Lithological facies classification, surface gamma ray, and toc analysis using an outcrop of unconventional rock field: Case in the muerto formation, peru, for the identification of new areas with hydrocarbon potential

Villacampa B.N.; Oré-Rodriguez J.L.; Rodriguez-Cruzado J.A.; Chavez-Sumarriva I.J.; Reale M.L.; Chiriff-Rivera H.; Armacanqui-Tipacti J.S.; Eyzaguirre-Gorvenia L.; Vazquez-Barrios A. · Sustainability Applied to Unconventional Oil and Gas Field Exploration and Development (2024) · DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0740-3.ch007

Resumen

In the present work, the stratigraphic distribution of the Muerto Formation was evaluated, with the objective of identifying the lithological facies, using petrography studies through thin sections and gamma ray analysis for an elevation. The section under study crops out on the eastern margin of the Amotape Mountains. Stratigraphic, facies, and sedimentological analyzes are methods of vital importance to evaluate the potential of an unconventional reservoir. These studies make it possible to predict the spatial distribution of facies, as well as to identify the areas with the most favorable petrophysical properties for the prospecting and exploitation of hydrocarbons, in addition to being able to estimate with greater certainty the volume of hydrocarbons in situ and the optimal completion of a well

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería