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AAPG Bulletin, V.
2013. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.
DOI:10.1306/03041312069
Seismic
modeling
in the analysis of deep-water sandstone termination styles
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Kristina Bakke,1 Ian A. Kane,2 Ole J. Martinsen,3 Steen A. Petersen,4 Tor A. Johansen,5 Steinar Hustoft,6 Frode Hadler Jacobsen,7 Audun Groth8
1Statoil ASA, Research Centre, Sandsliveien 90, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway; [email protected]
2Statoil ASA, Research Centre, Sandsliveien 90, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway; [email protected]
3Statoil ASA, Exploration Excellence, Sandsliveien 90, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway; [email protected]
4Statoil ASA, Research Centre, Sandsliveien 90, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway; [email protected]
5University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science, PB 7800, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway; [email protected]
6Statoil ASA, Geohazard Group, Statoil ASA NO-0246 Oslo, Norway; [email protected]
7Statoil ASA, Research Centre, Arkitekt Ebbels veg 10, Trondheim, Norway; [email protected]
8Statoil ASA, Exploration Excellence, Statoil ASA NO-0246 Oslo, Norway; [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Innovative seismic
forward
modeling
is used to illustrate the sensitivity within
seismic
data, and its application in the interpretation of onlap and pinch-out of terminating deep-water sandstones, two critical components in deep-water exploration and production. Sandstone quality, net-to-gross estimates, volume calculations, vertical connectivity, and stratigraphic trapping are all dependent on the sandstone extent and their
seismic
characteristics in these settings. However,
seismic
resolution is commonly insufficient to resolve the critical reservoir parameters.
Seismic
modeling
of termination styles based on integrated outcrop and subsurface properties allows for depth- and resolution-focused predictive models to be built for improved subsurface analysis. This technique is currently underused as a method to better understand the sensitivity of
seismic
data to the target lithologies and their geometries. The Gres d'Annot Formation is a well-studied sand-prone deep-water system of Paleogene age, deposited in a bathymetrically complex setting. Six end-member termination styles are discussed, including three sand-prone styles—simple onlap (Os), draping onlap (Od), and bed thickening (Ot)—and three heterolithic styles—advancing pinch-out (Pa), convergent pinch-out (Pc), and convergent thickening and pinch-out (Pct). Local thickening close to the system margins is common in both sand-prone and heterolithic terminating strata and plays an important function in the appropriate distribution of sandstone. The outcrops are interpreted as potential (process) analogs for the complex sandstone distribution and termination patterns observed in plays like the Paleogene of the Gulf of Mexico and the Jurassic of the northern North Sea.
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