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This document provides solutions to homework problems for a reservoir geomechanics course. It includes instructions to calculate overburden stress, overburden gradients, and porosity from density logs for two wells. The solutions show density and porosity profiles plotted against depth, and provide specific values for stress, gradients, and porosity at given depths in the two wells.

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GP202MOOC HW1-Solutions PDF

This document provides solutions to homework problems for a reservoir geomechanics course. It includes instructions to calculate overburden stress, overburden gradients, and porosity from density logs for two wells. The solutions show density and porosity profiles plotted against depth, and provide specific values for stress, gradients, and porosity at given depths in the two wells.

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GP 202 Reservoir Geomechanics

Spring 2014, OpenEdX


Homework 1 Calculating Overburden Stress
SOLUTIONS
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Part 1: Compute the overburden stress and overburden gradients


a. Plot density vs. depth for each dataset.
b. Divide the density profiles into 5 blocks.

c. Calculate the overburden stress.

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

Part 2: Compute porosity from density logs


a. Compute porosity assuming complete saturation and hydrostatic pore pressure.
b. Plot porosity vs. depth for each dataset.

Part 3: Answers to Homework 1 Questions


Question 1: Density Profiles
a. What is the logged density in the Barnett Shale well at 5000 ft depth in g/cc?
= 2.4061 +/- 0.24061 g/cc
b. What is the logged density in the Gulf of Mexico well at 5000 ft depth in g/cc?
= 2.1640 +/- 0.21640 g/cc

Question 2: Overburden Stress Profiles


a. What is the overburden stress in the Barnett Shale well at 5000 ft depth in SI units
(MPa)?
= 38.5731 +/- 3.85731 MPa
b. What is the pore pressure in the Barnett Shale well at 5000 ft depth in SI units
(MPa)?
= 15.24 +/- 1.524 MPa
c. What is the overburden stress in the Gulf of Mexico well at 5000 ft depth in SI
units (MPa)?
= 29.4635 +/- 2.94635 MPa
d. What is the pore pressure in the Gulf of Mexico well at 5000 ft depth in SI units
(MPa)?
= 15.24 +/- 1.524 MPa

Question 3: Overburden Stress Gradient Profiles


a. What is the overburden stress gradient in the Barnett Shale well at 5000 ft depth
in SI units (MPa)?
= 25.3104 +/- 2.53104 MPa/km
b. What is the overburden stress gradient in the Gulf of Mexico well at 5000 ft depth
in SI units (MPa)?
= 19.3330 +/- 1.93330 MPa/km

Question 4: Porosity Profiles


a. What is the porosity in the Barnett Shale well at 2500 ft depth?
= 0.0292 +/- 0.0292
b. What is the porosity in the Gulf of Mexico well at 10000 ft depth?
= 0.1976 +/- 0.0988

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