Abstract
The Gravberg 1 well in the Siljan impact structure in Sweden has been drilled entirely in granite and dolerite intrusions of Precambrian age to a present depth of 6.6 km. Study of the cuttings at the well site included a lithologic description, with emphasis on quantifying mineralogical, textural, and pore-space parameters that affect porosity and permeability and that can indicate the potential presence of a fractured reservoir. Important mineral parameters are epidote, reddish feldspar, chlorite, and other alteration products. Textural parameters include the presence of fractures, cataclastic and brecciated graikns, vugs, and drusy crystals. Although rare, the presence of drusy crystals clearly shows that open fractures are present. The study is also geared to identify minerals that affect wireline logs (e.g., alteration products such as chlorite,sericite, and illite, and heavy minerals such as pyritic and magnetite4). Cuttings examination is crucial as relatively few cores or sidewalls have been recovered. Laboratory studies incorporating capillary pressure tests, SEM, and thin-section petrography (in polarized and fluorescent light) reveal that the samples contain a bimodal pore structure composed of larger pores representing the microfractures and smaller pores representing the intercrystalline microporosity developed within altered grains. Porosity in the granites averages 0.96% (typical Swedish granitemore » is 0.5%), and the permeability is 0.003-0.027 md.« less
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