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Rock typing methods aim to categorize reservoir rocks based on their depositional, diagenetic, and petrophysical properties. The presentation discusses various rock typing methods including categorizing rocks based on facies analysis from thin sections and well logs, or properties like porosity and permeability. Specific methods covered include classifying rocks as hydraulic flow units, electrical rock types, or using the Winland, Pittman, Lucia, and Buckles methods. Integrating depositional facies with these petrophysical rock types can help with permeability estimation and correlating rocks between wells. The key is selecting the appropriate method and units for the reservoir being analyzed.

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Rock typing methods aim to categorize reservoir rocks based on their depositional, diagenetic, and petrophysical properties. The presentation discusses various rock typing methods including categorizing rocks based on facies analysis from thin sections and well logs, or properties like porosity and permeability. Specific methods covered include classifying rocks as hydraulic flow units, electrical rock types, or using the Winland, Pittman, Lucia, and Buckles methods. Integrating depositional facies with these petrophysical rock types can help with permeability estimation and correlating rocks between wells. The key is selecting the appropriate method and units for the reservoir being analyzed.

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Rock Typing Methods

Present by:
Amir Sepehri
Ph.D. Candidate Petroleum Engineering
Islamic Azad university Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Iran.
Date:
Autumn (2019-2020)
What is the Rock typing?
Why we Doing That?
How can we do that?
Result?
What is Rock Typing and Why we doing That?
How?
many researchers have applied different methods to reservoir rock typing.
They can be identified based on the microscopic study of thin sections, well logs
classification (electrofacies analysis), or reservoir data such as porosity,
permeability, and capillary pressure.
Methods Category
 Depositional rock types

I. Facies (microfacies and petrofacies)


II. Facies association
III. Diagenetic rock types

 Petrophysical rock types

a. Hydraulic flow units


b. Electrical rock type
c. Winland’s and Pittman’s method
d. Lucia method
e. Buckles method
f. Reservoir rock types
Depositional rock types

a. Facies (microfacies and petrofacies)


b. Facies association
c. Diagenetic rock types
Diagenetic rock types
Petrophysical rock types

a. Hydraulic flow units


b. Electrical rock type
c. Winland’s and Pittman’s method
d. Lucia method
e. Buckles method
f. Reservoir rock types
Hydraulic flow units
Electrical rock type
Winland’s and Pittman’s method
Lucia method
Buckles method
FZI(Flow zone Indicator)
Reservoir rock types
• Which one is better?
Review of Flow Chart
Result?

Linking between reservoir rock types and sedimentary facies

Permeability estimation and RRT propagation for uncored wells

Remarks and directions for future research


Software useful

• Excel

• Interactive Petrophysics

• Clustering K-Means
Fire Danger

• The Important Key is Using the correct Units


• (Percent or Fraction?)
References
1. Kadkhodaie-Ilkhchi, Ali, and Rahim Kadkhodaie-Ilkhchi. "A Review of Reservoir Rock Typing
Methods in Carbonate Reservoirs: Relation between Geological, Seismic, and Reservoir Rock Types."
Iranian Journal of Oil & Gas Science and Technology 7.4 (2018): 13-35.
2. Mahjour, Seyed Kourosh, Mohammad Kamal Ghasem Al-Askari, and Mohsen Masihi. "Identification
of flow units using methods of Testerman statistical zonation, flow zone index, and cluster analysis in
Tabnaak gas field." Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 6.4 (2016): 577-592.
3. Aguilar, Cesar, Govea Hugo, and Guillermo Rincón. "Hydraulic unit determination and permeability
prediction based on flow zone indicator using cluster analysis." SPE Latin America and Caribbean
Petroleum Engineering Conference. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014.
4. Chandra, Tanmay. "Permeability estimation using flow zone indicator from Well log data." PHIN 3
(2008): m3.

5. Dakhelpour-Ghoveifel, Jalal, Morteza Shegeftfard, and Morteza Dejam. "Capillary-based method for
rock typing in transition zone of carbonate reservoirs." Journal of Petroleum Exploration and
Production Technology (2019): 1-10.

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