Basement Reservoirs

Oil in basement is more common than you think!

Many unexpected discoveries have resulted from drilling into basement, leaving the operator with potential problems;

  • you have found oil in basement but don't know what to do next,
  • you are unable to identify the storage mechanism or estimate the oil in place, or
  • you are unable to identify the production mechanism, predict sweet spots or define drilling targets.

Faced with these difficulties how do you proceed?

Call GeoScience Limited to get technical support for: 

  • understanding the value of your discovery, and
  • preparing a sound development strategy.

Fracture connectivity is often the key issue in basements   

GeoScience Limited is a multi-disciplinary company whose staff have been active in the characterisation of fluid flow in fractured basement reservoirs for over 20 years. We are experienced in drilling, logging, testing and geological characterisation in basement rocks and deep drilling environments.

We can prepare geological models which support your determination of oil in place and a development strategy. Features include;

  • interpretation and integration of all available field data including image logs, core and testing (see Well Fracture Studies),
  • a reservoir rock mechanics model incorporating in-situ stress, and
  • application of analogue data to model construction.

We deliver Fractured Reservoir Models and a drilling strategy for the optimum intersection of producing features (see also Optimal Discovery Data )

Examples of some basement reservoir studies we have performed are included in Recent FRC Projects.

Don't leave treasure locked in your basement! Benefit from our experience today and contact us .

Take a look at some examples...

We have prepared a compilation of commercial occurences of hydrocarbon production from fractured basement reservoirs from approximately 30 countries, assembled primarily from published literature and newsgroups. The newly updated Version 8 is available to download in full as a PDF file from our Downloads page.

GeoScience Limited: "Basements are our business"



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