Deep-Water Outcrops: Basin and Architectural Elements and Statistics
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Overview
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Description
Reservoir characterization (setting, models, external and internal geometries, architectural elements, and flow unit properties) is critical to the modeling and economic development of deep-water reservoirs. Analogs, including subsurface, “modern” depositional systems, and outcrops, are essential parts of that characterization effort. Outcrops have historically provided one of the best analog data sets for conceptual data and modeling, but quantitative data are often limited. For example, connectivity factors that are important for planning field development and for constraining potential reservoir performance are most often extracted from a very limited data set. The Atlas of Deep-Water Outcrops, completed in 2008, was focused on providing more comprehensive descriptions and statistics on deep-water reservoirs that could be used for both exploration planning and production forecasts.
