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Undulating well trajectories are often drilled to improve length exposure to rock formations, target desirable hydrocarbon-saturated zones, and enhance resolution of borehole measurements. Despite these merits, undulating wells can introduce adverse conditions to the interpretation of borehole measurements which are seldom observed in vertical wells penetrating horizontal layers. Common examples are polarization horns observed across formation bed boundaries in borehole resistivity measurements acquired in highly-deviated wells. Consequently, conventional interpretation practices developed for vertical wells can yield inaccurate results in HA/HZ wells. A reliable approach to account for well trajectory and bed-boundary effects in the petrophysical interpretation of well logs is the application of forward and inverse modeling techniques because of their explicit use of measurement response functions. The main objective of this dissertation is to develop inversion-based petrophysical interpretation methods that quantitatively integrate logging-while-drilling (LWD) multi-sector nuclear (i.e., density, neutron porosity, photoelectric factor, natural gamma ray) and multi-array propagation resistivity measurements. Under the assumption of a multi-layer formation model, the inversion approach estimates formation properties specific to a given measurement domain by numerically reproducing the available measurements. Subsequently, compositional multi-mineral analysis of inverted layer-by-layer properties is implemented for volumetric estimation of rock and fluid constituents. The most important prerequisite for efficient petrophysical inversion is fast and accurate forward models that incorporate specific measurement response functions for numerical simulation of LWD measurements. In the nuclear measurement domain, first-order perturbation theory and flux sensitivity functions (FSFs) are reliable and accurate for rapid numerical simulation. Albeit efficient, these first-order approximations can be inaccurate when modeling neutron porosity logs, especially in the presence of borehole environmental effects (tool standoff or/and invasion) and across highly contrasting beds and complex formation geometries. Accordingly, a secondary thrust of this dissertation is the introduction of two new methods for improving the accuracy of rapid numerical simulation of LWD neutron porosity measurements. The two methods include: (1) a neutron-density petrophysical parameterization approach for describing formation macroscopic cross section, and (2) a one-group neutron diffusion flux-difference method for estimating perturbed spatial neutron porosity fluxes. Both methods are validated with full Monte Carlo (MC) calculations of spatial neutron detector FSFs and subsequent simulations of neutron porosity logs in the presence of LWD azimuthal standoff, invasion, and highly dipping beds. Analysis of field and synthetic verification examples with the combined resistivity-nuclear inversion method confirms that inversion-based estimation of hydrocarbon pore volume in HA/HZ wells is more accurate than conventional well-log analysis. Estimated hydrocarbon pore volume from conventional analysis can give rise to errors as high as 15% in undulating HA/HZ intervals. / text

Due to precipitation poor winters and springs and over-exploitation of groundwater reserves during the summer months as a consequence of tourism, the island of Gotland has experienced fresh water shortages during recent years which has led to harsh restrictions in the use of municipal water. In order to find a solution to the islands fresh water problems, the region of Gotland and the Swedish Environmental Institute (IVL) have initiated a project in which the southernmost part of Gotland, Storsudret, will be used as a test site for new methods of sustainable freshwater storage and extraction methods. A, for Sweden, new method currently being investigated is the use of subsurface dams in order to increase the storage capacity of soil groundwater, thus increasing the possible extractions. Methods for finding suitable sites for subsurface dams has been investigated by Imran Jamali, 2016, and Ludvig Almqvist, 2017. There is however a need in further investigating and developing methods for subsurface dam location. This master thesis has focused on performing on-site data collection and on the use of groundwater flow model to evaluate the possibility of placing a subsurface dam on Storsudret, as steps in a method to localize areas suitable for subsurface dams. On site data was collected through resistivity measurements and water level measurements. This was used as input data for the flow model, MIKE SHE, together with more general GIS-data available. Flow modelling was performed during the period 2015-2018, which included the initially dry years of 2015-16 and the summer of 2017, and the more precipitation rich second half of 2017 and spring of 2018. Subsurface dams were modelled to investigate the results on the surroundings. The result did not show any obvious locations for the placement of a subsurface dam within the modelled area. The site considered to be most suitable for dam placement was modelled but showed only a rather small additional stored volume. However, the model result indicated that large possibilities for freshwater extraction already could be present in an existing geological formation in the area, even without the presence of a subsurface dam. As a tool for finding the specific location of groundwater dams, it was concluded that MIKE SHE gives a good overview over the general hydrogeological features and flow paths. Thus, it is a valuable tool when it comes to finding interesting sites for further investigations. However, due to problems in obtaining detailed enough input data, the model is considered to be less suitable for finding specific locations for dam placement when investigating a larger domain. / På grund av nederbördsfattiga vintrar och ett överuttag från grundvattenreservoarerna under turistsäsongen på somrarna, har Gotland erfarit vattenbrist under senare år vilket lett till hårda bevattningsförbud för såväl kommunalt och enskilt vatten. För att hitta en lösning på denna vattenbrist har Region Gotland och Svenska Miljöinstitutet (IVL) initierat ett projekt på den södra delen av Gotland, Storsudret, som kommer att användas som en testplats för nya lösningar inom lagring och uttag av färskvatten. En, för Sverige, ny metod som för nuvarande undersöks är användandet av grundvattendammar som ett sätt att öka lagringskapaciteten i marken och på så sätt kunna öka uttagen av grundvatten. Metoder för att finna lämpliga platser för grundvattendammar har undersökts av Imran Jamali, 2016, och Ludvig Almqvist, 2017. Därtill finns ett behov av att vidare undersöka och utveckla metoder för lokalisering av grundvattendammar. Denna masteruppsats har fokuserat på att utföra data-inhämtning i fält och bygga upp en grundvattenflödesmodell för att utvärdera möjligheten att placera en grundvattendam på Storsudret, som ett vidare steg i att utveckla en metod för att finna lämpliga platser för grundvattendammar. Data från fältundersökningar hämtades genom resistivitetsmätningar och vattenståndsmätningar. Dessa data användes som inmatning i grundvattenflödesmodellen, MIKE SHE, tillsammans med mer generell GIS-data. Flödesmodellering utfördes under perioden 2015-2018, vilket inkluderade torrår under perioden 2015-2016 och slutet av sommaren 2017 och mer nederbördsrik period under hösten 2017 och våren 2018. Grundvattendammar modellerades för att undersöka områdespåverkan. Resultaten visade på ingen självklar lokalisering för en grundvattendamm inom det modellerade området, på grund av platt geologi utan tydliga utflödespunkter blev resultatet av en damm endast en liten ökad grundvattenvolym. Däremot visade modellresultaten att stora uttagsmöjligheter för grundvatten redan fanns i existerande geologiska formationer även utan en grundvattendamm närvarande. Som ett steg i metoden att finna lämpliga platser för grundvattendammar var MIKE SHE ett bra verktyg för att ge en god överblick över de generella hydrogeologiska flödena. MIKE SHE är ett värdefullt verktyg när det kommer till att hitta intressanta platser för vidare undersökningar. Däremot fanns problem med att finna detaljerade inmatningsdata vilket gör modellen mindre lämplig för att finna exakta grundvattendamsplaceringar inom ett större område.