Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation of an Isolated Platform Integrating Sequence Stratigraphy and Rock Physics in Centr

Ghon, George; Rankey, Eugene C.; Baechle, Gregor; Schlaich, Markus; Ali, Syed Haroon; Mokhtar, Sofiyah; Pöppelreiter, Michael

doi:10.3997/2214-4609.201800800

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“…This was the time of opening of the Gulf of Aden and rifting of Arabian and African plate started that gave birth to the narrow Red Sea (Hempton 1987). The complicated strike-slip structuration along the Dead Sea transform fault resulted in the uplift of the Syrian Arc (Gomez et al 2007).…”

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“…Analogues contribute crucial information on geometry, connectivity, and geobody size, which is otherwise challenging from seismic and well log data. The use of analogues has been acknowledged in many studies conducted by reservoir modellers (Grammer et al 2004;Pringle et al 2006;Enge et al 2007;Verwer et al 2008;Fabuel-Perez et al 2009;Redfern et al 2010;Qadri et al 2017;Ghon et al 2018;Rankey et al 2019;Qadri et al 2019aQadri et al , b, 2020Eltom et al 2020;Islam et al 2021;Qadri et al 2021). The reconstruction of the analogue model in the spatial dimensions by closely spaced high-resolution photographs provides a new tool in conventional field studies.…”

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Sedimentary facies, depositional environments and conceptual outcrop analogue (Dam Formation, early Miocene) Eastern Arabian Platform, Saudi Arabia: a new high-resolution approach

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J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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This paper presents the facies and depositional environment of the early Miocene Dam Formation, Eastern Arabian platform, Saudi Arabia. Deposition of Dam Formation (Fm.) was considered as a restricted shallow marine deposition. Few studies suggest the role of sea-level change in its deposition but were without decisive substantiation. Here, we describe the facies and high-resolution model of Dam Fm. under varying depositional conditions. The depositional conditions were subjected to changing relative sea level and tectonics. High-resolution outcrop photographs, sedimentological logs, and thin sections present that the mixed carbonate–siliciclastic sequence was affected by a regional tectonics. The lower part of Dam Fm. presents the development of carbonate ramp conditions that are represented by limestones and marl. The depositional conditions fluctuated with the fall of sea level, and uplift in the region pushed the siliciclastic down-dip and covered the whole platform. The subsequent rise in sea level was not as pronounced and thus allowed the deposition of microbial laminites and stromatolitic facies. The southeast outcrops, down-dip, are more carbonate prone as compared to the northwest outcrop, which allowed the deposition of siliciclastic-prone sedimentation up-dip. All facies, architecture, heterogeneity, and deposition were controlled by tectonic events including uplift, subsidence, tilting, and syn-sedimentary faulting, consequently affecting relative sea level. The resulting conceptual outcrop model would help to improve our understanding of mixed carbonate–siliciclastic systems and serve as an analogue for other stratigraphic units in the Arabian plate and region. Our results show that Dam Fm. can be a good target for exploration in the Northern Arabian Gulf.

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