Petrel: Calculate vertical sand thickness

along the path of a horizontal well

 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Objective:

- When designing a well,

clients may need to find a way to
calculate vertical thickness of sand
(reservoir) along a horizontal well
path. This may be needed in order
to have increased certainty of
catching the reservoir while drilling.
 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Agenda:

1. Create a Distance to object property to filter the cells from a certain

distance from the horizontal well;
2. Make a Connected volume property on the filtered Distance to object
property, using the sand facies type;
3. Convert the resulting property into a NTG with value 1, using the
calculator;
4. Make a Net map from the converted property and change it’s
template to thickness in order to find the connected sand thickness
passed by the well.
 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Step1: Create a Distance to Object property using the horizontal well.

 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Step 1 cont.: Filter the cells at the desired distance from the well (ex:
100 m)
 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Step 2: Create a Connected Volume property using the filter and only
the facies type that you need;
 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Step 3: Use the calculator to create a NTG property with value 1 where
we have the connected volumes;
 Calculate vertical sand thickness along the path of a
horizontal well

Step 4: Make a Net map from the NTG property, change the template
to thickness and display it in a map window;