Bell, D, Kane, IA, Ponten, ASM et al. (3 more authors) (2018) Spatial variability in depositional reservoir quality of deep-water channel-fill and lobe deposits. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 98. pp. 97-115. ISSN 0264-8172
Abstract
Initial porosity and permeability in deep-water systems are controlled by primary sedimentary texture and mineralogy. Therefore, understanding the sedimentary processes that control changes in primary texture is critical for improved reservoir quality predictions. A well-constrained, exhumed submarine lobe in the Jaca Basin, and a submarine channel-fill element in the Aínsa Basin, northern Spain, were studied to characterize the depositional reservoir quality in axial to marginal/fringe positions. Construction of architectural panels and strategic sampling enabled analysis of the spatial changes in textural properties, and their relationship to reservoir quality distribution. Samples were analyzed in thin-section to establish how depositional processes inferred from outcrop observations affect textural properties. Results show that high-density turbidites are concentrated in lobe- and channel-axis positions and exhibit good depositional reservoir quality. Lobe off-axis deposits contain high- and low-density turbidites and have moderate depositional reservoir quality. Conversely, low-density turbidites dominate lobe fringe and channel-margin positions and have relatively poor depositional reservoir quality. There is a sharp decrease in depositional reservoir quality between the lobe off-axis and lobe fringe due to: 1) an abrupt increase in matrix content; 2) an abrupt decrease in sandstone amalgamation; and 3) a decrease in grain-size. There is an abrupt increase in depositional reservoir quality from channel margin to channel axis corresponding to: 1) an increase in total sandstone thickness and amalgamation; 2) an increase in grain-size, 3) a decrease in matrix content. Rates of change of key properties are up to two orders of magnitude greater between channel-fill sub-environments compared to lobe sub-environments. Spatial variability in properties of discrete architectural elements, and rates of changes, provides input to reservoir models during exploration, appraisal, and development phases of hydrocarbon fields.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Marine and Petroleum Geology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Deep-water sedimentology; Reservoir quality; Turbidites; Submarine channel; Submarine lobe; Pyrenees; Process sedimentology; Sedimentary petrology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Applied Geosciences (IAG) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number GDF SUEZ E&P International SA No Ext Ref |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2018 10:05 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2019 00:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.023 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133712 |