Seismic Characterization of Reservoir Architecture and Facies Distribution in a Carbonate Platform Setting: Dynamic Implications for Production in a Super-giant Middle East Field

A first-order seismic characterization of Northern Apulia (Southern Italy) has been provided by considering geological information and outcomes of a low-cost geophysical survey. In particular, 403 single-station ambient vibration measurements (HVSR techniques) distributed within the main settlements of the area have been considered to extract representative patterns deduced by Principal Component Analysis. The joint interpretation of these pieces of information allows the identification of three main domains (Gargano Promontory, Bradanic Through and Southern Apennines Fold and Thrust Belt), each characterized by specific seismic resonance phenomena. In particular, the Bradanic Through is homogeneously characterized by low frequency (<1 Hz) resonance effects associated with relatively deep (>100 m) seismic impedance, which is contrasting corresponding to the buried Apulian carbonate platform and/or sandy horizons located within the Plio-Pleistocene deposits. In the remaining ones, relatively high frequency (>1 Hz) resonance phenomena are ubiquitous due to the presence of shallower impedance contrasts (<100 m), which do not always correspond to the top of the geological bedrock. These general indications may be useful for a preliminary regional characterization of seismic response in the study area, which can be helpful for an effective planning of more detailed studies targeted to engineering purposes.

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3-D Seismic Characterization of Submarine Landslides on a Miocene Carbonate Platform (Luconia Province, Malaysia)

Journal of Sedimentary Research ◽

10.1306/040604740817 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 74 (6) ◽

pp. 817-830 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

V. Zampetti ◽

W. Schlager ◽

J.-H. van Konijnenburg ◽

A.-J. Everts

Keyword(s):

Carbonate Platform ◽

Submarine Landslides ◽

Seismic Characterization

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High-Resolution Seismic Characterization of a Wolfcamp Carbonate Platform Margin

AAPG Bulletin ◽

10.1306/f4c8ed3c-1712-11d7-8645000102c1865d ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 76 ◽

Author(s):

SARG, J. S., Geological Consultant,

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Carbonate Platform ◽

Platform Margin ◽

Seismic Characterization ◽

Carbonate Platform Margin

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Seismic modelling of outcrop carbonate systems: an application to the Cretaceous platform-to-basin system of the Maiella Mountain (Central Apennines, Italy)

Geological Society London Special Publications ◽

10.1144/sp509-2019-81 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. SP509-2019-81

Author(s):

V. Mascolo ◽

I. Lecomte

Keyword(s):

Carbonate Platform ◽

Central Italy ◽

Hydrocarbon Exploration ◽

Seismic Survey ◽

Published Data ◽

Offshore Area ◽

Seismic Modelling ◽

Seismic Characterization ◽

Seismic Models

AbstractForward seismic models of outcrop analogues are used in hydrocarbon exploration to generate more coherent geological-geophysical models that provide an important scale link between outcrops and seismic survey data. Exploration within slope carbonate plays can be problematic with uncertainties about the reservoir geometries, distribution and volumes due to complex seismic imaging and lack of closely-spaced wells. This seismic modelling study provides a synthetic seismic characterization of the carbonate platform-to-slope-to-basin transition exposed across the Maiella Mountain, central Italy. This outcrop represents an analogue for exploration in carbonate slope strata in the Adriatic offshore area. Integration of original and previously published data allows 2D and 3D geological modelling, providing a better characterization of relationships between the paleoescarpment and resedimented deposits. The seismic response of the various geological features of this transitional carbonate system is simulated via synthetic seismic modelling by using innovative, modern techniques. The seismic simulation was performed in both post-stack-time- and pre-stack-depth-migrated domains. These synthetic seismic models help understand and predict seismic architecture and character of the paleoescarpment and resedimented slope deposits.

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Seismic Characterization of Large-Scale Platform-Margin Collapse along the Zhujiang Carbonate Platform (Miocene) of the South China Sea, based on Miocene Outcrop Analogs from Mut Basin, Turkey

Cenozoic Carbonate Systems of Australasia ◽

10.2110/sepmsp.095.079 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 79-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

XAVIER JANSON ◽

GREGOR P. EBERLI ◽

ANTHONY J. LOMANDO ◽

FLORENCE BONNAFFÉ

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Large Scale ◽

Carbonate Platform ◽

The South China Sea ◽

The South ◽

China Sea ◽

Platform Margin ◽

Seismic Characterization

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Seismic Characterization of the Shuaiba Formation in the Western Region of UAE, a Predictive Tool to unravel Shuaiba Facies Mosaic?

10.2118/188346-ms ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Valentina Zampetti ◽

Sonia Perrotta ◽

Ghassen Chaari ◽

Thomas Krayenbuehl ◽

Matthias Braun ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Western Region ◽

Predictive Tool ◽

Seismic Characterization ◽

The Western Region

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Sharing Geophysical Data for Seismic Characterization of the Matera (Southern Italy) Urban Area

10.3997/2214-4609.202120102 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

N. Tragni ◽

G. Calamita ◽

L. Lastilla ◽

V. Belloni ◽

R. Ravanelli ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Urban Area ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Geophysical Data ◽

Seismic Characterization

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About this title - Seismic Characterization of Carbonate Platforms and Reservoirs

Geological Society London Special Publications ◽

10.1144/sp509 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 509 (1) ◽

pp. NP-NP

Author(s):

J. Hendry ◽

P. Burgess ◽

D. Hunt ◽

X. Janson ◽

V. Zampetti

Keyword(s):

Seismic Data ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Carbonate Platform ◽

Carbonate Platforms ◽

Oil And Gas Exploration ◽

Seismic Modelling ◽

Flow Units ◽

Development Data ◽

Seismic Characterization

Modern seismic data have become an essential toolkit for studying carbonate platforms and reservoirs in impressive detail. Whilst driven primarily by oil and gas exploration and development, data sharing and collaboration are delivering fundamental geological knowledge on carbonate systems, revealing platform geomorphologies and how their evolution on millennial time scales, as well as kilometric length scales, was forced by long-term eustatic, oceanographic or tectonic factors. Quantitative interrogation of modern seismic attributes in carbonate reservoirs permits flow units and barriers arising from depositional and diagenetic processes to be imaged and extrapolated between wells.This volume reviews the variety of carbonate platform and reservoir characteristics that can be interpreted from modern seismic data, illustrating the benefits of creative interaction between geophysical and carbonate geological experts at all stages of a seismic campaign. Papers cover carbonate exploration, including the uniquely challenging South Atlantic pre-salt reservoirs, seismic modelling of carbonates, and seismic indicators of fluid flow and diagenesis.

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