Completed Study |
The
Shuaiba Formation of North Oman: Core-based High-Frequency Sequence Model
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The
Shuaiba Formation of North Oman is one of the most important producing
formations in Oman. This study of the facies and stratigraphic framework
of the Shuaiba in Oman was undertaken as a joint study between OXY Oman,
PDO, and the Bureau of Economic Geology with the goal of developing a
detailed high-frequency sequence framework and understanding the relationship
between the evolving tectonic elements in the region and the distribution
of reservoir facies and stratigraphic and-or combination structural/stratigraphic
traps. The northern Oman portion of the Bab Basin that is the focus of
this study (Figure 1), more than any other area during Shuaiba deposition,
bears a strong structural imprint on deposition. Reservoir facies from
each of the fields examined are unique in some way. As a result, significant
potential remains for exploration by generating a new type of prospect
map that looks at intra-Shuaiba/Bab deformation using an isochore between
the top of the lower Shuaiba and the Nahr Umr marker.
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For more information, please contact Charles Kerans, principal investigator. Telephone 512-471-1368; e-mail charles.kerans@beg.utexas.edu. |