of array lateral logging response in the drilling process of fault. The results showed that when in the drilling process of the fracture zone, the larger the fault dip angle was, the smaller the width of the fracture zone would be reflected by the apparent resistivity. As the array lateral logging equipment went deeper and the fault distance(≤4 meters) got greater, the measured apparent resistivity would be closer to the resistivity of the fractured zone and surrounding rocks. When under the same detection mode, the apparent resistivity would increase with the increasing of the resistivity of lower surrounding rocks. When the detection mode and the surrounding rock resistivity were the same, the apparent resistivity would decrease with the increase of the resistivity of the surrounding rock while drilling the footwall of fault.

Key words: array lateral logging, fault, finite element, 3D geological modeling

CLC Number: 

  • TE132.1