Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs

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Yeste, Luis Miguel; Varela, Augusto Nicolás; Viseras, César; Mcdougall, Neil D.; García García, Fernando
Año de publicación
2020
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artículo
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Exploration and production from formations deposited in low-gradient fluvial systems is typically associated with a high degree of uncertainty; a reflection of the inherent characteristics of these environments, notably the dominance of non-reservoir floodplain fines, rapid lateral facies variations and associated heterogeneities at different scales. However, for a field development to be successful it becomes crucial to know the location, geometry, dimensions and connectivity of the most permeable facies, related to the main channel and the associated proximal overbank deposits (crevasse-splay complexes). With the aim of addressing this problem, a multi-disciplinary study is presented, combining outcrop data, high-resolution sedimentological descriptions and advanced visualization techniques based on Digital Outcrop Models. This is compared with subsurface data from behind the outcrop (core, gamma ray and borehole image logs). The Mudstone–Sandstone Unit of the Triassic Red Beds of Iberian Meseta formation in south-central Spain was selected for the present study. The unit is characterized by the lateral and vertical stacking of four architectural elements: (i) channelized sandstone bodies; (ii) asymmetrical sigmoidal-shaped sandstone bodies; (iii) lobe-shaped to sheet-like sandstone bodies; and (iv) sheet-like mudstones. These elements represent meandering channel, crevasse-channel-splay and floodplain sub-environments, comprising a distal, low-gradient meandering fluvial system. Together with well-documented outcrop and core facies, calibrated log responses are also presented for the channel bodies (bell-shape Gamma Ray profile, random azimuths and low to high dip angles), the crevasse-splay bodies (funnel-shape Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and low dip angles) and the floodplain deposits (serrated Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and very low dip angles). The full integration of outcrop and subsurface datasets has enabled generation of a robust conceptual model with predictive potential when establishing the three-dimensional stacking of facies, distribution of heterogeneities, and the connectivity between reservoir rock geobodies of primary (channel) and secondary (crevasse complex) interest in this type of fluvial reservoir.
Fil: Yeste, Luis Miguel. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; España
Fil: Varela, Augusto Nicolás. YPF - Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Viseras, César. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; España
Fil: Mcdougall, Neil D.. No especifíca;
Fil: García García, Fernando. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; España
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BOREHOLE IMAGE
CREVASSE-SPLAY
GAMMA RAY
MEANDERING FLUVIAL SYSTEM
OUTCROP/BEHIND OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATION
PALAEOSOLS
TIBEM
TRIASSIC
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spelling Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logsYeste, Luis MiguelVarela, Augusto NicolásViseras, CésarMcdougall, Neil D.García García, FernandoBOREHOLE IMAGECREVASSE-SPLAYGAMMA RAYMEANDERING FLUVIAL SYSTEMOUTCROP/BEHIND OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATIONPALAEOSOLSTIBEMTRIASSIChttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Exploration and production from formations deposited in low-gradient fluvial systems is typically associated with a high degree of uncertainty; a reflection of the inherent characteristics of these environments, notably the dominance of non-reservoir floodplain fines, rapid lateral facies variations and associated heterogeneities at different scales. However, for a field development to be successful it becomes crucial to know the location, geometry, dimensions and connectivity of the most permeable facies, related to the main channel and the associated proximal overbank deposits (crevasse-splay complexes). With the aim of addressing this problem, a multi-disciplinary study is presented, combining outcrop data, high-resolution sedimentological descriptions and advanced visualization techniques based on Digital Outcrop Models. This is compared with subsurface data from behind the outcrop (core, gamma ray and borehole image logs). The Mudstone–Sandstone Unit of the Triassic Red Beds of Iberian Meseta formation in south-central Spain was selected for the present study. The unit is characterized by the lateral and vertical stacking of four architectural elements: (i) channelized sandstone bodies; (ii) asymmetrical sigmoidal-shaped sandstone bodies; (iii) lobe-shaped to sheet-like sandstone bodies; and (iv) sheet-like mudstones. These elements represent meandering channel, crevasse-channel-splay and floodplain sub-environments, comprising a distal, low-gradient meandering fluvial system. Together with well-documented outcrop and core facies, calibrated log responses are also presented for the channel bodies (bell-shape Gamma Ray profile, random azimuths and low to high dip angles), the crevasse-splay bodies (funnel-shape Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and low dip angles) and the floodplain deposits (serrated Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and very low dip angles). The full integration of outcrop and subsurface datasets has enabled generation of a robust conceptual model with predictive potential when establishing the three-dimensional stacking of facies, distribution of heterogeneities, and the connectivity between reservoir rock geobodies of primary (channel) and secondary (crevasse complex) interest in this type of fluvial reservoir.Fil: Yeste, Luis Miguel. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; EspañaFil: Varela, Augusto Nicolás. YPF - Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Viseras, César. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; EspañaFil: Mcdougall, Neil D.. No especifíca;Fil: García García, Fernando. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; EspañaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2020-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/168849Yeste, Luis Miguel; Varela, Augusto Nicolás; Viseras, César; Mcdougall, Neil D.; García García, Fernando; Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Sedimentology; 67; 7; 6-2020; 3355-33880037-0746CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sed.12747info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/sed.12747info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:59:01Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/168849instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:59:01.718CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
title Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
spellingShingle Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
Yeste, Luis Miguel
BOREHOLE IMAGE
CREVASSE-SPLAY
GAMMA RAY
MEANDERING FLUVIAL SYSTEM
OUTCROP/BEHIND OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATION
PALAEOSOLS
TIBEM
TRIASSIC
title_short Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
title_full Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
title_fullStr Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
title_full_unstemmed Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
title_sort Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Yeste, Luis Miguel
Varela, Augusto Nicolás
Viseras, César
Mcdougall, Neil D.
García García, Fernando
author Yeste, Luis Miguel
author_facet Yeste, Luis Miguel
Varela, Augusto Nicolás
Viseras, César
Mcdougall, Neil D.
García García, Fernando
author_role author
author2 Varela, Augusto Nicolás
Viseras, César
Mcdougall, Neil D.
García García, Fernando
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BOREHOLE IMAGE
CREVASSE-SPLAY
GAMMA RAY
MEANDERING FLUVIAL SYSTEM
OUTCROP/BEHIND OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATION
PALAEOSOLS
TIBEM
TRIASSIC
topic BOREHOLE IMAGE
CREVASSE-SPLAY
GAMMA RAY
MEANDERING FLUVIAL SYSTEM
OUTCROP/BEHIND OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATION
PALAEOSOLS
TIBEM
TRIASSIC
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Exploration and production from formations deposited in low-gradient fluvial systems is typically associated with a high degree of uncertainty; a reflection of the inherent characteristics of these environments, notably the dominance of non-reservoir floodplain fines, rapid lateral facies variations and associated heterogeneities at different scales. However, for a field development to be successful it becomes crucial to know the location, geometry, dimensions and connectivity of the most permeable facies, related to the main channel and the associated proximal overbank deposits (crevasse-splay complexes). With the aim of addressing this problem, a multi-disciplinary study is presented, combining outcrop data, high-resolution sedimentological descriptions and advanced visualization techniques based on Digital Outcrop Models. This is compared with subsurface data from behind the outcrop (core, gamma ray and borehole image logs). The Mudstone–Sandstone Unit of the Triassic Red Beds of Iberian Meseta formation in south-central Spain was selected for the present study. The unit is characterized by the lateral and vertical stacking of four architectural elements: (i) channelized sandstone bodies; (ii) asymmetrical sigmoidal-shaped sandstone bodies; (iii) lobe-shaped to sheet-like sandstone bodies; and (iv) sheet-like mudstones. These elements represent meandering channel, crevasse-channel-splay and floodplain sub-environments, comprising a distal, low-gradient meandering fluvial system. Together with well-documented outcrop and core facies, calibrated log responses are also presented for the channel bodies (bell-shape Gamma Ray profile, random azimuths and low to high dip angles), the crevasse-splay bodies (funnel-shape Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and low dip angles) and the floodplain deposits (serrated Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and very low dip angles). The full integration of outcrop and subsurface datasets has enabled generation of a robust conceptual model with predictive potential when establishing the three-dimensional stacking of facies, distribution of heterogeneities, and the connectivity between reservoir rock geobodies of primary (channel) and secondary (crevasse complex) interest in this type of fluvial reservoir.
Fil: Yeste, Luis Miguel. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; España
Fil: Varela, Augusto Nicolás. YPF - Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Viseras, César. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; España
Fil: Mcdougall, Neil D.. No especifíca;
Fil: García García, Fernando. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología.; España
description Exploration and production from formations deposited in low-gradient fluvial systems is typically associated with a high degree of uncertainty; a reflection of the inherent characteristics of these environments, notably the dominance of non-reservoir floodplain fines, rapid lateral facies variations and associated heterogeneities at different scales. However, for a field development to be successful it becomes crucial to know the location, geometry, dimensions and connectivity of the most permeable facies, related to the main channel and the associated proximal overbank deposits (crevasse-splay complexes). With the aim of addressing this problem, a multi-disciplinary study is presented, combining outcrop data, high-resolution sedimentological descriptions and advanced visualization techniques based on Digital Outcrop Models. This is compared with subsurface data from behind the outcrop (core, gamma ray and borehole image logs). The Mudstone–Sandstone Unit of the Triassic Red Beds of Iberian Meseta formation in south-central Spain was selected for the present study. The unit is characterized by the lateral and vertical stacking of four architectural elements: (i) channelized sandstone bodies; (ii) asymmetrical sigmoidal-shaped sandstone bodies; (iii) lobe-shaped to sheet-like sandstone bodies; and (iv) sheet-like mudstones. These elements represent meandering channel, crevasse-channel-splay and floodplain sub-environments, comprising a distal, low-gradient meandering fluvial system. Together with well-documented outcrop and core facies, calibrated log responses are also presented for the channel bodies (bell-shape Gamma Ray profile, random azimuths and low to high dip angles), the crevasse-splay bodies (funnel-shape Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and low dip angles) and the floodplain deposits (serrated Gamma Ray profile, unidirectional azimuths and very low dip angles). The full integration of outcrop and subsurface datasets has enabled generation of a robust conceptual model with predictive potential when establishing the three-dimensional stacking of facies, distribution of heterogeneities, and the connectivity between reservoir rock geobodies of primary (channel) and secondary (crevasse complex) interest in this type of fluvial reservoir.
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