Sedimentary Architecture of Field Analogues for Reservoir Information (
            <scp>SAFARI</scp>
            ): A Case Study of the Fluvial Escanilla Formation, Spanish Pyrenees

Dreyer, Tom; Fält, L. M.; Høy, Tore; Knarud, Ragnar; Steel, Ronald J.; Cuevas, J. L.

doi:10.1002/9781444303957.ch3

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“…flooding surfaces, shale drapes, faults and fractures) to reservoir response (e.g. Dreyer et al, 1993;Stephen and Dalrymple, 2002;Howell et al, 2006;Rotevatn et al, 2009a). The approach allows for high-resolution datasets from outcrop to be incorporated into a model where effects on fluid flow can be studied.…”

Section: Analogue Reservoir Modelling and Flow Simulationmentioning

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Simulating the effect of subseismic fault tails and process zones in a siliciclastic reservoir analogue: Implications for aquifer support and trap definition

Rotevatn

Fossen

2011

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Section: Analogue Reservoir Modelling and Flow Simulationmentioning

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Simulating the effect of subseismic fault tails and process zones in a siliciclastic reservoir analogue: Implications for aquifer support and trap definition

Rotevatn

Fossen

2011

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…During the appraisal phase, geological models become the foundation of a reservoir management workflow designed for efficient recovery of reserves (Lake & Carroll 1986;Dubrule 1989;Haldorsen & Damsleth 1990;Srivastava 1994;North & Taylor 1996;Damsleth & Omre 1997;Falivene et al 2006). Understanding the precise architecture of sandbodies and intercalated shale baffles and barriers represents an essential piece of information within the workflow (MacDonald et al 1992;Dreyer et al 1993;MacDonald & Halland 1993;Jones et al 1995;Labourdette & Jones 2007). Traditional datasets used in reservoir modelling (i.e.…”

Section: Integration Of Digital Outcrop Models (Doms) and High Resolumentioning

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Integration of digital outcrop models (DOMs) and high resolution sedimentology – workflow and implications for geological modelling: Oukaimeden Sandstone Formation, High Atlas (Morocco)

Fabuel-Perez

Hodgetts

Redfern

2010

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“…These are derived from widely different fluvial settings (e.g. Collinson 1978;Nami & Leeder 1978;Fielding & Crane 1987;Dreyer 1993;Dreyer et al 1993;Fielding et al 1993;Mjøs et al 1993;Robinson & McCabe 1997;Dalrymple 2001;Gibling 2006;Kelly 2006;Labourdette 2011;Colombera et al 2012), although most published examples are from deltaic lower coastal plain environments. These outcrop datasets reveal that each fluvial system has singular characteristics reflecting natural variability and the diversified nature of fluvial systems.…”

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“…The project collected outcrop data from seven outcrops, with the specific goal of compiling a database of analogues for conditioning the new breed of stochastic reservoir modelling tools that were emerging at that time from the Norwegian Computing Centre. Data were collected for modelling fluvial (Dreyer 1990;Dreyer et al 1993) and shallow-marine systems (MacDonald & Aasen 1994). Work on geobody architecture was not the sole preserve of Norwegian groups; Miall & Tyler (1991) compiled one of the first published studies of outcrop data specifically for application as reservoir analogues.…”

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The application of outcrop analogues in geological modelling: a review, present status and future outlook

2014

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Analogues, especially outcrop analogues, have played a central role in improving understanding of subsurface reservoir architectures. Analogues provide important information on geobody size, geometry and potential connectivity. The historical application of outcrop analogues for understanding geobody distributions in reservoirs is reviewed, from the pioneering work of the 1960s to the high-tech virtual outcrop methodologies of today. Four key types of analogue data are identified: hard data, which describe the dimensions and geometry of the geobody; soft data, which describe the conceptual relationships between different geobody types; training images, which record the dimensions, proportions and spatial relationship; and analogue production data, which are taken from direct subsurface production analogues. The use of these different data types at different stages of the geomodelling workflow is discussed and the potential sources of error considered. Finally, a review of geobody and analogue studies in different clastic environments is discussed with reference to selected previous work and the range of papers in the current volume.Over the last 30 years, computer-based, geocellular models have become a routinely used tool for understanding subsurface reservoirs (Budding & Inglin 1981; review in Keogh et al. 2007). Such models are typically built to aid field development and reservoir management business decisions, but also serve the purpose of integrating disparate scales and types of subsurface data, and visualizing complex three-dimensional (3D) distributions of rocks and fluids. Since the application of early modelling tools, to the present day, it has been common practice to supplement sparse subsurface datasets (e.g. wells and seismic) with data and concepts derived from reservoir analogues. The intention of this process is to generate more accurate representations of the subsurface than would otherwise be possible. Considerable effort has been expended in recent years by industry and academia on the description of reservoir analogues for this purpose. This paper examines the challenges inherent in selection and application of appropriate analogue data, particularly quantitative datasets, during construction of geological models.The most commonly used type of analogue is the outcrop, where information on geometric data that are limited in the subsurface is more readily available in cliff sections. Analogues may also include subsurface data but this is less common. This aspect is considered briefly in this review. The perspective on the application of analogues as discussed here is with regard to sedimentology and stratigraphy applied to hydrocarbon reservoir analysis, and the insights that 3D facies models bring to the distribution of petrophysical properties that control hydrocarbon flow. The discussion is based on clastic systems, but many of the aspects described are equally as applicable to carbonates, although they are not discussed explicitly here. Other branches of subsurface modelling, no...

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Sedimentary Architecture of Field Analogues for Reservoir Information ( SAFARI ): A Case Study of the Fluvial Escanilla Formation, Spanish Pyrenees

Cited by 35 publications

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Simulating the effect of subseismic fault tails and process zones in a siliciclastic reservoir analogue: Implications for aquifer support and trap definition

Simulating the effect of subseismic fault tails and process zones in a siliciclastic reservoir analogue: Implications for aquifer support and trap definition

Integration of digital outcrop models (DOMs) and high resolution sedimentology – workflow and implications for geological modelling: Oukaimeden Sandstone Formation, High Atlas (Morocco)

The application of outcrop analogues in geological modelling: a review, present status and future outlook

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