This comprehensive study establishes a novel high-resolution sequence stratigraphic framework for a shallow,warm,land-tied carbonate-rimmed shelf represented by the Ponta do Mel Formation.Integration of cores and cutt...This comprehensive study establishes a novel high-resolution sequence stratigraphic framework for a shallow,warm,land-tied carbonate-rimmed shelf represented by the Ponta do Mel Formation.Integration of cores and cuttings with seismic and well-log data provides the detailed subsurface stratigraphic framework encompassing two fourth-order genetic sequences.The high-resolution approach unveiled the step-by-step depositional and diagenetic evolution of the Ponta do Mel Formation at the fourth-order systems tracts scale and established the reservoir zonation.In each zone,the lateral contact between high-energy outer shelf and shelf rim potential reservoirs and low-energy inner shelf deposits constitutes critical reservoir heterogeneities that may affect production planning and development projects.Moreover,the reservoir scale enabled discussion on the controls on deposition,high-resolution sequence architecture,diagenesis,and insight into the zonation and characterisation of similar oil and gas reservoirs worldwide.展开更多
基金support from Petrobras and the Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Geologia e Geofisica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteWe are grateful to Gustavo Barros for his drafting skills.
文摘This comprehensive study establishes a novel high-resolution sequence stratigraphic framework for a shallow,warm,land-tied carbonate-rimmed shelf represented by the Ponta do Mel Formation.Integration of cores and cuttings with seismic and well-log data provides the detailed subsurface stratigraphic framework encompassing two fourth-order genetic sequences.The high-resolution approach unveiled the step-by-step depositional and diagenetic evolution of the Ponta do Mel Formation at the fourth-order systems tracts scale and established the reservoir zonation.In each zone,the lateral contact between high-energy outer shelf and shelf rim potential reservoirs and low-energy inner shelf deposits constitutes critical reservoir heterogeneities that may affect production planning and development projects.Moreover,the reservoir scale enabled discussion on the controls on deposition,high-resolution sequence architecture,diagenesis,and insight into the zonation and characterisation of similar oil and gas reservoirs worldwide.
