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AAPG Bulletin, V.
DOI: 10.1306/07111717004
Sequential vertical gas charge into multilayered sequences controlled by central conduits
M. Foschi,1 J. A. Cartwright,2 and C. W. MacMinn3
1Shell Geoscience Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, United Kingdom; [email protected]
2Shell Geoscience Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, United Kingdom; [email protected]
3Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom; [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Four sets of stacked amplitude anomalies are described from a three-dimensional seismic survey acquired in Block A of the Dutch North Sea. The amplitude anomalies (AAs) have a subcircular planform and within each set they are stacked vertically: they have a high degree of spatial overlap in the vertical succession. These sets of AAs are interpreted as vertical anomaly clusters (VACs) composed of five to seven major AAs each. Seismic interpretation of the VACs and quantitative 
analysis
of the reservoir intervals reveal that the VACs are gas-bearing silt-rich reservoirs hosted in the upper section of the Upper North Sea Group, a mixed clastic succession of Pliocene to Pleistocene age. Novel analysis
based on the geometry of the individual anomalies reveals that these are likely to be the result of a gas migration process characterized by sequential upward gas charge into reservoir units and that the flow across the seals separating these reservoirs is controlled by central regions of focused fluid flow. These regions function as seal–bypass systems and are most likely formed by hydraulic fracturing.
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