Reservoir characterization and by-passed pay analysis of philus field in Niger delta, Nigeria

  • Authors

    • Sunmonu Ayobami Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
    • Adabanija Adedapo Department of Earth Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
    • Adagunodo Aanuoluwa Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
    • Adeniji Ayokunnu Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
    2016-07-09
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijag.v4i2.6255
  • By-Passed Pay, Niger Delta, Porosity, Reservoir Characterization, Structure Maps, Traps.

  • Abstract

    Hydrocarbon resources have become the most essential commodity contributing to any nation’s growth and development in the recent years. For the past decades now, the quest for hydrocarbon resources has been increasing in an arithmetic rate that its supply can no longer meets the demand for its consumption today. In petroleum industry, seismic and well log analyses play a vital role in oil and gas exploration and formation evaluation. This study is aimed to effectively characterize the reservoirs and analyze the by-passed pay in Philus Field, Niger-Delta, Nigeria in order to look into the economic viability and profitability of the volume of oil in the identified reservoir(s). The faults in the study area trend in NW-SE direction and dip towards the south. Seven reservoirs were mapped on Philus field. A discovery trap and a by-passed (new prospect) trap were mapped out on the field. The petrophysical analysis showed that porosity of Philus field was 0.24. The volumetric analysis showed that the Stock Tank Original Oil in Place of discovery trap (Philus field) ranged from 1.6 to 43.1 Mbbl while that of new prospect trap ranged from 18.1 to 211.3 Mbbl. It is recommended that the oil reserve of Philus field needs to be recalculated.

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    Ayobami, S., Adedapo, A., Aanuoluwa, A., & Ayokunnu, A. (2016). Reservoir characterization and by-passed pay analysis of philus field in Niger delta, Nigeria. International Journal of Advanced Geosciences, 4(2), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijag.v4i2.6255

    Received date: 2016-05-16

    Accepted date: 2016-06-16

    Published date: 2016-07-09