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3-D Seismic Case Histories From the Gulf Coast Basin.

A GCAGS Special Publication, June 1998.

Pages 213-222.

Copyright © 2004 by Gulf Coast Association Of Geological Societies. All rights reserved.

A Comparison of 2-D and 3-D Seismic Interpretation of Monroeville Field, A Frisco City Sand Reservoir, Monroe County, Alabama

By Lawrence R. Baria1 and Robert M. Mink2

1Jura-Search, Inc., P.O. Box 997, Jackson, MS 39205
2Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box O, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486

ABSTRACT

Exploration for Upper Jurassic reservoirs associated with updip basement structures has been a very active exploratory oil play in southwest Alabama for the past few years. Frisco City Sand reservoirs have been the most successful targets, often exhibiting high porosities and permeabilities and accompanying high production rates. The Monroeville Field, in Monroe County, Alabama, is an excellent example of a Frisco City Sand reservoir developed around a basement structure. The field was discovered in 1994 by Palmer Petroleum and others. The original prospect was based on the mapping of 2-D seismic data. A nine square mile 3-D data set was acquired after the field discovery and the reservoir was remapped based on these data. The revised interpretation provided the enhanced data necessary for the drilling of three productive wells in areas where no Frisco City Sand had previously been mapped.

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