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| series = Methods in Exploration No. 14
| title = Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir
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| chapter = Characterization and exploitation of the distal margin of a fan-shaped turbidite reservoir: The ARCO-DOE 91X-3 horizontal well project, Yowlumne field, San Juaquin Basin, California
| frompg = 11
| topg = 26
| author = Michael S. Clark, Rick K. Prather, John D. Melvin
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/method14/me14ch02/me14ch02.htm
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Youlumne is a giant oil field in the San Joaquin Basin, California ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]), that has produced, through December 2000, more than 17.2 million m<sup>3</sup> (108 million bbl) of oil and 2.7 billion m<sup>3</sup> (94 billion ft<sup>3</sup>) of gas from upper Miocene, deep-water sandstones known as the Stevens ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]).
These sandstones, which represent classic facies of organic-rich shales in the Monterey Formation ([[:file:Mthch02f02.jpg|Figure 2]]), are some of the most prolific reservoirs in the basin and have contributed about 15% of more than 1.9 billion m<sup>3</sup> (12.3 billion bbl) of oil produced in the area since 1864. Because Stevens oils derive from Monterey Shale source rocks, Yowlumne is part of a Monterey-Stevens petroleum system (Graham and Williams).<ref name=Grahamandwilliams_1985>Graham, S. A., and L. A. Williams, 1985, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1984-85/data/pg/0069/0003/0350/0385.htm Tectonic, depositional, and diagenetic history of Monterey Formation (Miocene), central San Juaquin Basin, California]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 385-411.</ref>
Most production at Yowlumne is from the Yowlumne Sandstone, one of several discontinuous sandstone bodies collectively referred to as the Stevens ([[:file:Mth14ch02f03.jpg|Figure 3]]).
==Structure==
The oil accumulation at Yowlumne is controlled in part by an anticlinal closure formed during Miocene-Pliocene deformation of the south basin margin. Yowlumne Unit A was created to waterflood the area of structural closure, but subsequent drilling established production in a stratigraphic accumulation on the north-dipping flank of the anticline also ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]). Consequently, Yowlumne Unit B was created to flood the flank accumulation (Burzlaff,<ref name=Burzlaff_1983>Burzlaff,</ref> Metz and Whitworth<ref name=Metzandwhitworth_1984>Metz,</ref>). Thus, the field is a combination structural-stratigraphic trap.
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file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|{{figure number|1}}Structure map of Yowlumne field drawn on the N-point marker, a regional correlation horizon that marks the approximate top of the Stevens Sandstone. Note the fanlike shape of the Yowlumne Sandstone and the relationship of Yowlumne Units A and B to the anticlinal closure.
file:Mthch02f02.jpg|{{figure number|2}}Stratigraphic section showing nomenclature for the Yowlumne field area. The Stevens is an informal unit that represents a deep-marine, clastic facies of the Monterey Formation, an organic-rich shale that is considered to be the main source rock for most of the oil produced from the basin.
</gallery>
==Flow units and reservoir compartments==
More than 95% of production at Yowlumne field is from the Yowlumne Sandstone, a fan-shaped Stevens Sandstone body as much as 150 m (493 ft) thick ([[:file:Mth14ch02f03.jpg|Figure 3]]). Bouma sequences evident in the cores from the field indicate deposition of this body by turbidity currents. Also, the Yowlumne Sandstune body is lens shaped in cross section and does not significantly incise underlying strata ([[:file:Mth14ch02f04.jpg|Figure 4]]). Because large-scale channeling is absent, deposition was primarily as sheet sands transported by sediment-gravity flows.
<gallery mode=packed heights=300px widths=300px>
file:mth14ch02f03.jpg|{{figure number|3}}Type log for Yowlumne field with reservoir statistics and rock properties of the Yowlumne Sandstone. Reservoir quality decreases from the axis of the fan eastward toward the fan margin.
file:Mth14ch02f04.jpg|{{figure number|4}}Seismic line and cross section A-A' showing left-stepping geometries and cross-sectional lens shape of the Yowlumne fan. The line and section transect the fan from west to east, perpendicular to the direction of sediment transport.
</gallery>
Thin shales divide the fan into lobe-shaped reservoir layers ([[:file:Mth14ch02f04.jpg|Figure 4]]). Five of these—the A, B, C, D, and E sands—produce oil from Unit B. The W sand is a basal sixth layer that is wet and isolated by pressure from over-lying sandstones. Layers A through E merge into homogenous, clean sandstone on the west margin of the fan, yet contain interbedded shale on the east. For example, the 16x-4 [[horizontal well]] on the west side ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]) penetrates a thick interval of clean sandstone (Marino and Schultz<ref name=Marinoandschultz_1992>Marino,</ref>). By contrast, the 73x-3 well on the east side ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]) penetrates shale layers, some of which are two or more meters thick, interbedded with the reservoir sandstones.
Well-log
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/method14/me14ch02/me14ch02.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=525 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
| image = Methods14Cover.png
| width = 120px
| series = Methods in Exploration No. 14
| title = Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir
| part =
| chapter = Characterization and exploitation of the distal margin of a fan-shaped turbidite reservoir: The ARCO-DOE 91X-3 horizontal well project, Yowlumne field, San Juaquin Basin, California
| frompg = 11
| topg = 26
| author = Michael S. Clark, Rick K. Prather, John D. Melvin
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/method14/me14ch02/me14ch02.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=525
| isbn = 0891816658
}}
Youlumne is a giant oil field in the San Joaquin Basin, California ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]), that has produced, through December 2000, more than 17.2 million m<sup>3</sup> (108 million bbl) of oil and 2.7 billion m<sup>3</sup> (94 billion ft<sup>3</sup>) of gas from upper Miocene, deep-water sandstones known as the Stevens ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]).
These sandstones, which represent classic facies of organic-rich shales in the Monterey Formation ([[:file:Mthch02f02.jpg|Figure 2]]), are some of the most prolific reservoirs in the basin and have contributed about 15% of more than 1.9 billion m<sup>3</sup> (12.3 billion bbl) of oil produced in the area since 1864. Because Stevens oils derive from Monterey Shale source rocks, Yowlumne is part of a Monterey-Stevens petroleum system (Graham and Williams).<ref name=Grahamandwilliams_1985>Graham, S. A., and L. A. Williams, 1985, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1984-85/data/pg/0069/0003/0350/0385.htm Tectonic, depositional, and diagenetic history of Monterey Formation (Miocene), central San Juaquin Basin, California]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 385-411.</ref>
Most production at Yowlumne is from the Yowlumne Sandstone, one of several discontinuous sandstone bodies collectively referred to as the Stevens ([[:file:Mth14ch02f03.jpg|Figure 3]]).
==Structure==
The oil accumulation at Yowlumne is controlled in part by an anticlinal closure formed during Miocene-Pliocene deformation of the south basin margin. Yowlumne Unit A was created to waterflood the area of structural closure, but subsequent drilling established production in a stratigraphic accumulation on the north-dipping flank of the anticline also ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]). Consequently, Yowlumne Unit B was created to flood the flank accumulation (Burzlaff,<ref name=Burzlaff_1983>Burzlaff,</ref> Metz and Whitworth<ref name=Metzandwhitworth_1984>Metz,</ref>). Thus, the field is a combination structural-stratigraphic trap.
<gallery mode=packed heights=300px widths=300px>
file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|{{figure number|1}}Structure map of Yowlumne field drawn on the N-point marker, a regional correlation horizon that marks the approximate top of the Stevens Sandstone. Note the fanlike shape of the Yowlumne Sandstone and the relationship of Yowlumne Units A and B to the anticlinal closure.
file:Mthch02f02.jpg|{{figure number|2}}Stratigraphic section showing nomenclature for the Yowlumne field area. The Stevens is an informal unit that represents a deep-marine, clastic facies of the Monterey Formation, an organic-rich shale that is considered to be the main source rock for most of the oil produced from the basin.
</gallery>
==Flow units and reservoir compartments==
More than 95% of production at Yowlumne field is from the Yowlumne Sandstone, a fan-shaped Stevens Sandstone body as much as 150 m (493 ft) thick ([[:file:Mth14ch02f03.jpg|Figure 3]]). Bouma sequences evident in the cores from the field indicate deposition of this body by turbidity currents. Also, the Yowlumne Sandstune body is lens shaped in cross section and does not significantly incise underlying strata ([[:file:Mth14ch02f04.jpg|Figure 4]]). Because large-scale channeling is absent, deposition was primarily as sheet sands transported by sediment-gravity flows.
<gallery mode=packed heights=300px widths=300px>
file:mth14ch02f03.jpg|{{figure number|3}}Type log for Yowlumne field with reservoir statistics and rock properties of the Yowlumne Sandstone. Reservoir quality decreases from the axis of the fan eastward toward the fan margin.
file:Mth14ch02f04.jpg|{{figure number|4}}Seismic line and cross section A-A' showing left-stepping geometries and cross-sectional lens shape of the Yowlumne fan. The line and section transect the fan from west to east, perpendicular to the direction of sediment transport.
</gallery>
Thin shales divide the fan into lobe-shaped reservoir layers ([[:file:Mth14ch02f04.jpg|Figure 4]]). Five of these—the A, B, C, D, and E sands—produce oil from Unit B. The W sand is a basal sixth layer that is wet and isolated by pressure from over-lying sandstones. Layers A through E merge into homogenous, clean sandstone on the west margin of the fan, yet contain interbedded shale on the east. For example, the 16x-4 [[horizontal well]] on the west side ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]) penetrates a thick interval of clean sandstone (Marino and Schultz<ref name=Marinoandschultz_1992>Marino,</ref>). By contrast, the 73x-3 well on the east side ([[:file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|Figure 1]]) penetrates shale layers, some of which are two or more meters thick, interbedded with the reservoir sandstones.
Well-log
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/method14/me14ch02/me14ch02.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=525 Find the book in the AAPG Store]