Geology and stratigraphy of fluvio-deltaic deposits in the Ivishak formation: Applications for development of Prudhoe Bay field, Alaska

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1588-1623

  Robert S, Tye ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^a   Lorsong, James A ^a   Sindelar, Scott T ^a   Knock, Douglas G ^a   Puls, David D ^b   Levinson, Richard A ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Exxon Azerbaijan Operating Co L   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343550325     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. Atkinson, C. D., P. N. Trumbly, and M. C. Kremer, 1988, Sedimentology and depositional environments of the Ivishak sandstone, Prudhoe Bay field, North Slope, Alaska, in A. J. Lomando and P. M. Harris, eds., Giant oil and gas fields: SEPM Core Workshop no. 12, p. 561-613.
2. Atkinson, C. D., J. H. McGowen, S. Bloch, L. L. Lundell, and P. N. Trumbly, 1990, Braidplain and deltaic reservoir, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in J. H. Barwis, J. G. McPherson, and R. J. Studlick, eds., Sandstone petroleum reservoirs: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 7-29.
3. Begg, S. H., E. R. Gustason, and M. W. Deacon, 1992, Characterization of a fluvial-dominated delta: zone 1 of the Prudhoe Bay field: Society of Petroleum Engineers 67th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, paper SPE 24698, p. 351-364.
4. Bellamy, J. R. W., 1993, Multidisciplinary team approach to reservoir description in a fluvio-deltaic reservoir: zone 1/2A, Prudhoe Bay field: Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Regional Meeting, paper SPE 26120, p. 749.
5. Bhattacharya, J. P., 1993, The expression and interpretation of marine flooding surfaces and erosional surfaces in core; examples from the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation in the Alberta foreland basin, in C. P. Summerhayes and H. W. Posamentier, eds., Sequence stratigraphy and facies associations: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 18, p. 125-160.
6. Bhattacharya, J. P., and H. W. Posamentier, 1994, Sequence stratigraphic and allostratigraphic applications in the Alberta foreland basin, in G. D. Mossop and I. Shetsen, eds, Geological atlas of the Western Canada sedimentary basin: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Research Council, p. 407-412.
7. Bhattacharya, J. P., and R. G. Walker, 1992, Deltas, in R. G. Walker and N. P. James, eds., Facies models response to sea level change: Geological Association of Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, p. 157-177.
8. Bhattacharya, J. P., R. S. Tye, and J. A. Lorsong, 1994, Cutting up the layer cake: improved reservoir stratigraphy of a Permo-Triassic river-dominated lowstand delta, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference Proceedings, Applications of sequence stratigraphy to oil field development: Sept. 5-8, Paris, France, 6 p., unpaginated.
9. Brown, L. F., 1969, Geometry and distribution of fluvial and deltaic sandstones (Pennsylvanian and Permian), north-central Texas: Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 19, p. 23-47.
10. Bryant, I. D., C. W. Greenstreet, and W. R. Voggenreiter, 1995, Integrated 3-D geological modeling of the C1 sands reservoir, Maui field, offshore New Zealand: AAPG Bulletin, v. 79, no. 3, p. 351-374.
11. Coleman, J. M., 1966, Ecological changes in a massive fresh-water clay sequence: Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 16, p. 159-174.
12. Coleman, J. M., and S. M. Gagliano, 1965, Sedimentary structures: Mississippi River deltaic plain: SEPM Special Publication 12, p. 133-148.
13. Coleman, J. M., and D. B. Prior, 1982, Deltaic environments of deposition, in P. A. Scholle and D. Spearing, eds., Sandstone depositional environments: AAPG Memoir 31, p. 139-178.
14. Crowder, R. K., 1990, Permian and Triassic sedimentation in the northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: deposition of the Sadlerochit Group: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, no. 9, p. 1351-1370.
15. Detterman, R. L., 1970, Sedimentary history of the Sadlerochit and Shublik formations in northeastern Alaska, in W. L. Adkison and M. M. Brosge, eds., Proceedings of the Geological Seminar on the North Slope of Alaska: AAPG Pacific Section, p. O1-O13.
16. Ebanks, W. J., Jr., 1987, Geology in enhanced oil recovery, in R. W. Tillman and K. J. Weber, eds., Reservoir sedimentology: SEPM Special Publication no. 40, p. 1-14.
17. Eckelmann, W. R., R. J. Dewitt, and W. L. Fisher, 1975, Prediction of fluvial-deltaic reservoir geometry, Prudhoe Bay field, Alaska: Proceedings of the 9th World Petroleum Congress, v. 2, p. 223-227.
18. Fisher, W. L., L. F. Brown, Jr., A. J. Scott, and J. H. McGowen, 1969, Delta systems in the exploration for oil and gas: Austin, Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 78 p.
19. Flint, S., D. J. Stewart, and E. D. van Riessen, 1989, Reservoir geology of the Sirikit oilfield, Thailand: lacustrine deltaic sedimentation in a Tertiary intermontaine basin, in M. K. G. Whateley and K. T. Pickering, eds., Deltas: sites and traps for fossil fuels: Geological Society Special Publication 41, p. 223-237.
20. Frazier, D. E., 1974, Depositional episodes: their relationship to the Quaternary stratigraphic framework in the northwestern portion of the Gulf basin: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Geologic Circular 74-1, 28 p.
21. Galloway, W. E., 1989, Genetic stratigraphic sequences in basin analysis I: architecture and genesis of flooding-surface bounded depositional units: AAPG Bulletin, v. 73, p. 125-142.
22. Gibbons, K., T. Hellem, A. Kjemperud, S. D. Nio, and K. Vebenstad, 1993, Sequence architecture, facies development and carbonate-cemented horizons in the Troll field reservoir, offshore Norway, in M. Ashton, ed., Advances in reservoir geology: Geological Society Special Publication no. 69, p. 1-31.
23. Harker, S. D., K. A. Mantel, D. J. Morton, and L. A. Riley, 1993, The stratigraphy of Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) reservoir sandstones in the Witch Ground graben, United Kingdom North Sea: AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, no. 10, p. 1693-1709.
24. Hopkins, J. C., J. M. Wood, and F. F. Krause, 1991, Waterflood response of reservoirs in an estuarine valley fill: upper Manville G, U, and W pools, Little Bow field, Alberta, Canada: AAPG Bulletin, v. 75, no. 6, p. 1064-1088.
25. Hunt, D., and M. E. Tucker, 1992, Stranded parasequences and the forced regressive wedge systems tract: deposition during base-level fall: Sedimentary Geology, v. 81, p. 1-9.
26. Jamison, H. C., L. D. Brockett, and R. A. McIntosh, 1980, Prudhoe Bay-a ten year perspective, in M. T. Halbouty, ed., Giant oil and gas fields of the decade: AAPG Memoir 30, p. 289-310.
27. Johnson, H. D., and D. J. Stewart, 1985, Role of clastic sedimentology in the exploration and production of oil and gas in the North Sea, in P. J. Brenchley and B. P. J. Williams, eds., Sedimentology recent developments and applied aspects: London, Geological Society, p. 249-310.
28. Jones, H. P., and R. G. Speers, 1976, Permo-Triassic reservoirs of Prudhoe Bay field, North Slope Alaska: AAPG Memoir 24, p. 23-50.
29. Lawton, T. F., G. W. Geehan, and B. J. Voorhees, 1987, Lithofacies and depositional environments of the Ivishak Formation, Prudhoe Bay field, in I. Tailleur and P. Weimer, eds., Alaskan North Slope geology: SEPM Pacific Section, v. 10, p. 61-76.
30. Lorsong, J. A., J. P. Bhattacharya, and R. S. Tye, 1994, Using facies to distribute reservoir properties: hybrid models of fluvio-deltaic deposits in Prudhoe Bay field, Alaska (abs.): AAPG Annual Convention Program with Abstracts, p. 201.
31. Loutit, T. S., J. Hardenbol, P. R. Vail, and G. R. Baum, 1988, Condensed sections: the key to age-dating and correlation of continental margin sequences, in C. K. Wilgus, B. S. Hastings, C. G. St. C. Kendall, H. W. Posamentier, C. A. Ross, and J. C. van Wagoner, eds., Sea-level changes: an integrated approach: SEPM Special Publication no. 42, p. 183-213.
32. McGowen, J. H., and S. Bloch, 1985, Depositional facies, diagenesis, and reservoir quality of the Ivishak Sandstone (Sadlerochit Group), Prudhoe Bay field (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 286.
33. McGowen, J. H., S. Bloch, and D. Hite, 1987, Depositional facies, diagenesis, and reservoir quality of Ivishak Sandstone (Sadlerochit Group), Prudhoe Bay field (abs.), in I. Tailleur and P. Weimer, eds., Alaskan North Slope geology: SEPM Pacific Section, v. 1, p. 84.
34. McMillen, K. J., and M. D. Colvin, 1987, Facies correlation and basin analysis of the Ivishak Formation, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, in I. Tailleur and P. Weimer, eds., Alaskan North Slope geology: SEPM Pacific Section, v. 50, p. 381-390.
35. Melvin, J., and A. S. Knight, 1984, Lithofacies, diagenesis and porosity of the Ivishak Formation, Prudhoe Bay area, Alaska, in D. A. McDonald and R. C. Surdam, eds., Clastic diagenesis: AAPG Memoir 37, p.347-365.
36. Morgridge, D. L., and W. B. Smith, Jr., 1972, Geology and discovery of Prudhoe Bay field, eastern Arctic slope, Alaska, in R. E. King, ed., Stratigraphic oil and gas fields: AAPG Memoir 16, p. 489-501.
37. Mozely, P. S., 1989, Relation between depositional environment and the elemental composition of early diagenetic siderite: Geology, v. 17, p. 704-706.
38. Naidu, A. S., and T. C. Mowatt, 1975, Depositional environments and sediment characteristics of the Colville and adjacent deltas, northern Arctic Alaska, in M. L. Broussard, ed., Deltas: Houston Geological Society, p. 283-309.
39. Nummedal, D., and C. M. Molenaar, 1995, Sequence stratigraphy of ramp-setting strand plain successions: the Gallup Sandstone, New Mexico, in J. C. van Wagoner and G. T. Bertram, eds., Sequence stratigraphy of foreland basin deposits: outcrop and subsurface examples from the Cretaceous of North America: AAPG Memoir 64, p. 277-310.
40. Ori, G. G., 1993, Continental depositional systems of the Quaternary of the Po Plain (northern Italy): Sedimentary Geology, v. 83, p. 1-14.
41. Orton, G. J., and H. G. Reading, 1993, Variability of deltaic processes in terms of sediment supply, with particular emphasis on grain size: Sedimentology, v. 40, p. 475-512.
42. Pattison, S. A. J., and R. G. Walker, 1994, Incision and filling of a lowstand valley: late Albian Viking Formation at Crystal, Alberta, Canada: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. B64, no. 3, p. 365-379.
43. Pemberton, S. G., J. A. MacEachern, and R. W. Frey, 1992, Trace fossil facies models: environmental and allostratigraphic significance, in R. G. Walker and N. P. James, eds., Facies models: response to sea level change. Geological Association of Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, p. 47-72.
44. Plint, A. G., 1988, Sharp-based shoreface sequences and "offshore bars" in the Cardium Formation of Alberta: their relationship to relative changes in sea level, in C. K. Wilgus, B. S. Hastings, C. G. St. C. Kendall, H. W. Posamentier, C. A. Ross, and J. C. van Wagoner, eds., Sea-level changes: an integrated approach: SEPM Special Publication no. p. 357-370.
45. Plummer, P. S., and V. A. Gostin, 1981, Shrinkage cracks: desiccation or synaeresis?: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 51, no. 4, p. 1147-1156.
46. Posamentier, H. W., and C. J. Chamberlain, 1993, Sequence-stratigraphic analysis of Viking Formation lowstand beach deposits at Joarcam field, Alberta, Canada: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 18, p. 469-485.
47. Posamentier H. W., C. P. Summerhayes, B. U. Haq, and G. P. Allen, 1993, Sequence stratigraphy and facies associations: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 18, 644 p.
48. Puls, D. D, R. A. Levinson, R. D. Newsom, F. K. Paskvan, R. S. Tye, T. S. Lo, J. J. Lawrence, and M. Haajizadeh, 1995, Reservoir management in a heterogeneous clastic reservoir - zone 1, Prudhoe Bay field: AAPG Annual Convention Program with Abstracts, p. 78A.
49. Putnam, P. E., 1989, Geological controls on hydrocarbon entrapment within the Lower Cretaceous Cantuar Formation, Wapella field, southeastern Saskatchewan: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 37, no. 4, p. 389-400.
50. Ranganathan, V., and R. S. Tye, 1986, Petrography, diagenesis and facies controls on porosity in Shannon sandstone, Hartzog Draw field, Wyoming: AAPG Bulletin, v. 70, no. 1, p. 56-69.
51. Reading, H. G., 1986, Sedimentary environments and facies (2d ed.): Oxford, Blackwell, 615 p.
52. Richards, M. T., et al., 1994, Multi-disciplinary team approach to reservoir description in a fluvio-deltaic reservoir: zone 1/2A Prudhoe Bay field (abs.): AAPG Annual Convention Program with Abstracts, p. 243.
53. Russell, R. J., 1942, Geomorphology of the Rhone delta: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 32, p. 149-254.
54. Schafer, D. B., and H. W. Posamentier, 1994, Development drilling and assessment in a 40-year-old oil field: new opportunities through the integration of depositional system and sequence stratigraphic analyses with cumulative production histories (abs.): AAPG Annual Convention Program with Abstracts, p. 250.
55. Scruton, P. C., 1960, Delta building and the delta sequence, in Recent sediments, Northwest Gulf of Mexico: AAPG Symposium Volume, NW Gulf of Mexico Symposium, p. 82-102.
56. Shanley, K. W., and P. J. McCabe, 1994, Perspectives on the sequence stratigraphy of continental strata: AAPG Bulletin v. 78, no. 4, p. 544-568.
57. Szabo, D. J., and K. O. Meyers, 1993, Prudhoe Bay: development history and future potential: Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Regional Meeting, paper 26053, p. 528-541.
58. Tesson, M., B. Gensous, G. P. Allen, and C. Ravenne, 1990, Late Quaternary deltaic lowstand wedges on the Rhone continental shelf, France: Marine Geology, v. 91, p. 325-332.
59. Tillman, R. W., and D. W. Jordan, 1987, Sedimentology and subsurface geology of deltaic facies, Admire 650' sandstone, El Dorado field, Kansas, in R. W. Tillman and K. J. Weber, eds., Reservoir sedimentology: Society for Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 40, p. 221-291.
60. Tye, R. S., and J. M. Coleman, 1989a, Evolution of Atchafalaya lacustrine deltas: Sedimentary Geology, v. 65, p. 95-112.
61. Tye, R. S., and J. M. Coleman, 1989b, Depositional processes and stratigraphy of fluvially dominated lacustrine deltas: Mississippi Delta plain: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 59, no. 6, p. 973-996.
62. Tye, R. S., V. Ranganathan, and W. J. Ebanks, Jr., 1986, Facies analysis and reservoir zonation of a Cretaceous shelf sand ridge, in T. F. Moslow and E. G. Rhodes, eds., Modern and ancient shelf elastics: a core workshop: SEPM Core Workshop 9, p. 169-216.
63. Tye, R. S., J. P. Bhattacharya, J. A. Lorsong, and S. T. Sindelar, 1994, Stratigraphic controls on reservoir performance and development in deltaic deposits of the Ivishak sandstone, Prudhoe Bay field, Alaska: AAPG Annual Convention Program with Abstracts, p. 273.
64. van Heerden, I. L., and H. H. Roberts, 1988, Facies development of Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana: a modern bayhead delta: AAPG Bulletin, v. 72, no. 4, p. 439-453.
65. van Wagoner, J. C., R. M. Mitchum, K. M. Campion, and V. D. Rahmanian, 1990, Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy in well logs, cores, and outcrops: AAPG Methods in Exploration 7, 55 p.
66. Wadman, D. H., D. E. Lamprecht, and I. Mrosovsky, 1979, Joint geologic/engineering analysis of the Sadlerochit reservoir, Prudhoe Bay field: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 31, p. 933-940.
67. Walker, H. J., 1975, Depositional environments in the Colville River Delta: Proceedings of the Alaska Geological Society Symposium, p. C1-C22.
68. Weimer, R. J., 1992, Developments in sequence stratigraphy: foreland and cratonic basins: AAPG Bulletin, v. 76, no. 7, p. 965-982.
69. Weimer, R. J., and S. A. Sonnenberg, 1989, Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Muddy (J) sandstone reservoir, Wattenberg field, Denver basin, Colorado, in E. Coalson, ed., Sandstone reservoirs: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 197-220.
70. Wilson, G., and H. W. Posamentier, 1994, High-resolution stratigraphic framework for the Kuparuk River Formation "A" sandstone, Kuparuk River unit, Alaska (abs.): AAPG Annual Convention Program with Abstracts, p. 285.
71. Wood, J. M., and J. C. Hopkins, 1989, Reservoir sandstone bodies in estuarine valley fill: Lower Cretaceous glauconitic member, Little Bow field, Alberta, Canada: AAPG Bulletin, v. 73, no. 11, p. 1361-1382.
72. Wood, J. M., and J. C. Hopkins, 1992, Traps associated with paleovalleys and interfluves in an unconformity bounded sequence: Lower Cretaceous glauconitic member, southern Alberta, Canada: AAPG Bulletin, v. 76, no. 6 p. 904-926.
73. Wright, L. D., 1977, Sediment transport and deposition at river mouths: a synthesis: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, p. 857-868.