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Petroleum System Example of Conventional Reservoirs
Petroleum System Example of Conventional Reservoirs
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Source Rock
Arab-D:
Hanifa Formation
Tuwaiq Mountain Formation
Seal Rock
Arab-D:
Intra formational evaporite layers
Hith Formation
Arab-D Reservoirs:
Arab-D reservoirs outcrop
analogs
Predominantly oil
reservoir
Arab-D reservoir:
Reservoir rock types
Carbonates with
different types of
carbonate pores Intraskeletal
porosity
Shallow marine
carbonate pores
Interparticle
porosity
Intercrystline
porosity
Arab-D reservoir:
Super k zone
Stratigraphic unit
that produce > 500
barrels per day per
foot of thickness
(BLPD/ft)
Stratigraphic unit
that produce > 500
barrels per day per
foot of thickness
(BLPD/ft)
Rock type:
Limestone versus dolomite
Depositional texture:
Mud-dominated versus grain- dominated for the carbonates
South of
the
equator
Paleogeographic and paleo-
oceanographic Fallatah and Kerans 2018
Source of Mg+
Dolomite of the Arab-D
Upper Jubaila
Super-k
Bioturbation?
Dolomite?