3-D Seismic Interpretation of the Boonsville Field, TX Using the SMT Kingdom Suite
Department
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Major
Geology and Geophysics
Research Advisor
Liu, Kelly H.
Advisor's Department
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Funding Source
Missouri S&T Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE) Program
Abstract
This research study interpreted the underground structure and specific horizon layers, which have significant meaning for oil and gas production in the Boonsville field, TX by using the Kingdom Suite software. The underground zone in this area was characterized by carbonate collapse. Overall there were seven major cylindrical faults with average scale of 1km were captured and five horizon layers were located. Carbonate collapse can be observed obviously either from time slice or 3-D view of horizon layer. Major reservoir layer were the Runaway Formation and the Vineyard formation, those near vertical faults played an important role in reservoir migration from The Barnett Shale to the upper group.
Biography
Jing Zhang, a senior student of the Geological Science and Engineering department, is a transfer student from the China University of Petroleum Beijing. Having great interest in combining geology and geophysics knowledge to pursue reservoir interpretation and characterization research, she applied the OURE project under the guidance of Dr Kelly Liu last April. During this one-year project, she did her research along with overcoming technique problems of the software, which cannot be encountered at the common Lab session and solving the academic problems with the help of graduate students at B40 and her research advisor, Dr Liu. After this research experience, she not only gained the understanding of the research subject, but also got familiar with the general routine of pursuing a scientific research, which is quite important to the further research study.
Research Category
Sciences
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium/Hall
Presentation Date
16 Apr 2014, 9:00 am - 11:45 am
3-D Seismic Interpretation of the Boonsville Field, TX Using the SMT Kingdom Suite
Upper Atrium/Hall
This research study interpreted the underground structure and specific horizon layers, which have significant meaning for oil and gas production in the Boonsville field, TX by using the Kingdom Suite software. The underground zone in this area was characterized by carbonate collapse. Overall there were seven major cylindrical faults with average scale of 1km were captured and five horizon layers were located. Carbonate collapse can be observed obviously either from time slice or 3-D view of horizon layer. Major reservoir layer were the Runaway Formation and the Vineyard formation, those near vertical faults played an important role in reservoir migration from The Barnett Shale to the upper group.
