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Volume: 79 (1995)

Issue: 11. (November)

First Page: 1650

Last Page: 1659

Title: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reservoir Subdivision of the Maastrichtian Chalk in the Dan Field, Danish North Sea

Author(s): Lars Kristensen (2), Thomas Dons (2), Kim Gunn Maver (3), Poul Schioler (2)

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Correlation of wireline log data from the North Sea chalk reservoirs is frequently hampered by rather subtle log patterns in the chalk section due to the apparent monotonous nature of the chalk sediments, which may lead to ambiguous correlations. This study deals with a correlation technique based on an integration of biostratigraphic data, seismic interpretation, and wireline log correlation; this technique aims at producing a consistent reservoir subdivision that honors both the well data and the seismic data. This multidisciplinary approach has been used to subdivide and correlate the Maastrichtian chalk in the Dan field. The biostratigraphic subdivision is based on a new detailed dinoflagellate study of core samples from eight wells. Integrating the biostratigraphic r sults with three-dimensional seismic data allows recognition of four stratigraphic units within the Maastrichtian, bounded by assumed chronostratigraphic horizons. This subdivision is further refined by adding a seismic horizon and four horizons from wireline log correlations, establishing a total of nine reservoir units. The approximate chronostratigraphic nature of these units provides an improved interpretation of the depositional and structural patterns in this area. The three upper reservoir units pinch out and disappear in a northeasterly direction across the field. We interpret this stratal pattern as reflecting a relative sea level fall or regional basinal subsidence during the latest Maastrichtian, possibly combined with local synsedimentary uplift due to salt tectonics. Isochor maps indicate that the underlying six non-wedging units are unaffected by salt tectonics.

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