Exercise 23: Seismic Facies Analysis

Seismic
Facies
Analysis

Your Task:
• Use the ABC methodology to predict the depositional
environments and lithologies within a specific seismic
sequence. Then you will pick a well location.

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 Representative Line: Line 10

C-On Tp-C Tp-Dn C-Dn C-C

P Ob Ob P P
100 150 200 250 300 350 400

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 Basemap

Absent
One C-On
Cycle Tp-C
P
Ob
C-On Tp-Dn
P Tp-C Ob
Absent One Ob C-Dn Line 60
Cycle P
Tp-Dn
Absent C-On Ob
Tp-C
One P Ob
Cycle Tp-Dn C-Dn
Ob P Line 50
Tp-C C-C
Tp-Dn
Ob C-Dn P
Ob
P
C-Dn
One C-C Line 40
P P
Cycle
C-C
C-On P Line 30
Tp-C
P Tp-Dn C-Dn
Ob
Ob P
C-C
100

P Line 20
200

C-On
Tp-C
P Tp-Dn
300

Ob C-Dn
400

Ob
P C-C Lin
Line e10
10 5 miles
P

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 Synthesis

Absent
One C-On
Cycle Tp-C
P
Ob
C-On Tp-Dn
P Tp-C Ob
Absent One Ob C-Dn Line 60
Cycle P
Tp-Dn
Absent C-On Ob
Tp-C
One P Ob
Cycle Tp-Dn C-Dn
Ob P
Tp-C C-LCine 50
Tp-Dn
Ob C-Dn P
Ob
P
C-Dn
One C-C Line 40
P P
Cycle
C-C
C-On P Line 30
Tp-C
P Tp-Dn C-Dn
Ob
Ob P
C-C
100

P Line 20
200

C-On
Tp-C
P Tp-Dn
300

Ob C-Dn
400

Ob
P C-C Line 10 5 miles
P

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 Synthesis

Absent
One C-On
Cycle Tp-C
P
Ob
C-On Tp-Dn
P Tp-C Ob
Absent One Ob C-Dn Line 60
Cycle P
Tp-Dn
Absent C-On Ob
Tp-C
One P Ob
Cycle Tp-Dn C-Dn
Ob P
Tp-C C-LCine 50
Tp-Dn
Ob C-Dn P
Ob
P
C-Dn
One C-C Line 40
P P
Cycle
C-C
C-On P Line 30
Tp-C
P Tp-Dn C-Dn
Ob
Ob P
C-C
100

P Line 20
200

C-On
Tp-C
P Tp-Dn
300

Ob C-Dn
400

Ob
P C-C Line 10 5 miles
P

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 Interpretation

Fluvial
Thin or

n
ai
Absent

Pl
ta
el
D

t
Line 60

on
Fr
ta
el
D
Fluvial Line 50

Slope Line 40

Line 30
ain

ont
100

a Pl

Line 20
a Fr
200
Del t

Basinal
Delt

300

Shales
400

Line 10 5 miles

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 Interpretation with Time Structure Map

Thin
Thin or
or
400
Fluvial
Fluvial A 60
0

80
0
10
00

nn
aaii
Absent
Absent

Pll
B

ltta
eel
DD

tt
LLin

oonn
inee 6
600

Fr
tta
00

eell
10

DD
00
0

0
60

100 12
00
14 0 LLin
inee 5
Fluvial
Fluvial 0 500
16

0
Slope
Slope 80
inee1 4
LLin 400
0 1400
120
LLin
inee 3
300
0
80

aiinn

D
oonntt
a PPlla
11000

0
120 LLin
inee 2
200
a Fr

Basinal 1600
20000

C
0
00
DDeelltt

140
0 Basinal
1

Shales
DDeelltt

33000

160
0 Shales 800
44000

1
LLin
inee 1
100 5 miles
5 miles

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