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AAPG Bulletin, V. 84, No. 4 (April 2000), P. 453-465.

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Developing and Managing Turbidite Reservoirs: Case Histories and Experiences: Results of the 1998 EAGE/AAPG Research Conference

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Paul Weimer,2 Roger M. Slatt,3 Peter Dromgoole,4 Mike Bowman,5 and Andrew Previous HitLeonardNext Hit5

©Copyright 2000. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.
1Manuscript received June 14, 1999; revised manuscript received September 9, 1999; final acceptance October 4, 1999.
2Energy and Minerals Applied Research Center, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0399.
3Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401.
4Appro Consultants, Little Nodes, Magham Doe East Sussex BN27 1PW, United Kingdom.
5BP Amoco, Farburn Industrial Estate, Dyce, Aberdeen AB2 0PB, United Kingdom.
We thank Eveline Schut and Anja Kroon of the EAGE for their logistical support throughout the planning of this conference. We thank the following participants of the EAGE/AAPG Research Conference for their discussion and presentations that form the basis for this review paper: Vitor Abreau (Unocal), Nadia Al-Abry (Edinburgh University), Yousef Al-Aufi (Edinburgh University), Philippe Bourges (Elf), Wayne Camp (Anadarko), Mark Chapin (Royal Dutch-Shell), Mike Clark (Arco), Julian Clark (Heriott-Watt), Don Clarke (City of Long Beach), Dominique Claude (Elf), George Clemenceau (BP-Amoco), Previous HitJamesTop Coleman (BP-Amoco), Steve Cossey (consultant), Bryan Cronin (Aberdeen University), Bob Davis (Schlumberger), Peter Diebold (Royal Dutch-Brunei), Shirley Dutton (BEG-Austin),Trevor Elliott (Liverpool), Franco Fonnesso (Agip), Mike Gardner (Colorado School of Mines), Tim Garfield (Exxon), Tim Good (Mobil), Frank Goulding (Exxon), Adrian Hartley (Aberdeen University), Peter Haughton (Dublin), Neil Humphreys (Mobil), Liz Jolley (BP-Amoco), Phillipe Joseph (Elf), John Kantorowicz (Amoco), John Kendrick (Shell), Kick Kleverlaan (Consultant), V. Kolla (Elf), Markus Leishmann (Amerada Hess), Walter Maciel (Petrobras), Wenceslao Martinez (Repsol), Ole Martinsen (Norsk Hydro), Xavier Mathieu (Total), Mike Mayall (BP-Amoco), William McCaffrey (Leeds University), Trey Meckel (Royal-Dutch/Shell), Ronald Pattinson (International New Ventures), Chris Perry (Conoco), Henry Pettingill (Repsol), Kevin Pickering (University College), Gonzalo Ruiz (Schlumberger), Kevin Schofield (Conoco), Will Schweller (Chevron), Randy Smith (Texaco), Chuck Stelting (Chevron), Dorrick Stow (Manchester), Susan Strommen (Statoil), Jose Torres (Repsol), Susana Torrescusa (Repsol), Richard Vaughan (Repsol), Jose Carlos Vincente (Repsol), Jacques Vittori (Elf), Roger Walker (Norsk Hydro), John Warrender (Conoco), Markus Weissenbaeck (RAG-Vienna), Jonathan Wonham (Elf). We thank Neil Hurley, AAPG editor, for his review of the manuscript.

ABSTRACT

This paper summarizes the results of a joint EAGE/AAPG research conference that was convened in Almeria, Spain, in October 1998. The theme of the conference was how to better produce deep-water reservoirs based on lessons learned from the past 25 yr. A repeated message at the conference was that there is more complexity than anticipated in turbidite reservoirs, contrary to many people's expectations. Such complexity may go unnoticed during initial depletion and be observed only during secondary injection of fluids. Early recognition of shale occurrences and geometries, bed continuity, and stratigraphic variations in net-to-gross ratios appear to be the main issues related to maximizing well performance.

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