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Midale Hydrodynamics II

Weyburn/Elswick, SK

RPCL

ZOMH

October 2000

Play(s):
N/A
Fluid(s):
Light Oil
N/A
Area:
Weyburn/Elswick, SK
N/A

The giant Weyburn Field in SE Saskatchewan has over 40 years of development drilling in the pool, which has led to its extension downdip along southwest- plunging structural noses. The objective of this study is to map the regional hydrodynamics of the Midale Formation in order to determine theoretical potential for tilted oil/ water contacts (both directional and magnitude), observed from oil/water contacts on features appearing structurally lower than the main portion of the pool. The currently mapped structural and stratigraphic configuration of the Weyburn-Elswick area does not explain the distribution of oil entrapment in the pool, possibly indicating that hydrodynamics play a key role.