ARCwizard Introduction and Processing
Prepared by: Nguyen Pham Thien Kim – Petrophysicist
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Operating Principle – Propagation Resistivity
Amplitude
Difference
1. Transmitter builds up an Electro
Magnetic field
Signal at R2
Far Receiver
2. The phase and amplitude of the
Signal at R1
Near Receiver field are measured at the near and
far receivers
Phase Shift
3. Phase shift (PS) and amplitude
T
difference (AD) are taken
4. PS and AD are then converted to
phase and attenuation resistivity
logs
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Which curve is Rt?
ARC Resistivity Lith.-pro. Log
0 DEVI 100
0.6 TNPH 0
1 Ohm-m 10 1.65
0
ROBB
GR
2.65
100
▪ Which of the 20 resistivity curves
is the formation resistivity? Rps Rad
▪ Is inversion required?
▪ Is there more than one effect?
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▪ There may be more than one effect
causing the separation of the curves
▪ Often there is one dominant effect 4
x
▪ Need to identify a formation resistivity
compensated for the effect
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Propagation Resistivity - Environmental Effects
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Invasion Effects
While Drilling
While Reaming
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Shoulder RM Vision675 Data
Bed
Effect
X10
X25
Shoulder
Bed X50
effect
X75
6 X100
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Effects identification
ATR: Attenuation Resistivity
PSR: Phase Shift Resistivity
D: Deep
S: Shallow
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ARC Wizard
Dielectric
Invasion Borehole
Anisotropy ARCWizard Shoulder
Processing
Eccentricity Tool Failure
• Recognize and correct all known environmental effects
• Selection based on measurements and petrophysical constraints
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Processing Chain
Load Raw Data + Tool Calibration
Tool Response Quality Control
Transform to Resistivity
Bit Size Borehole Correction
(Water Based Mud)
Eccentricity Check (Oil Based Mud)
Invasion Dielectric Anisotropy Borehole Future Models
Dominant Effect Selection
Output: Rt, Rxo, Rh, Rv, di
+ model reconstruction errors and effect flags
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ARCWizard Outputs
▪ Anisotropy: vertical and horizontal resistivities
▪ Borehole enlargement: hole diameter and corrected formation
resistivity
▪ Dielectric Effect: true resistivity and dielectric constant
▪ Invasion: true resistivity, invaded zone resistivity and invasion
diameter
▪ In cases where ARCWizard is unable to distinguish a dominant effect,
additional forward modeling may be necessary, which involves trial-
and-error
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arcWizard Example - ARC675, Oil-Based Mud, 60o deviated
ARC Logs ARCWizard
Formation resistivity Nuclear mmts
2 MHz resistivity 400 kHz resistivity
0.1 Rps 100 0.1 Rps 100 Flags (Rt, Rxo, Rv, Rh) 0.6 TNPH 0
0.01 Rat 10 0.01 Rat 10 1.65 ROBB 2.65
0.1 100 0 GR 200
• What causes the separation in
Eccentricity
the upper and lower zones?
• What
Uniform are the true formation
Separation resistivities?
Anisotropy
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ARCWizard Processing Example 2
Same shale in nearby wells, ARC Resistivity Lith.-pro. Log
0 DEVI 100
but different resistivities 0.4 Rps 0.6 TNPH 0
40
1.65
0
ROBB 2.65
GR 100 Well D (80°)
0.04 Rat
Well A (20°) 4 X900 ARC Resistivity Lith.-pro. Log
0 DEVI 100
Lith.-pro. Log 0.4 Rps 0.6 TNPH 0
ARC Resistivity 1.65 ROBB 2.65
0.4 Rps
0
0.6
1.65
DEVI 100
TNPH 0
ROBB 2.65
Well B (65°) 40
0.04 Rat
0 GR 100
40 0 GR 100 4
0.04 Rat ARC Resistivity Lith.-pro. Log
0 DEVI 100
4
0.4 Rps 0.6 TNPH 0
1.65 ROBB 2.65
40 0 GR 100
X950 0.04 Rat X950 X950
4
3
X000 X000 X000 X000
4
0.6 Well C (74°)
2
X050 P40H A40H TNPH
P34H A34H ROBB
P28H A28H GR
P22H A22H
A16H DEVI
P16H
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ARCWizard Processing Example 2 (cont)
Flags Formation Resistivity
Uniform 0.4
40
Rv Well D (80°)
Well A (20°) Anisotropy
0.4 Rh Formation Resistivity
40
Flags
Flags Formation Resistivity x900
0.4 Rv
Well B (65°)
Uniform
40
Uniform 0.4 Rv Anisotropy
40 0.4 Rh
Anisotropy Formation Resistivity 40
Flags
0.4 Rh
40 Uniform 0.4 Rv 40
Anisotropy 0.4 Rh 40
x950 x950 x950
x000 x000 x000 x000
Well C (74°)
EANI RT
x050 EINV RXO
Anisotropy. Computed Rv and EDIE
EBOR
RV
RH
Rh are constant in the same
shale across different wells
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ARCWizard Processing Example 3
Lith.-pro. Log Flags Formation resistivity
ARC Blended resistivity DI & ARTM
0.1 Rps 0.6 TNPH 0
(Rt, Rxo, Rv, Rh)
0 DI (in.) 100
1000 1.65 ROBB 2.65
0 GR 200
-4 00 ARTM (min.) 400 Invasion 0.1 1000
0.01 Rat
100
x310
▪Invasion:
▪Why is there separation over separation over
whole interval ? whole interval
▪WhyDIdo theARTM
values drop in the
x330
▪Variation of DI:
20% oil missed
bottom zone ? sudden drop
if using raw log
over bottom
zone
x350
ARC logs ARCWizard Saturation
P40B A40B
TNPH EANI RT
P34B A34B
P28B ROBB RXO
A28B EINV
GR DI RV
P22B A22B DEVI EDIE
ARTM RH
P16B A16B EBOR
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Example IV: ARC675/WBM/HW/N.Sea/Clean Reservoir
Is the top zone invaded?
What is going on in the bottom
zone?
ARC Logs
P40B A40B
TNPH EANI RT
P34B A34B
P28B ROBB RXO
A28B EINV
GR DI RV
P22B A22B DEVI EDIE
ARTM RH
P16B A16B EBOR
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