Aplicação do gravímetro de poço em problemas de avaliação de formação no Brasil

Abstract

The first borehole gravity survey in Brazil was carried out during October and November of 1990 in Sergipe-Alagoas basin through a joint program between the Federal University of Pará, PETROBRAS and United States Geological Survey. The principal purpose of the survey was to test the applicability of this tool in Brazilian sedimentary basins. Another purpose was to compare the borehole gravimeter (BHGM) data with existing open-hole density log (CDL). The survey was conducted in three wells in Carmópolis field and the data were transformed to miligals, corrected for tide, drift and terrain effects and preliminary density values calculated. The region in which the surveys were carried out consists of an evaporite sequence overlying basement rock ocurring relatively near the surface. The large contrast between these units and the rest of sedimentary section results in vertical gravity anomalies. It is necessary to correct the BHGM density data for these anomalies. The resulting BHGM density data were then compared to that obtained from the CDL. Furthermore, lithology parameters defined from well log data were used to calculate porosities from both the BHGM and CDL density data, showing possible new oil intervals that can be tested.