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"AREA/DEPTH" VOLUMETRICS WORKBOOK USER NOTES Purpose This spreadsheet was designed to eliminate much of the drudgery in determining

geometry factors for volumetrics estimation. Specifically, it: 1) eliminates manual drawing and planimetering of Area vs. Depth Plots, and 2) accurately calculates reserv oir volumes and geometry factors. How to Use 1) As with normal volumetrics work, first determine: a) minimum, median, and maximum gross reservoir thicknesses, b) minimum, median, and maximum hydrocarbon column heights, c) cumulative planimetered areas within prospective map contours, and d) depths corresponding to those contours. 2) Startup the "Area/Depth" Excel workbook which contains a "Prospect Volumetrics "spreadsheet and a macro sheet 3) Enter the Prospect Name/Location, the prospective horizon, then minimum, median, and maximum estimates for gross reservoir thickness and hydrocarbon column height. [The spreadsheet is protected so you can only enter values in the cells designed for data input 4) Advance to the area / depth cells and input the measured pairs for the prospective map contours (determined in step 1c). 5) As your area/depth data pairs are entered, all values are calculated and the Area vs. Depth Plot is drawn automatically. Y ou still have to sort the Gross Pay and Geometry Factors, and format the depth axis. This is done automatically by clicking on t he "Sort" and "Scale Plot" buttons in the lower right area of the spreadsheet. 6) Parameter Calculation Techniques The measured Area/Depth pairs (from 1c above) define the uppermost (Dtop) curve on the Area vs. Depth Plot. Slopes between successive Area / Depth input pairs are calculated as straight line segments from: Slope = m = (Dt2 -Dt1) / (Area2-Area1) The depth corresponding to "Zero" area is the "0" axis slope intercept of the line connecting the first two Area/Depth pairs: Dt0 = Dt1 - (m * Area1) Depths to Min, Med, and Max HC/water contacts (DHCon) are calculated from the HC Column (HCol) values relative to Dt0: DHCon= Dt0 - HCol Corresponding Area (Ax) values for intermediate Depth points (Dx) are calculated from the slope equation: Ax = m * (Dx -1-Dx) / Ax-1 The Volume under successive segments of the Area / Depth curves for the reservoir top and each bed thickness are calculated as the area of a parallelogram: Volumei = (Depthi-Depthi-1) * (Areai + Areai-1) / 2 Reservoir volumes are obtained by summing the successive parallelogram volumes under the reservoir top, and under each limiting bed thickness, down to the respective HCol cutoffs, and then taking the difference of those total volumes: ResVol(minbed/mincol) = Vtop - Vminbed ...etc. Bulk Volumes are determined as the product of each limiting bed thickness and the map area for each limiting HCol: BlkVol(minbed/mincol) = Thkminbed * Areamincol ...etc.

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Prospect: Horizon:

Example Prospect Formation P01 P10 Resvr.Thickness (ft) 411 445 HC Column (ft) 310 403 H/WC (depth) 13640 13733 Pay Area (acres) 4118 6032 Area Distribution 13% 19%
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P50 490 555 13885 11534 37%

P90 540 765 14095 17851 57%

P99 584 993 14323 <--OK 31332 100%

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Tk/Col mn/mn mn/md mn/mx md/mn md/md md/mx mx/mn mx/md mx/mx

GrossPay 310 411 411 310 490 490 310 555 584

ResVol 604265 2225940 8358512 604265 2329134 9223816 604265 2355540 9925160

BulkVol 1276471 4740511 12877255 1276471 5651705 15352446 1276471 6401420 18297609

NOTE: Input values in yellow cells, then click "Sort" macro, then click "SCALE PLOT". Read off blue font results to place on 3-point volumetrics sheets. Input 'Area / Depth' pairs from structure map. Area Dt Dmn Dmd Dmx IntVol TotVol 0 13330 13741 13820 13914 0 0 1500 13450 13861 13940 14034 90000 90000 3500 13610 14021 14100 14194 400000 490000 7000 13780 14191 14270 14364 892500 1382500 11750 13890 14301 14380 14474 1031250 2413750 18000 14100 14511 14590 14684 3123750 5537500 31750 14330 14741 14820 14914 5721250 11258750

Sorted Gross Pay <--OK <--OK

Minimum >

Median >

Maximum >

310 310 310 411 411 490 490 555 584

0.368 0.412 0.470 0.473 0.473 0.473 0.542 0.601 0.649

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Maximum Depth 14330 Plot Minimum 13300 Plot Maximum 15000

Prospect: Horizon:

Example Prospect Formation

Area vs. Depth Plot


13300 13500 13700 13900 13640 13733 13885 14095

Depth (feet)

14100 14300 14500 14700 14900 0 5000 10000 15000

14323

20000

25000

30000

35000

Area (acres)

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