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    This document provides instructions for Homework 1 in the ResGeo 202 Reservoir Geomechanics course. Students are asked to calculate overburden stress and porosity for two datasets, one from the Barnett Shale in Texas and one from the Gulf of Mexico. They are to plot density and porosity profiles, calculate overburden stress and gradient using continuous and blocked density profiles, and answer questions based on their results. The deadline for submitting the homework is Tuesday April 15, 2019 at 07:30 UTC.

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    ResGeo 202 Reservoir Geomechanics

    Spring 2019, Stanford Online

    Homework 1 – Calculating Overburden Stress, SV


    Due Tuesday 15 April 2019, 07:30 (AM) UTC

    Please direct any questions to the Piazza discussion forum on the course website

    Note that the deadline is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): Tuesday 15 April at
    07:30 UTC, which is the early morning of Tuesday 15 April at 00:30 in Pacific time. If
    you want to see the current time in UTC, please google: “Current time in UTC.”

    Background

    In this assignment, you will be calculating the vertical stress, SV, and the formation
    porosity, ϕ, for two different data sets, one from the Barnett Shale, Texas, and the other
    from an offshore well in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Both these data sets will also be
    used in future homework assignments and can be downloaded by clicking the right tab on
    the top of this page.

    Utilize a scientific computing or plotting program such as Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, or


    R to follow the steps below. Then, answer the questions on the page below.

    Instructions

    Part 1: Compute the overburden stress and overburden gradients

    a. Plot density vs. depth for each dataset. It is conventional to put depth on an
    inverted y-axis and density on the x-axis. Notice that the density measurements
    are not continuous to the surface. For the Barnett data, assume a density of 1.9
    g/cc for sediments at the Earth’s surface to the first measurement point. For the
    GOM data, since the well is offshore, use a density of 1.0 g/cc from the surface to
    the sea floor (1000 ft) and a density of 1.8 g/cc for the shallowest seafloor
    sediments from 1001 ft to the start of the log.

    b. Divide the density profiles into 5 blocks. By considering the variations of density
    in each profile, designate 5 blocks representing sections of approximately
    constant density. Compute the average density in each block and plot blocked
    density vs. depth for each dataset.

    c. Calculate the overburden stress. Calculate and plot the overburden stress for each
    data set using both the continuous and blocked density profiles. On the same
    plots, show the pore pressure for each well assuming that it is hydrostatic (1.0
    g/cc pore fluid density). Use 9.80 m/s2 or 32.17 ft/s2 to approximate g, the
    acceleration due to gravity, and convert units to calculate stress in PSI.

    d. Calculate the overburden gradient (overburden stress normalized by depth in


    PSI/ft). Calculate and plot the overburden gradient for each data set using the
    continuous log data (not the blocked data).

    Part 2: Compute porosity from density logs

    a. Compute porosity assuming complete saturation and hydrostatic pore pressure:

    ρlog = (1-ϕ)ρmatrix + ϕρfluid

    where ρlog is the log density, ϕ is the porosity, ρmatrix is the density of the
    sedimentary reservoir rock (use 2.7 g/cc), and ρfluid is density of the pore fluid (use
    1.0 g/cc).

    b. Plot porosity vs. depth for each dataset. Calculate and plot the porosity for each
    data set using both the continuous and blocked density profiles.

    Part 3: Answer the questions on the page below


    Use the plots and calculations from Parts 1 and 2 to answer the questions on the page
    below. The answers will be posted a day after it is due. Numerical entry-type responses
    have a range of acceptable values and are graded electronically, so please adhere to the
    value of constants given here to prevent misgrading of your submissions. We will specify
    the units that we want the answer in, so please do not write units in the answer; just write
    the number.

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