Abstract: A method may use a core sampling system for collecting a core sample with a reference log of a first property. The method may use a wellbore logging system for recording uncalibrated well logs with a target log of the first property. The method may use a computer processor for obtaining an uncalibrated geological model, determining a bulk-shift depth correction based on a first cost function, forming a bulk-shifted log by applying the bulk-shift depth correction to the target log, identifying a plurality of log event pairs, determining, for each of the log event pairs, a local-shift depth correction based on a second cost function, forming a local-shift depth correction table from the local-shift depth correction for the log event pairs, and forming a calibrated geological model based, at least in part, on the uncalibrated geological model and the local-shift depth correction table.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic well log normalization are disclosed. The methods include acquiring a target log in a target well and a reference log in a reference well; identifying a stratigraphic interval in the target well and in the reference well; projecting the target log from the target well onto a pseudo target log in a pseudo target well and projecting the reference log from the reference well onto a pseudo reference log in a pseudo reference well; identifying lithologies from a first histogram of the pseudo target log and a second histogram of the pseudo reference log; determining, using the first histogram and the second histogram a regression relationship between the pseudo target log and the pseudo reference log; applying the regression relationship to the pseudo target log to generate a normalized pseudo target log; and determining a reservoir quality of the reservoir that produces hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A method is claimed that includes obtaining a measured present-day value of at least one parameter for each member of a set of unvalidated geological layers arranged in order of increasing depth and iteratively selecting a member of the set as a current layer. For each current layer in turn, the method further determines an estimated archaic value of at least one parameter of the current layer based on its measured present-day value by applying an alternating cycle of decompaction followed by geomechnical modeling to predict a present-day value of the parameter of the current layer based on its estimated archaic value. The method still further determines a validated archaic value of at least one parameter of each current layer based on a difference between the predicted and the measured present-day values. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for validating the archaic value for each layer is claimed.

Abstract: A method is claimed that includes obtaining a measured present-day value of at least one parameter for each member of a set of unvalidated geological layers arranged in order of increasing depth and iteratively selecting a member of the set as a current layer. For each current layer in turn, the method further determines an estimated archaic value of at least one parameter of the current layer based on its measured present-day value by applying an alternating cycle of decompaction followed by geomechnical modeling to predict a present-day value of the parameter of the current layer based on its estimated archaic value. The method still further determines a validated archaic value of at least one parameter of each current layer based on a difference between the predicted and the measured present-day values. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for validating the archaic value for each layer is claimed.