Modeling of Noncontinuous Fort Union and Mesaverde Sandstone Reservoirs, Piceance Basin, Northwestern Colorado
Modeling of Noncontinuous Fort Union and Mesaverde Sandstone Reservoirs, Piceance Basin, Northwestern Colorado
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10.2118/5024-pa
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1976-08
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C. F. Knutson
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C. F. Knutson
A recent FPC study indicated up to 600 trillion ft of natural gas in place in the Rocky Mt. in low permeability Cretaceous and Tertiary, nonmarine sandstones. This type of reservoir rock has been studied in the surface and subsurface in the Piceance Basin area of NW. Colorado. The sandstone geometry and orientation are characterized. A random intersection technique is developed that utilizes the geological information to generate a spectrum of reservoir models that may be used to simulate the performance of hydraulically and nuclearly fractured wells. An example reservoir model for a nuclear fractured well is compared with a reservoir model for a nonfractured well. In general, the point-bar sandstones can be simulated by radial models and the channel sandstones by linear models. (23 refs.)