Techniques:

• Facies- & sequence analysis of cores, outcrops & image logs, for interpretation of depositional environments, sequence stratigraphy and depo-tectonic setting.
• Sequence stratigraphic interpretation of well-log correlation panels.
• Thin-section analysis of sandstone composition & diagenesis.

Benefits:

• Improved prediction of reservoir-sand distribution at the basin scale, by systems tract identification.
• Prediction of undiscovered stratigraphic plays, such as incised valleys and lowstand fans.
• Prediction of reservoir sand-body geometry, size and orientation, for improved placement of exploration and development wells.
• Improved basin models, by interpreting number and timing of uplift events and oil charges by thin-section analysis of sandstone diagenesis.
• Thin-section determination of sandstone porosity type and evolution, for prediction of subsurface porosity distribution.
• Thin-section assessment of reservoir damage risk (swelling clays, etc.).
• Thin-section determination of porosity and bitumen volume (immobile oil), to assist reserves calculations.
• More accurate reservoir parameters for production simulation models (geometry, dimensions, facies, porosity).