LMKR | Unconventional

Products | Unconventional | Tight Gas
Tight Gas is not always thought of as an unconventional resource, but the methods of developing and producing gas (from applying new technologies to low flow discoveries that were not previously economic to targeted green field low Darcy reservoirs in economic areas where gas commands a premium price) could be taken right out of the unconventional play book. Wells are drilled at a higher density, with complex horizontal paths targeted at intersecting the highest productivity parts of the reservoir. The challenge of achieving economic production is predicated on ensuring that what you target, you hit; so, geosteering is a pivotal part of tight gas development. If unconventional production is typically focused at shallower reservoirs with lower cost wells, tight gas moves the operator back into conventional depth ranges and costs.

In this environment, LMKR Geographix strengths really come to the forefront. At the start of the workflow, the analysis of well parameters with GeoAtlas allows a quick and accurate articulation of reservoir parameters. This is vital to the operator as he must find the best part of the reservoir to have any chance of achieving commercial production. Equally important is defining the structural regime and here SeisVision, SmartSection and Framebuilder combine to quickly achieve this, while the LMKR GeoGraphix integration allows updates from drilling campaigns to be incorporated quickly. Of course, SeisVision's ability to apply a full range of attribute extraction routines to the seismic volume allows well parameters to be extended into the structural regime, further improving well targeting.

As operators move from defining the reservoir to the drilling campaign, hitting the right target is perhaps even more important due to higher well cost. Of course, LMKR GeoGraphix is well placed to support this business objective with its well planning and geosteering applications allowing an optimum placement of its wells. With SmartStrat, LMKR GeoGraphixoffers a unique approach that correlates MWD data in horizontal wells to the expected section, so the drillers are increasingly confident, not only that they are in the target reservoir, but also precisely where in the target reservoir the well bit is located. One of LMKR GeoGraphix strongest differentiators is portability, born from its long lived commitment to the PC platform, the ability to take the interpretation to the well site provides operators with the opportunity to make the most of their interpretations while drilling.