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The influence of inter- and intra-channel architecture on deep-water turbidite reservoir performance

View ORCID ProfileCasey D. Meirovitz, View ORCID ProfileLisa Stright, View ORCID ProfileStephen M. Hubbard and View ORCID ProfileBrian W. Romans
Petroleum Geoscience, 27, petgeo2020-005, 25 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2020-005
Casey D. Meirovitz
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building, 115 S 1460 E #383, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA
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2Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University - Fort Collins, 400 University Avenue, Fort Collins, 80523, USA
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Abstract

Bed-scale heterogeneity in channelized deep-water reservoirs can significantly influence reservoir performance, but reservoir simulation typically requires cell sizes much greater than the scale of intra-channel element architecture. Here, bed- to geobody-scale simulations elucidate the influence of bed-scale architecture and channel element stacking on flow and connectivity, informing full-field reservoir model development and evaluation.

Models consist of two channel element segments, each 300 m (985 ft) wide by 14 m (45 ft) thick and 550 m (1805 ft) long, stacked in 12 different stacking arrangements. Bed-scale architecture is captured in six deterministic element fills, highlighting interbedded sandstone and mudstone (thin bed) presence (homogeneous v. heterogeneous elements), position (symmetrical v. asymmetrical), and proportion (low v. high element net-to-gross). Each model is flow simulated to illuminate how element stacking and intra-element heterogeneity impacts reservoir performance.

Thin bed presence and position have the greatest impact on reservoir connectivity/performance when elements are laterally offset; impacts are minimal when elements are vertically aligned. Impacts are exacerbated when the thin-bed proportion is increased. Where bed-scale architecture is represented, complex flow behaviours generate a significant variability in production timing and the cumulative volumes produced. Simulations consisting of a homogenous element architecture fail to capture complex flow behaviours, producing comparatively optimistic results.

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The influence of inter- and intra-channel architecture on deep-water turbidite reservoir performance

Casey D. Meirovitz, Lisa Stright, Stephen M. Hubbard and Brian W. Romans
Petroleum Geoscience, 27, petgeo2020-005, 25 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2020-005
Casey D. Meirovitz
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building, 115 S 1460 E #383, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA
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