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SPE 23142 A New Method To Monitor Compaction and Compressibility Changes in Offshore Chalk Reservoirs by Measuring Formation pressure variations Caused by the Sea Tide
G.A. Dean
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and R, Hardy, Amerada Hess Ltd., and P. Eltvik, ” Amerada Hess Norge A/S

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Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Englneere, This paper was prepared forpreeentalion

Inc. held in Aberdeen, 3-6 September 1991.

al Ihe Ollehore Europa Conference

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rnwfc by fhc (idal elfcc( heforc prcmxfing llrc grul mojonty 01 the Iwls with USC (cst mlcqwvkrlion. is Ixcacrw lhc prcswm variations cwrscd hy tlw !irle are small

however arc nol af’lccrcd significantly by drc tidal et’lcct. Ilis in compwison 10 Ihc pressure chaogcsnwascrnxf in ir WSI. Typically the tidal lom~ation prcssum variations for North Sca smnbslorw nwxvnirs WC in Ihc rmgc 0.1 - 0.5 psi [,7 - 3.5 kpa], On ~ pi~r Iicld, for cxislllpk!, Iflr! Iidl] WSCIVOb prcsscrrv varhitirsrr was 0.2 psi @klo-fwrft [ 1.4kPa]$’

Alsrt a nurjor drive mcctmnism in Ihcsc IielrLs is conlpirciinn drive sod so an accumtc cslimirtion of ruscrw cmnot lx muck witboul firwrncssurirrg ccm possibility. Estimirting compmion and rcsc vcs k diflhsh Usc field Iifc,] The imtidltilioo rncthod ~ of wcumlc pcmmcm downholc prwsurc twxsuac comprwsibili!y ctumgcs dcning

gaugc!son offsk ‘,rv cbidk ficlch makes it possible to usc a ncw tire Illurscrn!nlcnt of 10 rnon.hor compresaibilily: The (irfal

All reservoirs UK irffcclcd m some cxtr!m by the tidal cffccl. TfK! moon and suncxcrl a tiduf pull noI just on the sca bcn sfso The air Iirfc ciur bc nmrsrmi mfcrrud [o w as IIVJ on the air and Ihc carlh.

ruscrvrrir prm..urc changes ciruscd by the tirlc. inctwc infom]aliuo obrxstcompressibility. arrd 10 nmsuw with drnc, on Ihc appliculion of

nmrritrrring tcchniqrrc is an in-silu mcltnsf which cin gnwlly II can lx uscrf both WC variation in to csfinMIc cornprussibiliiycrsmprcssibility

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“biiron)ClriC” tide, The culh tide results in only a tiny dc fonnti(ion 01 Ihr! c!artb’s scrrfiicc: k! maximum dclommlion of IlSQcanh’s srsrfirccis only 36 cm 114 in],ti Nrwcrtisic$s IIVJ isttcmpt by tlrc solid Lwnh’s crus~’to deform under griivilationirl

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