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Professor Gary Hampson

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Professor of Sedimentary Geology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6475g.j.hampson Website

 
 
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Location

 

1.42Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Graham:2015:10.1306/01191513191,
author = {Graham, GH and Jackson, MD and Hampson, GJ},
doi = {10.1306/01191513191},
journal = {AAPG Bulletin},
pages = {1049--1080},
title = {Three-dimensional modeling of clinoforms in shallow-marine reservoirs: Part 2. Impact on fluid flow and hydrocarbon recovery in fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoirs},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1306/01191513191},
volume = {99},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Permeability contrasts associated with clinoforms have been identified as an important control on fluid flow and hydrocarbon recovery in fluvial-dominated deltaic parasequences. However, they are typically neglected in subsurface reservoir models or considered in isolation in reservoir simulation experiments because clinoforms are difficult to capture using current modeling tools. A suite of three-dimensional reservoir models constructed with a novel, stochastic, surface-based clinoform-modeling algorithm and outcrop analog data (Upper Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member, Utah) have been used here to quantify the impact of clinoforms on fluid flow in the context of (1) uncertainties in reservoir characterization, such as the presence of channelized fluvial sandbodies and the impact of bed-scale heterogeneity on vertical permeability, and (2) reservoir engineering decisions, including oil production rate. The proportion and distribution of barriers to flow along clinoforms exert the greatest influence on hydrocarbon recovery; equivalent models that neglect these barriers overpredict recovery by up to 35%. Continuity of channelized sandbodies that cut across clinoform tops and vertical permeability within distal delta-front facies influence sweep within clinothems bounded by barriers. Sweep efficiency is reduced when producing at higher rates over shorter periods, because oil is bypassed at the toe of each clinothem. Clinoforms are difficult to detect using production data, but our results indicate that they significantly influence hydrocarbon recovery and their impact is typically larger than that of other geologic heterogeneities regardless of reservoir engineering decisions. Clinoforms should therefore be included in models of fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoirs to accurately predict hydrocarbon recovery and drainage patterns.
AU  - Graham,GH
AU  - Jackson,MD
AU  - Hampson,GJ
DO  - 10.1306/01191513191
EP  - 1080
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 0149-1423
SP  - 1049
TI  - Three-dimensional modeling of clinoforms in shallow-marine reservoirs: Part 2. Impact on fluid flow and hydrocarbon recovery in fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoirs
T2  - AAPG Bulletin
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1306/01191513191
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/34154
VL  - 99
ER  -
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