scholarly journals Biostratigraphy and Depositional Environment of Early to Middle Miocene Sediments at Kulon Progo, Wonosari, and Punung Areas Based on Their Foraminiferal and Palynological Assemblages

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakhmat Fakhruddin
Keyword(s):  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Palynological Assemblages

Reservoir Quality of the Miocene Formation Gas Deposits, Onshore Abu Dhabi

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Breislin ◽  
Laura Galluccio ◽  
Kate Al Tameemi ◽  
Riaz Khan ◽  
Atef Abdelaal
Keyword(s):  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Reservoir Quality ◽  
Carbonate Facies ◽  
Pore System ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Reservoir Architecture ◽  
Porosity And Permeability ◽  
Permeability Anisotropy

Abstract Understanding reservoir architecture is key to comprehend the distribution of reservoir quality when evaluating a field's prospectivity. Renewed interest in the tight, gas-rich Middle Miocene anhydrite intervals (Anh-1, Anh-2, Anh-3, Anh-4 and Anh-6) by ADNOC has given new impetus to improving its reservoir characterisation. In this context, this study provides valuable new insights in geological knowledge at the field scale within a formation with limited existing studies. From a sedimentological point of view, the anhydrite layers of the Miocene Formation, Anh-1, Anh-2, Anh-3, Anh-4 and Anh-6 (which comprise three stacked sequences: Bur1, Bur2 and Bur3; Hardenbol et al., 1998), have comparable depositional organisation throughout the study area. Bur1 and Bur2 are characterised by an upward transition from intertidal-dominated deposits to low-energy inner ramp-dominated sedimentation displaying reasonably consistent thickness across the area. Bur3 deposits imply an initial upward deepening from an argillaceous intertidal-dominated to an argillaceous subtidal-dominated setting, followed by an upward shallowing into intertidal and supratidal sabkha-dominated environments. This Bur3 cycle thickens towards the south-east due to a possible deepening, resulting in the subtle increase in thickness of the subtidal and intertidal deposits occurring around the maximum-flooding surface. The interbedded relationship between the thin limestone and anhydrite layers within the intertidal and proximal inner ramp deposits impart strong permeability anisotropy, with the anhydrite acting as significant baffles to vertical fluid flow. A qualitative reservoir quality analysis, combining core sedimentology data from 10 wells, 331 CCA data points, 58 thin-sections and 10 SEM samples has identified that reservoir layers Anh-4 and Anh-6 contain the best porosity and permeability values, with the carbonate facies of the argillaceous-prone intertidal and distal inner ramp deposits hosting the best reservoir potential. Within these facies, the pore systems within the carbonate facies are impacted by varying degrees of dolomitisation and dissolution which enhance the pore system, and cementation (anhydrite and calcite), which degrade the pore system. The combination of these diagenetic phases results in the wide spread of porosity and permeability data observed. The integration of both the sedimentological features and diagenetic overprint of the Middle Miocene anhydrite intervals shows the fundamental role played by the depositional environment in its reservoir architecture. This study has revealed the carbonate-dominated depositional environment groups within the anhydrite stratigraphic layers likely host both the best storage capacity and flow potential. Within these carbonate-dominated layers, the thicker, homogenous carbonate deposits would be more conducive to vertical and lateral flow than thinner interbedded carbonates and anhydrites, which may present as baffles or barriers to vertical flow and create significant permeability anisotropy.

Shallow marine Lower and Middle Miocene deposits at the southern margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium): dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and depositional history

2000 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. LOUWYE ◽  
J. DE CONINCK ◽  
J. VERNIERS
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Depositional History ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
Dinoflagellate Cyst ◽  
Southern North Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Southern Margin ◽  
The North Sea

Detailed dinoflagellate cyst analysis of the Lower–Middle Miocene Berchem Formation at the southernmost margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium) allowed a precise biostratigraphical positioning and a reconstruction of the depositional history. The two lower members of the formation (Edegem Sands and decalcified Kiel Sands) are biostratigraphically regarded as one unit since no significant break within the dinocyst assemblages is observed. The base of this late (or latest) Aquitanian–Burdigalian unit coincides with sequence boundary Aq3/Bur1 as defined by Hardenbol and others, in work published in 1998. A hiatus at the Lower–Middle Miocene transition separates the upper member (the Antwerpen Sands) from the underlying member. The greater part of the Antwerpen Sands were deposited in a Langhian (latest Burdigalian?)–middle Serravallian interval. The base of this unit coincides with sequence boundary Bur5/Lan1. Biostratigraphical correlation points to a diachronous post-depositional decalcification within the formation since parts of the decalcified Kiel Sands can be correlated with parts of the calcareous fossil-bearing section, up to now interpreted as Antwerpen Sands. The dinoflagellate cyst assemblages are dominated by species with a inner neritic preference, although higher numbers of oceanic taxa in the upper part of the formation indicate incursions of oceanic watermasses into the confined depositional environment of the southern North Sea Basin.

scholarly journals Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of continental Tertiary vertebrate faunas in the Lower Rhine Embayment (NW-Germany)

2002 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Th. Mörs
Keyword(s):  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Flood Plain ◽  
Nw Germany ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Faunal Assemblages ◽  
Tectonically Active ◽  
Lake Deposits ◽  
Lower Rhine Embayment ◽  
Lower Rhine

AbstractThis paper discusses the faunal content, the mammal biostratigraphy, and the environmental ecology of three important continental Tertiary vertebrate faunas from the Lower Rhine Embayment. The sites investigated are Rott (MP 30, Late Oligocene), Hambach 6C (MN 5, Middle Miocene), Frechen and Hambach 11 (both MN 16, Late Pliocene). Comparative analysis of the entire faunas shows the assemblages to exhibit many conformities in their general composition, presumably resulting from their preference for wet lowlands. It appears that very similar environmental conditions for vertebrates reoccurred during at least 20 Ma although the sites are located in a tectonically active region with high subsidence rates. Differences in the faunal composition are partly due to local differences in the depositional environment of the sites: lake deposits at the margin of the embayment (Rott), coal swamp and estuarine conditions in the centre of the embayment (Hambach 6C), and flood plain environments with small rivulets (Frechen and Hambach 11). The composition of the faunal assemblages (diversity and taxonomy) also documents faunal turnovers with extinctions and immigrations (Oligocene/Miocene and postMiddle Miocene), as a result of changing climate conditions.Additional vertebrate faunal data were retrieved from two new assemblages collected from younger strata at the Hambach mine (Hambach 11C and 14). They are important for the understanding of the Plio-Pleistocene transition in the southern part of the Lower Rhine Embayment and for correlating depositional sequences in the Dutch/German borderland.

scholarly journals Depositional Environment of Deep-Water Fan Facies: A Case Study of the Middle Miocene Interval at the Kutei and North Makassar Basins

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Kuntadi Nugrahanto ◽  
Ildrem Syafri ◽  
Budi Muljana
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Seismic Stratigraphy ◽  
Horizontal Length ◽  
Sequence Boundaries

Massive exploration effort in the study area was conducted in 1996-2014 when deep-water drilling campaign found significant oil and gas discoveries but yet to optimally reach the middle Miocene deep-water sandstone reservoirs. Outcrops, well bores and 2D-seismic data had been incorporated in this study. Datum age from several taxon indicators have been utilized to correlate and unify various markers across the study area into four key biostratigraphy markers: M40, M45, M50, and M65. These four markers are at that point tied to the 2D seismic data in the act of the main horizons in conducting the seismic stratigraphy analysis over the study area not reached by wells. Identifying candidate of sub-regional sequence boundaries onshore and offshore that correspond with relative sea-level drops are the main result of this study. These results were integrated to generate the deep-water fan facies of the middle Miocene's gross depositional environment (GDE) maps, which generally show prograding succession easterly in the various shelf-breaks shifting laterally. The angle of slope and the horizontal length of the shelf-to-slope breaks significantly change from the Middle to Late Miocene until Recent time.Keywords: GDE, deep-water fan, Middle Miocene, Kutei, North Makassar.

scholarly journals Mid-Tertiary paleoenvironments in Thailand: pollen evidence

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sepulchre ◽  
D. Jolly ◽  
S. Ducrocq ◽  
Y. Chaimanee ◽  
J.-J. Jaeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Miocene ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Climate Variations ◽  
Tropical Environments ◽  
Palynological Assemblages ◽  
Tropical Woodlands ◽  
Mae Moh ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
Northeastern Thailand

Abstract. Only few well-dated records document the evolution of Southeast Asian paleoenvironments during the Cenozoic. Here we analyse continental pollen assemblages from Late Oligocene and Miocene fossil sites of Thailand. In agreement with previous studies, palynoflora from the Oligocene suggests warm temperate forested habitats at 24–26 Ma, whereas Middle Miocene assemblages are made of thermophilous taxa. This change can be linked to the major climate reorganization that brought warmer and wetter conditions over Southeast Asia around 22 Ma. This study also provides the first submillional records from the Middle Miocene of Thailand. Thirteen samples of lignite layers from the sivaladapid-bearing Mae Moh site, dated between 13.3 and 13.1 Ma, and six samples from the hominoid-bearing Chiang Muan deposit, dated between 12.4 and 12.2 Ma, document oscillations between tropical woodlands and grasslands in northern Thailand. These pollen records likely reflect climate variations linked to insolation variations. Late Miocene palynological assemblages from Khorat, northeastern Thailand, document fluviolacustrine paleoenvironments alternatively covered by thermophilous trees and grasslands. These records show that both sivaladapids and early hominoids from Thailand have evolved in tropical environments with high variability in the vegetation cover.

Late Permian (Tatarian) fluvio-lacustrine successions in NW Anatolia (Zonguldak Terrane, Turkey): palaeogeographic implications

2016 ◽  
Vol 154 (5) ◽  
pp. 1073-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
CENGİZ OKUYUCU ◽  
TATYANA K. DIMITROVA ◽  
MEHMET CEMAL GÖNCÜOĞLU ◽  
İBRAHİM GEDİK
Keyword(s):  
Plant Material ◽  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Variscan Belt ◽  
Late Permian ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
East European ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Palynological Assemblages

AbstractLate Permian fluvio-lacustrine successions of the Çakraz Formation in the Zonguldak Terrane between the regions of Akçakoca and Ereğli were investigated in order to describe the litho- and biostratigraphic properties and explain the depositional environment. The studied succession with black, dark-grey to greenish-grey shales, siltstones and limestones is named the Alaplı Member to distinguish it from the classical red clastic successions, which are tentatively named the Ereğli Member of the Çakraz Formation. The organic-rich black shales, mudstones and limestones of the Alaplı Member yielded palynological assemblages suggesting a Lopingian (Tatarian) age. The lack of any marine macro- or microfossils, the fine-grained character of the lithofacies with abundant plant material and the association of poorly sorted conglomerates in the middle part of the succession indicate possible deposition in a broad range of fluvial and lacustrine environments. Successions of similar age and depositional environment are known from the East European Variscan Belt in Bulgaria and Romania. Common successions were also developed in actively extending shallow-marine platforms on the NW Palaeotethyan margin at the end of the Permian Period.

Depositional environment of the upper middle Miocene strata in the southwestern Ulleung Basin, Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 765-795
Author(s):  
Yeseul Choi ◽  
Byongcheon Yang ◽  
Seik Paik ◽  
Daekyo Cheong
Keyword(s):  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Ulleung Basin

High Resolution Correlation of Sequence Stratigraphy to Stipulate Further Hidrocarbon Prospect in A Mature Field : Case Study of Limau Field, South Sumatera Basin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Suseno
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Well Log ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Sequence Stratigraphic ◽  
Sediment Deposits ◽  
Order Sequence ◽  
Rms Amplitude

The Limau Trend Structure is located in the South Sumatera Basin of Indonesia. The main reservoir in this field is the Talang Akar Formation which is deposited in a fluvial complex that changes gradually into a shallow marine depositional environment in a transgressive phase of 3rd order sequence. The sediment deposit was developed from the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene. A high-resolution sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the 3rd to 4th order was interpreted from the subsurface data (core and well log) combined with the outcrop observation that resulted in a comprehensive input for building a geological model. Based on this framework, the transgressive phase series in each parasequence set produces restricted sediment deposits that have the potential for stratigraphic traps. On the other hand, the amalgamated sands of the regression phase will be related to the structural traps. The RMS amplitude volume from seismic multi attributes analysis shows that the facies is changing with the reservoir distribution. The seismic attributes such as VpVs indicate a hydrocarbon presence. The combination of all data reveals that the stratigraphic traps are the main trapping mechanism in the Limau field. The field development works are now focusing in the northern area, on the transgressive phase of the 4th order parasequence set. It composes of a fluvial complex cycle that has a high potential for a virgin geometrically restricted (lense shaped) reservoir rather than well-connected and sand-rich maximum regressive reservoir facies. This transgressive phase reservoir of parasequence set (4th order) at the Northern Belimbing Field was proven by 2 (two) recently drilled wells. Both wells showed very good hydrocarbon indications and produced oil with an initial rate of 174 bopd & 1265 bopd respectively. These results confirmed the oil prospectivity within the transgressive phase of the 4th order parasequence set at the Northern Limau Trend. The initial resources estimation in the Northern Belimbing Field contains 65 MMBO. This is very promising for the development of the Belimbing Field, Limau Trend.

Depositional Environment and Petroleum System Analysis Based on Outcrop Analogue in Sukolilo Outcrop, Tuban Regency, East Java Province

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N., S., Irsani
Keyword(s):  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Reservoir Rock ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Carbonaceous Shale ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Limestone Sample ◽  
Rock Eval

The North East Java Basin has become one of the most promising basins in Indonesia. Over 150 million barrels of oil have been extracted from the Rembang Zone in the North East Java Basin. The Sukolilo outcrop, located in Sukolilo, Bancar, Tuban Regency, East Java, represents all the components of an exposed Middle Miocene petroleum system. The objective of this study is to present an excellent analogue for the depositional environment and petroleum system of the Middle Miocene formation of the Rembang Zone that can be expected in similar subsurface settings and as a tool for outcrop preservation with modelling using photogrammetry. Data consists of measured section, photogrammetry data, petrographic analysis, TOC content measurement and Rock-Eval Pyrolysis. Observed formation at this outcrop includes Ngrayong, Bulu, and Wonocolo Formation. The facies distributed in this outcrop consist of claystone-carbonaceous shale bedded, cross-bedded quartz sandstone, foraminiferal limestone and calcareous siltstone intercalated calcareous sandstone. Based on depositional environment analysis, the depositional environment changes from Lagoon – Tidal Flat – Shallow Marine – Shelf. The result of petrographic analysis shows that quartz sandstone porosity from the Ngrayong Formation can be identified as reservoir rock. Seal rock potential is shown by carbonate minerals diagenesis of the foraminiferal limestone sample. Source rock potential which is identified using TOC content and Rock-Eval Pyrolysis, reveals that the sample tends to be gas prone (kerogen type III) and has low thermal maturity (immature). Ductile deformation (conical anticline) and brittle deformation (normal fault) is predicted to be the migration path for this petroleum system.

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