The Kangaroo is a field located in the Deepwater Nigeria in water depths ranging from 950 to 1,500 meters. Structurally, the field can be described as a NW-SE trending shale-cored anticline with crestal faulting. Several wells have been drilled encountering primarily oil, in a series of Upper to Middle Miocene channelized turbidite reservoirs. The Kangaroo field is a brown field with challenges of unlocking its full potentials. The key subsurface uncertainties identified, were sand distribution and intra-reservoir connectivity. The existing reservoir models did not fully describe the reservoir net sand thickness and as a result, recent drillings have highlighted series of surprises warranting a study, to gain more insights into the sand distribution and reservoir heterogeneity. This study highlights a multi-stack simultaneous seismic inversion used in conjunction with rock physics analysis, for a detailed reservoir characterisation, re-mapping of key reservoirs and prediction of Net-to-gross away from well control. Five offset angle seismic sub-stacks have been inverted with a Simultaneous Inversion algorithm, ultimately converting the reflectivity seismic data into rock property models, generating acoustic impedance (Zp), shear impedance (Zs), and density (ρ). A feasibility study including crossplots of petrophysical and elastic properties from well data was carried out to establish rock property relationships in the interval of interest and this formed the basis for the seismic inversion studies. Key business driving value for this study, is the derivation of a robust estimates of net sand distribution, its impact on modelling reservoir parameters, and consequent estimation of in-place volumes.
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