Bed Boundary Mapping Tools

by Matthew Spotkaeff, Schlumberger

Abstract

The North Sea is an area of high activity for Bed Boundary Mapping tools. However, in most cases the use of these tools is limited to strictly real-time well placement services. As these tools produce a point-by-point distance to boundary that is azimuthal, this distance can be represented as ribbon surfaces that can be displayed in differing visualisation packages. These surface ribbons are a highly powerful tool in reinterpreting the pre-drill structure based on actual well data, and thereby of the accurate calculation of reserves.

In this presentation an overview will be given of the generation and use of these ribbon surfaces.

by Matthew Spotkaeff, CV

Matthew holds a BSc Chemistry, Graduate Diploma of Earth Science and Graduate diploma of Education from Monash University in Australia. He began working for Schlumberger in 1994, in data services, entering into the field of Well Placement in 1996. Since then, he has worked as Geosteering Coordinator throughout Australia and SouthEast Asia, being located in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, China, and Japan. In October 2009, he was transferred to Norway as the North Sea Well Placement Domain Champion.