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JABUNG BLOCK BASEMENT – THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR


ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

Teguh F.1, Agus H.P. 1


1
PetroChina International Jabung

ABSTRACT

Jabung Block is a part of Jambi sub-basin, representing the Northern flank of South Sumatra Basin as one
of the hydrocarbon prolific in Indonesia back-arc basin. Most of the oil and gas production came from
Talang Akar sandstone reservoir and also Air Benakat sandstone and Gumai sandstone as secondary
objective. Pre-Tertiary basement has become a necessary potential for future exploration program.

The Pre-Tertiary basement of Jabung Block consists of three different lithologies, there are granite,
limestone and metasediment. Granite is concentrated in the west of Jabung, the K/Ar radiometric dating
confirm the age of granite is Early Jurassic (180.4 + 3.58 ma), suggested the granite is part of the post-
Triassic suturing event related to Jurassic-Cretaceous plutonism. The granite can be divided into two
types, the weathered granite and fresh granite. The limestone found mostly on the Northwest and
Southeast part of the block, this lithology assumed to be part of post-Mutus sediments Kluang limestone,
although no radiometric dating have been conducted on this lithology. The limestone consist of
wackestone to packstone, other fragments are microcrystalline and rare crystalline bioclast. The
metasediment consists of low grade metamorphism lithologies, there are quartzite, schist and phyllite.
These lithologies assumed to be part of Malacca Microplate consists predominantly of metasediment
rock. No radiometric dating has been conducted on these lithologies. Based on the above basement
lithology types, potential basement play in Jabung consist of fractured weathered granite, fractured
limetones and fractured metasediment. From existing wells, proven basement play was identified in
fractured weathered granite followed by the oil discovery in Betara area. Meanwhile the fractured
limestones and fractured metasediment have high uncertainty due to tight lithology from existing wells.

This paper will focus on the data used to characterize the basement lithology by integrating seismic data,
log data and lithological description from both of cutting and core data. In addition a brief discussion
related to Pre-Tertiary basement economic potential is addressed. By knowing their characteristics, would
give us a better understanding regarding the Jabung block basement play and their economic potential.

INTRODUCTION trending Triassic suture complex of the Mutus


Assemblages. The East Malays Microplate is
The Pre-Tertiary framework in South Sumatra characterized by Permo-Triassic arc magmatism
Basin consist of different lithologies from and lies of a line joining Kundur and NE Bangka
different microplates which forming a basement (Pulunggono & Cameron, 1984).
in the basin. The continental Mergui Microplate
occupies the central core of Sumatra from Aceh Some of those micro-plates floored the South
to Southern Jambi, characterized by the Sumatra basin, it consists of the complex
Palaeozoic granite plutons, Late Permian intercalation of igneous, metamorphic and
volcanics and the widespread of Permo-Carbon sedimentary rocks arranged in a number of NW-
pebbly mudstones deposits. Meanwhile, the SE basement slices; the oldest and least
cotinental Malacca Microplates is poorly known deformed basement considered part of the
but appears to be dominated by low grade Malacca Microplate, underlies the northern and
metasediments. The Mergui and Malacca eastern portions of the basin. Further south laid
microplates were separated by a NW-SE to N-S the heavily deformed remains of the Mergui
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Microplate, possibly representing a weaker major extensional event from Eocene to Early
continental fragment. Both were separated by Oligocene time, resulted in the opening up of
the Mutus Assemblage (Ginger & Fielding, numerous half-grabens and sedimentation of the
2005). earliest deposits (Lahat, Lemat and Lower part
of Talangakar Formations). Continued by Post -
Jabung Block located mostly in Malacca Rift Megasequence (29 – 5 Ma); rifting ceased
Microplate and only small segment in the approximately 29 Ma ago, however, due to the
Southwest of the block covering the Mergui thermal sagging the basin continued to subside.
Microplate and Mutus Assemblage, the Upper Talangakar and Baturaja were deposited
basement lithology in Jabung dominated by low and followed by the widespread of marine to
grade metasediment (quartzite, phyllite, deep marine sediment deposition of the
limestone terrain) and granite plutons in some Telisa/Gumai formation as the high subsidence
area as mentioned in above publications. The rates and high relative sea level resulted in a
results of extensive drilling allow us to classify long-lived transgression of the basin which
and mapping in more detail the basement reached its maximum extent approximately 16
lithology in Jabung. There are more than 20 Ma ago. The slowing of subsidence rates and/or
wells were penetrated the basement and based increased sediment input into the basin from 16
on those information combined with others Ma to 5 Ma resulted in a pronounced regressive
subsurface data the characteristics of the deposition of the Air Benakat and Muara Enim
basement can be evaluate. Formations. The last phase was Syn-
Orogenic/Inversion Megasequence (c. 5 Ma –
More than 500 mmboe reserves have been Present); a compressional tectonic event, the
discovered in Jabung block since exploring Barisan orogeny, occurred across South Sumatra
mostly clastic reservoirs; mainly the Talang from 5 Ma to present. Elongate NW-SE
Akar sands, Air Benakat and Gumai sands as orientated folds were formed across the basin.
secondary reservoirs have also been produced. Beyond those elongate folds, basin subsidence
Most discoveries were made in structural traps continued as sediment input in to the basin was
or a combination of structure and stratigraphy enhanced by erosion of the newly formed
setting. Such kind of target is currently seemed Barisan Mountains to the south and west and
exhausted as suggested by decreasing size of produce the deposition of Kasai Formation and
discoveries. Current study and drilling suggests the recent alluvium deposits (Ginger and
there are other potential that has not been Fielding, 2005).
extensively explored, one of them was basement
play. Structural setting of the Jabung area is
characterized by two main features, as revealed
GEOLOGY OF JABUNG BLOCK from seismic data, there are NW-SE and NE-
SW. These two trends are consistent regionally
The Jabung Block is located at Jambi Sub-Basin, as also seen over the Jambi area and believed to
located at Northeast side of the South Sumatra be the result of the reactivation of the older
Basin. Similar to South Sumatra Basin, the stuctures. A seismic section taken around the
geology of the Jabung Block can be divided into Betara Graben shows the nature of the fault that
two major sections; there are Pre-Tertiary and control development of the graben. At later
Tertiary rocks. The Pre-Tertiary rocks consist of stage, the faults were reactivated up to the
various lithology as penetrated by several younger section to produce similar trend.
exploration wells but mainly of granite with less
dominant of methamorphosed sedimentary rocks BASEMENT CHARACTERIZATION
and limestone.
Figure.1 showing microplate boundaries in
The Tertiary rocks are composed of very similar Sumatra region (Barber, 2005) consists of
sequence as found in the South Sumatra Basin, amalgamation of the continental and oceanic
begin with Syn-Rift Megasequence (40 – 29 microplate such as Mergui, Malacca and East-
Ma); this megasequence corresponded to the a Malaya microplates. Jabung Block situated in
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the Northern flank of South Sumatra Basin reading of neutron porosity log and sonic log
(indicated by block boundary) mostly located in suggests that this rock tend to be tight. In
the Malacca microplate and only small portion general weathered granite has the same character
in the Western part of the block covering the in electrical log with the fresh granite, except for
Mergui microplate and Mutus suture. From the value of resistivity and porosity log which
several wells were penetrated to the basement, have lower value than the fresh granite.
the lithology of the basement in Jabung Block
can be subdivided into three different Limestone Basement is found at two localities
lithologies; there are granite, limestone and low area of the block, there are northern part and
grade metasediment (Figure 2). southern part of the block. No radiometric dating
conducted on this rock, although based on the
Granite Basement concentrated in the middle several references this lithology may be part of
and west of Jabung Block, this rock was the Jurassic-Cretaceous kluang Limestone which
suggested as part of the Jurassic – Cretaceous constitutes the Mutus Assemblage (Pulunggono
plutonism common found in South Sumatra & Cameron, 1984). Lithology description from
Basin. Based on K/Ar radiometric dating the age cutting and core sample the limestone
of this rock was Early Jurassic (180.4+3.58 ma). characterized by wackestone to packstone,
The granite basement can be subdivided into boundstone in part, gray white to white, dark
fresh and weathered granite, from lithology gray becoming black in part, moderately hard,
description from cutting and core sample the other fragments are microcrystalline with trace
granite can be determine by porphyry and minor fine white calcite re-crystallized mineral as vein,
local granophyre texture, abundance content of rare crystalline bioclast cemented by
coarse quartz, plagioclase, biotite, orthoclase microcrystalline material, trace gray to dark gray
(phenocrysts up to 2/3 cm) mineral and trace carbonaceous impurities, rare very fine pyrite,
muscovite. Occasional have xenoliths content generally no visible porosity to poor visible
and altered of feldspar and micas into clays and porosity.
siderite. Weathered granite can be determined by
the appearance of regoliths and occasional Top of the limestone basement generally
fractures and joints, the absence of plagioclase is characterized by strong reflector in the upper
presumably due to the weathering process and part of section, undulating feature is easy to
alteration to kaolinite. Kaolinite and sericite/illite recognize in some area. Both limestone and
or paragonite occurs as replacements of feldspars granite basement are hard to trace laterally due
and also fill in the fractures. Minor amounts of to poor quality seismic data at basement level
pyrite and siderite occurs as grain-replacive (Figure 4). From electrical log the limestone
minerals. basement characterized by low value of Gamma
Ray log, high resistivity log and high density log
Seismic character of the granite basement with very low value of porosity log.
difficult to determine due to poor data quality at
basement level limits of investigation and near Being most located in the Malacca Microplate,
basement level. In seismic, top of the granite the basement lithology in Jabung Block is
basement characterized by strong reflector expected dominated by low grade metasediment.
combined with onlap features of the sediment In lithology description based on cutting or core
above, below this level the image quality sample, the low grade metamorphism expressed
degrades significantly, characterized by chaotic by the appearance of granoblastic structure of
event as a typical of the massive granite body metaquartz, unconformities of foliated schistose
and no clear boundary between weathered and to phyllite and gradually alteration of clay to
fresh granite (Figure 3). From electrical log the slate mineral. The lithology can be subdivided
fresh granite basement can be determined by into metaquartz, schist and phyllite. Metaquartz
high value of Gamma Ray log (over 400 API), characterized by very hard with prismatic quartz.
high resistivity (shallow, medium and deep/true) Chlorite and calcite minor mineral, choncoidal
reading (over 1.000 ohm-M), high reading of fracture and granoblastic textures, meanwhile
density log (between 2.6 – 2.7 g/cc3), and low schist and phyllite characterized by dark to
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grayish purple with wavy discontinous and Fractured Weathered Granite


foliated, moderately to hard, indurated with mica
and opaque to prismatic quartz in phyllite with Proven fractured weathered granite play in
minor mafic veinlets from cutting sample Jabung Block was encountered in South and
description. West Betara field, the upper part of granite
basement shows the effects of severe surface
In seimic this type of basement has different weathering which took place before deposition
character with granite and limestone basement, of the sediments above. From core, the upper
top of metasediment not represented by strong part is generally more weathered than the lower
reflector and below this level generally showing part as highlight by general nature of the rock
a pararel reflector that may suggest of bedding and mineral alteration. In the lower part that is
planes of metasediment rocks. In electrical log some granite which appears to be relatively
this type of basement has a same character with unweathered. From the thin section can be
ordinary sedimentary rock, except in porosity assumed the genesis of the reservoir after the
log (neutron-density log) showing a tight initial formation of granite, as below:
lithology (Figure 5). • Fracturing, at least two periods of
fracture generation
BASEMENT POTENTIAL • Precipitation of pyrite, which occurs as a
replacement and in local fractures
Jabung Block basement had been exposed since • Formation of siderite, which occurs as
the beginning of Tertiary time and only certain fine crystals and spherulites, replacing
part of the basement were buried within the some feldspar, in the minerals cleavages
sediments during rifting period. Most of the [biotite] and also filling fractures.
basement exposed was a paleohigh and remains • Weathering process. The presence of
as paleohigh until Early Miocene (maximum clay minerals, including kaolinite,
transgression) prior to extensive marine sericite/illite or paragonite, occur
incursion which covered nearly the entire South apparently replacing feldspar and also
Sumatra Basin. Long time Basement exposure locally within biotite cleavage. The
could lead to the weathering processes and to clays fill in fractures.
leaching of unstable primary minerals such as in • Preferentially leaching of feldspar,
granite and limestone and enhance the porosity possibly as a result of recent weathering
and permeability of basement reservoir.
At weathered section, the porosity is up to 29%
Poly-phase deformation in South Sumatra Basin with the permeability up to 700 mD. The
is influenced by active oblique compression porosity is the result of leaching and dissolution
from the subduction of the Australian plate of unstable minerals and the permeability may
under Indo-China (Hall, 1996) resulting the have been enhanced by fractures due to faulting
combination of Paleogene extension and at the beginning series of the rock genesis. No
Neogene compression structural features. This relationship between depth and porosity from
type of deformation had an impact on the wells and from porosity and permeability
basement fractured reservoirs particularly in the crossplot showing a good relationship with a
high relief structural elements. porosity can up to 30% and permeability up to
0.5 Darcy.
These processes are major factor to generate
fractured reservoir in all lithology types in In order to understand the extent of Granite
basement. Based on the excessive well drilled Washed reservoir, assessment of weathering
and the processes above, the potential basement should be done. One way to do it is by flattening
play in Jabung consist of fractured weathered a horizon right at the top of basement which may
granite, fractured limetones and fractured reveal the topography of the basement during the
metasediment. deposition of that interval. Figure 6 showing the
flattened seismic section at horizon which
represents the Oligo-Early Miocene interval
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equivalent to Talang Akar (TAF) and Pre- was conducted in that zone. Suko-1 well
Talang Akar Formation deposition. From the penetrate 400 feet Pre-Tertiary Limestones
figure can be conclude during the deposition of during drilling, no test was conducted in this
TAF and Pre-TAF the basement high area was zone. No hydrocarbon show encountered in this
exhumed which led to have an intensive section. Only several gas peak encountered in
weathering for over 10 million period of time. It the indicating fractured zones, the gas peak
is believed that the basement weathering had reach 500 Units with chromatograph gas
been controlled by the morphology, i.e. the level between C1 to C5. From porosity log, the zone
of exposure to the atmosphere. was marked by high porosity value.

Fractured Metasediments CONCLUSION

Metasediments basement in Jabung block was The Pre-Tertiary basement of Jabung Block
consist of quartzite and phyllite, from several consists of three different lithologies, there are
wells penetrated into metasediments basement granite, limestone and metasediment. Granite
suggest that this lithology was tight. Fractured Basement concentrated in the middle and west
area may develop in local area along the large of Jabung Block, this rock was suggested as part
faults. The data of Metasediments basement also of the Jurassic – Cretaceous plutonism and can
very limited, only cutting samples and electrical be subdivided into fresh and weathered granite.
logging was used to observe fractured zones From lithology description the granite can be
along the borehole. recognized by porphyry and minor local
granophyre texture, abundance content of coarse
In Panen Utara-1 well, the fracture was indicated quartz, plagioclase, biotite, meanwhile the
by the appearance of peak gas and sandstone weathered granite can be determined by the
lithology in the mudlog data and also good appearance of regoliths and occasional fractures
porosity indication in porosity log. Two peak and joints. In seismic, top of the granite
gases was encountered within the metasediments basement characterized by strong reflector
reaches 705 Units and 162 Units C1 to C5 characterized by chaotic event as a typical of the
chromatograph gas with background gas around massive granite body and no clear boundary
20 Units, from cutting samples this zones was between weathered and fresh granite.
characterized by sandstone lithology
appearances in the massive phyllite basement Limestone basement is found at two localities
rock, from porosity log suggest that this zone area of the block, there are northern part and
has a good porosity (figure 7). The upper southern part of the block. No radiometric dating
fracture zone was tested with only have a gas conducted on this rock, the limestone basement
indication burning in flare pit. characterized by wackestone to packstone
moderately hard with trace fine white calcite re-
Fractured Limestones crystallized mineral as vein. In seismic top of the
limestone basement generally characterized by
Several of exploration wells in Jabung was strong reflector in the upper part of section and
penetrated to the Pre-Tertiary Limestone (?), undulating feature is easy to recognize in some
such as Suko-1, Gangsal-1and Tungkal-1. Some area. The metasediment basement consists of
of well indicates of porosity enhancement might low grade metamorphism lithologies, there are
be associated with fracture or dissolution. quartzite, schist and phyllite. In seimic top of
Unfortunately, the data of Pre-Tertiary metasediment not represented by strong reflector
Limestone is very limited. and below this level generally showing a pararel
reflector that may suggest of bedding planes of
In Gangsal-1 well, the fracture was indicated by metasediment rocks.
the appearance of peak gas in mudlog data and
good porosity indication in porosity log (figure Poly-phase deformation in South Sumatra Basin
4), even tough the accurate fracture porosity can and Long time Basement exposure could lead to
not be obtain due to very limited data. No test the weathering processes and to leaching of
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unstable primary minerals such as in granite and South Sumatra Basin, Proceedings of the
limestone and enhance the porosity and Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) 30th
permeability of basement reservoir. The Annual Convention, p.67-89.
potential basement play in Jabung block consist
of fractured weathered granite, fractured Guttormsen, J. J., Achiat, R.,Indrawan,
limetones and fractured metasediment. R.,Waworuntu, 2009, Phylitic Fractured
Reservoirs of Southern Sumatra, 33rd annual IPA
The upper part of granite basement is generally convention 2009.
more weathered than the lower part as highlight
by general nature of the rock and mineral Guttormsen, J. 2010, Naturally Fractured
alteration. At this interval reservoir (weathered Basement Reservoirs: Using South Sumatra to
section) the porosity is up to 29% with the Characterize the Challenges of Exploring and
permeability up to 700 mD. South and West Exploiting Fracture Basement Reservoirs, 34th
Betara field was a proven field of fractured annual IPA convention 2010.
weathered granite play with production up to
3.500 BOPD. Fractured metasediments and Ka-Geo UNPAD, 2010, Carbonate and
fractured limestones play was not proven yet in Basement Reservoir Characterization Study:
Jabung block, although from several wells Hydrocarbon Potential in Jabung Block. Internal
penetrated trough this type of basement suggest Study Report.
there was an indication of fractured zone
develop within the rocks. Pulunggono, A., 1986, Tertiary Structural
Features Related to Extensional and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Compressive Tectonics In The Palembang
Basin, South Sumatra, Proc. IPA 15th Annual
The authors would like to thanks the Convention, pp. 187-213.
management of PetroChina Intl. Companies,
BPMIGAS, DIRJEN MIGAS, PETRONAS and Pulunggono, A. and Cameron, N.R., (1984),
PT.PERTAMINA for their permissions to Sumatran Microplates, Their Characteristic and
publish this paper. Special thanks are dedicated Their Role in The Evolution of the Central and
to KAGEO UNPAD and PetroChina Jabung South Sumatra Basins, Proceedings of the
Ltd. Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) 13th
Annual Convention, p.121-143.
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Jabung

FIGURE 1: Microplates Boundaries in Western Indonesia (Barber, et.al, 2005)

Remarks:

Granite Rock
MALACCA
MICROPLATE Pre-Tertiary Limestone Rock

Metasediment Rock

Metaquartzite Rock

Jurassic-
Cretaceous
pluronism

Kluang Lst eq. (?)

MUTUS
ASSEMBLAGE

FIGURE 2: Jabung Block Basement subdivisions


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Weathered Granite, but less so


than in Core 1. Some parts appear
relatively unweathered with
orthoclase feldspars retaining a
pink colour. so that in part the core
as the appearance of regoliths.
Occasional fractures, and joints, at
least two directions

WB SB
• Top basement • From electrical log the fresh granite basement
generally can be determined by high value of Gamma Ray
characterized by log (over 400 API), high resistivity (shallow,
strong reflector medium and deep/true) reading (over 1.000 ohm-
combined with M), high reading of density log (between 2.6 – 2.7
onlap features of g/cc3), and low reading of neutron porosity log
the sediment and sonic log suggests that this rock tend to be
above. tight.
• Below this level
the image quality Weathered • weathered granite has the same character in
degrades granite electrical log with the fresh granite, except for the
significantly. value of resistivity and porosity log which have
Chaotic characters lower value than the fresh granite.
suggests massive
rock body. Fresh
granite
• No clear blundary
between weathered
and fresh granite.

FIGURE 3: Granite/Weathered Granite Basement Characteristics

• Wackestone to
• Top basement packstone, boundstone in
Gangsal-1 generally represented part, gray white to white,
by strong reflector, at dark gray becoming black in
least three wiggles part, moderately hard,
found on this level. white limestone fragment
Undulating feature is becoming chalky
easy to recognized in • other fragments are
some places. However microcrystalline with trace
laterally is difficult to fine white calcite re-
follow due to different crystallized mineral as vein,
quality of seismic rare crystalline bioclast
vintages. cemented by
microcrystalline material,
• Strong reflectors trace gray to dark gray
which correlate with carbonaceous impurities,
Pre-Tertiary limestone rare very fine pyrite,
found in northwestern • generally no visible
part of Jabung area. porosity to poor visible
porosity.

FIGURE 4: Limestone Basement Characteristics


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NBE Low grade metamorphism


expressed by the
appearance of granoblastic
•Top basement not structure of metaquartz,
represented by unconformities of foliated
strong reflectors. schistose to phyllite and
gradually alteration of clay
•Below this level mineral to slate.
generally shows
Metaquartz, very hard with
parallel reflectors prismatic quartz. Chlorite
that may suggest of and calcite minor mineral,
bedding planes of choncoidal fracture and
metasediment rocks. granoblastic textures.

Schist and Phyllite, dark to


• Lateral distribution grayish purple with wavy
is difficult to follow discontinous and foliated,
due to different moderately to hard,
quality of each indurated with mica and
seismic vintages. opaque to prismatic quartz
in phyllite with minor mafic
veinlets.

FIGURE 5: Metasediments Basement Characteristics

Granite exposed

M10

Weathered
Granite
100 ft

Fresh Granite

FIGURE 6: Possible degree of exposure of the granitic rocks above depositional level
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FIGURE 7: Fracture zones indication by e-log & mudlog in Metasediments Basement in Panen Utara-1

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