You've stumbled upon unexpected geological discoveries. How do you decide which tasks to prioritize?
Curious about your next big find? Dive into the debate on prioritizing unexpected geological discoveries.
You've stumbled upon unexpected geological discoveries. How do you decide which tasks to prioritize?
Curious about your next big find? Dive into the debate on prioritizing unexpected geological discoveries.
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If this includes petrophysical discoveries, that can lead to unambiguous identification of flow units, observation of flow through blank pipe and characterization of fluid properties, I have that experience. The connection between geology and petrophysics has always been tight, but that has almost always been about static observations. Correlation, rock properties, oil in place … dynamic petrophysics is quite different. Dynamic petrophysics seeks to deliberately cause changes in the near wellbore environment. Numerous publications document transient increases in GR by a factor of 100x, simply by cooling a well through an interval containing condensable vapor. Other applications, including one for assurance of CO2 containment, exist.
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When facing unexpected geological discoveries, prioritize by assessing the discovery's impact on resource potential and project goals. Start with high-resolution geophysical surveys and detailed mapping to understand the discovery's extent. Use 3D geological modeling and geostatistical techniques to integrate and analyze new data. Follow up with targeted core sampling and drilling to validate findings and refine resource estimates. Focus on tasks that resolve critical uncertainties and have the highest potential to improve resource models and project outcomes.
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It depends upon at which stage... If in interpretation of G &G data, i would prefer to have a re-look in to seismic processing, interpretation to identify new discoveries. If not found re-process/re-interpret data. 2) As a petrophysicist will try and corelate/reprocess well logs in near by wells. 3) if discovered Hydrocarbons are considerable, obviously we need to focus on Techno economics. Though its generic process, its safe methodology.