Challenge: Determine porosity and kerogen
volume to identify reservoir quality with greater accuracy than possible when
using a petrophysical model of conventional log data for a complex shale gas
reservoir.
Solution: Run Litho Scanner high-definition
spectroscopy service to measure extremely accurate elementary concentrations
for determining dry-weight total organic carbon (TOC) without introducing
variability from other logging services and laboratory analyses.
Results: Accurately and quantitatively
determined the TOC weight fraction and matrix density corrected for TOC, which
was used with the bulk density measurement to accurately determine porosity and
identify reservoir quality.