Changes in physical properties of a reservoir sandstone as a function of burial depth - The Etive Formation, northern North Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1725-1735

  Marcussen, Øyvind ^a   Maast, Tom Erik ^a   Mondol, Nazmul H ^a   Jahren, Jens ^a   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compaction; North Sea; Physical properties; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; BURIAL DEPTHS; COMPACTION PROCESS; DIAGENETICS; DOMINANT PROCESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; GRADIENT CHANGE; GRAIN CONTACTS; INTERGRANULAR; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; NORTH SEA; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; POROSITY REDUCTION; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; QUARTZ CEMENTS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SHALLOW MARINE; STRONG CORRELATION; WELL LOGS;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VELOCITY;

COMPACTION;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PETROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77956232015     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Bernabé Y., Fryer D.T., Hayes J.A. The effect of cement on the strength of granular rocks. Geophysical Research Letters 1992, 19(14):1511-1514.
2. Bjørkum P.A. How important is pressure in causing dissolution of quartz in sandstones?. Journal of Sedimentary Research 1996, 66(1):147-154.
3. Bjørkum P.A., Nadeau P.H. Temperature controlled porosity/permeability reduction, fluid migration, and petroleum exploration in sedimentary basins. APPEA Journal 1998, 38(1).
4. Bjørkum P.A., Oelkers E.H., Nadeau P.H., Walderhaug O., Murphy W.M. Porosity prediction in quartzose sandstones as a function of time, temperature, depth, stylolite frequency, and hydrocarbon stauration. AAPG Bulletin 1998, 82:637-648.
5. Bjørlykke K. Diagenetic reactions in sandstones. NATO, ASI Series 1983, 169-213. Reidel Publishing Company. A. Parker, B.W. Sellwood (Eds.).
6. Bjørlykke K., Chuhan F., Kjeldstad A., Gundersen E., Lauvrak O., Høeg K. Modelling of sediment compaction during burial in sedimentary basins. Coupled Thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical Processes in Geo-systems: Fundamentals, Modelling, Experiments and Applications 2003, 699-708. Elsevier, Amsterdam. O. Stephansson, J.A. Hudson, L. Jing (Eds.).
7. Bjørlykke K., Nedkvitne T., Ramm M., Saigal G.C. Diagenetic processes in the Brent Group (Middle Jurassic) reservoirs of the North Sea: an overview. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1992, vol. 61:263-287. A.C. Morton, R.S. Haszeldine, M.R. Giles, S. Brown (Eds.).
8. Bjørlykke K., Ramm M., Saigal G.C. Sandstone diagenesis and porosity modification during basin evolution. Geologische Rundschau 1989, 78:243-268.
9. Bjørlykke K., Aagaard P., Dypvik H., Hastings D.S., Harper A.S. Diagenesis and reservoir properties of Jurassic sandstones from the Haltenbanken area, offshore mid Norway. Habitat of Hydrocarbons on the Norwegian Continental Shelf; Proceedings of an International Conference 1986, 275-286. Graham & Trotman, London, United Kingdom. A.M. Spencer (Ed.).
10. Brown S., Richards P.C. Facies and devlopment of the mid Jurassic Brent delta near the northern limit of its progradation, UK North Sea. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1989, vol. 41:253-267. M.K.G. Whateley, K.T. Pickering (Eds.).
11. Brown S., Richards P.C., Thomson A.R. Patterns in deposition of the Brent Group (Middle Jurassic) UK North Sea. Petroleum Geology of North West Europe 1987, 899-913. Graham & Trotman, London. J. Brooks, K.W. Glennie (Eds.).
12. Budding M.C., Inglin H.F. A reservoir geological model of the Brent sands in Southern Cormorant. Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of North-West Europe 1981, 326-334. Heyden, London. L.V. Illing, G.D. Hobson (Eds.).
13. Cannon S.J.C., Giles M.R., Whitaker M.F., Please P.M., Martin S.V. A regional reassessment of the Brent Group, UK sector, North Sea. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1992, vol. 61:81-107. A.C. Morton, R.S. Haszeldine, M.R. Giles, S. Brown (Eds.).
14. Christiansson P., Faleide J.I., Berge A.M. Crustal structure in the northern North Sea: an integrated geophysical study. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2000, vol. 167:15-40. A. Nøttvedt (Ed.).
15. Chuhan F.A., Kjeldstad A., Bjørlykke K., Hoeg K. Porosity loss in sand by grain crushing - experimental evidence and relevance to reservoir quality. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2002, 19(1):39-53.
16. Chuhan F.A., Kjeldstad A., Bjørlykke K., Hoeg K. Experimental compression of loose sands; relevance to porosity reduction during burial in sedimentary basins. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 2003, 40(5):995-1011.
17. Deegan C.E., Scull B.J. A standard lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Central and northern North Sea. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Bulletin 1977, 1:35.
18. Ehrenberg S.N. Relationship between diagenesis and reservoir quality in sandstones of the Garn Formation, Haltenbanken, mid-Norwegian continental shelf. AAPG Bulletin 1990, 74(10):1538-1558.
19. Evans D., Graham C., Armour A., Bathurst P. The Millenium Atlas: Petroleum Geology of the Central and Northern North Sea 2003, The Geological Society, London, 389 pp.
20. Falt L.M., Helland R., Wiik Jacobsen V., Renshaw D. Correlation of transgressive-regressive depositional sequences in the Middle Jurassic Brent/Viking Group megacycle, Viking Graben, Norwegian North Sea. Correlation in Hydrocarbon Exploration 1989, 191-201. Graham & Trotman, London. J.D. Collinson (Ed.).
21. Færseth R.B. Interaction of Permo-Triassic and Jurassic extensional fault-blocks during the development on the northern North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society 1996, 153:931-944.
22. Færseth R.B., Knudsen B.E., Liljedahl T., Midbø P.S., Søderstrøm B. Oblique rifting and sequential faulting in the Jurassic development of the northern North Sea. Journal of Structural Geology 1997, 19(10):1285-1302.
23. Gabrielsen R.H., Faerseth R.B., Steel R.J., Idil S., Kløvjan O.S. Architectural styles of basin fill in the northern Viking Graben. International Lithosphere Program Publication 1990, vol. 181:158-179. D.J. Blundell, A.D. Gibbs (Eds.).
24. Gabrielsen R.H., Kyrkjebø R., Faleide J.I., Fjeldskaar W., Kjennerud T. The Cretaceous post-rift basin configuration in the northern North Sea. Petroleum Geoscience 2001, 7:137-154.
25. Gassmann F. Elastic waves through a packing of spheres. Geophysics 1951, 16(4):673-685.
26. Giles M.R., Stevenson S., Martin S.V., Cannon S.J.C., Hamilton P.J., Marshall J.D., Samways G.M. The reservoir properties and diagenesis of the Brent Group: a regional perspective. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1992, vol. 61:289-327. A.C. Morton, R.S. Haszeldine, M.R. Giles, S. Brown (Eds.).
27. Graué E., Helland-Hansen W., Johnson J., Lømo L., Nøttvedt A., Rønning K., Ryseth K., Steel R.J. Advance and retreat of Brent Delta system, Norwegian North Sea. Petroleum Geology of North West Europe 1987, 915-937. Graham & Trotman, London. J. Brooks, K.W. Glennie (Eds.).
28. Heald M.T., Larese R.E. Influence of coatings on quartz cementation. Journal of Sedimentary Research 1974, 44:1269-1274.
29. Johnson H.D., Stewart D.J. Role of clastic sedimentology in the exploration and production of oil and gas in the North Sea. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1985, vol. 18:245-310. P.J. Brenchley, B.P.J. Williams (Eds.).
30. Lander R.H., Walderhaug A. Reservoir quality prediction through simulation of sandstone compaction and quartz cementation. AAPG Bulletin 1999, 83:433-449.
31. Lander R.H., Larese R.E., Bonnell L.M. Toward more accurate quartz cement models: the importance of euhedral versus noneuhedral growth rates. AAPG Bulletin 2008, 92(11):1537-1563.
32. Larese R.E., Haskell N.L., Prezbindowski D.R., Beju D. Porosity development in selected Jurassic sandstones from the Norwegian and North Seas, Norway - an overview. Petroleum Geology of the North European Margin 1984, 81-95. Norwegian Petroleum Society, Graham & Trotman. A.M. Spencer (Ed.).
33. Livera S.E. Facies associations and sand body geometries in the Ness Formation of the Brent Group, Brent field. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1989, vol. 41:269-286. M.K.G. Whateley, K.T. Pickering (Eds.).
34. Milton N.J. Evolving depositional geometries in the North Sea Jurassic rift. Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe; Proceedings of the Fourth Conference 1993, 425-442. The Geological Society, London. J.R. Parker (Ed.).
35. Mondol N.H., Bjørlykke K., Jahren J. Experimental compaction of clays: relationship between permeability and petrophysical properties in mudstones. Petroleum Geoscience 2008, 14:1-19.
36. Mondol N.H., Bjørlykke K., Jahren J., Hoeg K. Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral aggregates - changes in physical properties of mudstones during burial. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2007, 24(5):289-311.
37. Murphy W.M., Oelkers E.H., Lichtner P.C. Surface reaction versus diffusion control of mineral dissolution and growth rates in geochemical processes. Kinetic Geochemistry 1989, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 78; 3-4, pp. 357-380.
38. NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Fact-pages Available at:. http://www.npd.no/engelsk/cwi/pbl/en/index.htm.
39. Nøttvedt A., Gabrielsen R.H., Steel R.J. Tectonostratigraphy and sedimentary architecture of rift basins, with reference to the northern North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 1995, 12(8):881-901.
40. Odinsen T., Christiansson P., Gabrielsen R.H., Faleide J.I., Berge A.M. The geometries and deep structure of the northern North Sea rift system. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2000, vol. 167:41-57. A. Nøttvedt (Ed.).
41. Odinsen T., Reemst P., van der Beek P., Faleide J.I., Gabrielsen R.H. Permo-Triassic and Jurassic extension in the northern North Sea: results from tectonostratigraphic forward modeling. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2000, vol. 167:83-103. A. Nøttvedt (Ed.).
42. Oelkers E.H., Bjørkum P.A., Walderhaug O., Nadeau P.H., Murphy W.M. Making diagenesis obey thermodynamics and kinetics: the case of quartz cementation in sandstones from offshore mid-Norway. Applied Geochemistry 2000, 15:295-309.
43. Paxton S.T., Szabo J.O., Ajdukiewicz J.M., Klimentidis R.E. Construction of an intergranular volume compaction curve for evaluating and predicting compaction and porosity loss in rigid-grain sandstone reservoirs. AAPG Bulletin 2002, 86:2047-2067.
44. Ramm M. Porosity-depth trends in reservoir sandstones; theoretical models related to Jurassic sandstones offshore Norway. Marine and Petroleum Geology 1992, 9(5):553-567.
45. Ramm M., Bjørlykke K. Porosity/depth trends in reservoir sandstones; assessing the quantitative effects of varying pore-pressure, temperature history and mineralogy, Norwegian shelf data. Clay Minerals 1994, 29(4):475-490.
46. Rattey R.P., Hayward A.B. Sequence stratigraphy of a failed rift system; the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous basin evolution of the central and northern North Sea. Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe; Proceedings of the Fourth Conference 1993, 215-249. The Geological Society, London. J.R. Parker (Ed.).
47. Richards P.C., Brown S. Shoreface storm deposits in the Rannoch Formation (Middle Jurassic), North West Hutton oilfield. Scottish Journal of Geology 1986, 22:367-375.
48. Roberts A.M., Yielding G., Badley M.E. A kinematic model for the orthogonal opening of the Late Jurassic North Sea rift system, Denmark-mid Norway. International Lithosphere Program Publication 1990, vol. 181:180-199. D.J. Blundell, A.D. Gibbs (Eds.).
49. Rønning K., Steel R.J. Depositional sequences within a 'transgressive' reservoir sandstone unit: the Middle Jurassic Tarbert Formation, Hild area, northern North Sea. North Sea Oil and Gas Reservoirs 1987, 169-176. Graham & Trotman, London. J. Kleppe (Ed.).
50. Vernik L., Nur A. Petrophysical classification of siliciclastics for lithology and porosity prediction from seismic velocities. AAPG Bulletin 1992, 76(9):1295-1309.
51. Walderhaug O. A fluid inclusion study of quartz-cemented sandstones from offshore mid-Norway - possible evidence for continued quartz cementation during oil emplacement. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1990, 60:203-210.
52. Walderhaug O. Precipitation rates for quartz cement in sandstones determined by fluid-inclusion microthermometry and temperature-history modeling. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A: Sedimentary Petrology and Processes 1994, 64(2):324-333.
53. Walderhaug O. Temperatures of quartz cementation in Jurassic sandstones from the Norwegian continental shelf; evidence from fluid inclusions. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A: Sedimentary Petrology and Processes 1994, 64(2):311-323.
54. Walderhaug O. Kinetic modeling of quartz cementation and porosity loss in deeply buried sandstone reservoirs. AAPG Bulletin 1996, 80(5):731-745.
55. Walderhaug O. Modeling quartz cementation and porosity in Middle Jurassic Brent Group sandstones of the Kvitebjørn Field, northern North Sea. AAPG Bulletin 2000, 84(9):1325-1339.
56. Winkler K.W. Contact stiffness in granular porous materials: comparison between theory and experiment. Geophysical Research Letters 1983, 10(11):1073-1076.
57. Yielding G., Badley M.E., Roberts A.M. The structural evolution of the Brent Province. The Geological Society, London, Special Publication 1992, vol. 61:27-43. A.C. Morton, R.S. Haszeldine, M.R. Giles, S. Brown (Eds.).
58. Ziegler P.A. Tectonic and palaeographic development of the North Sea rift system. International Lithosphere Program Publication 1990, vol. 181:1-36. D.J. Blundell, A.D. Gibbs (Eds.).
59. Ziegler P.A. North Sea rift system. Tectonophysics 1992, 208:55-75.
60. Ziegler P.A., von Hoorn B. Evolution of North Sea rift system. American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1989, vol. 46:471-500. Tulsa, OK, United States. A.J. Tankard, H.R. Balkwill (Eds.).