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7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, [email protected]
Significant hydrocarbon accumulations have been found in the Lower Lekhwair Formation (Lower Thamama Group,
Valanginian). The succession studied is interpreted to correspond to the transgressive sequence set (TSS) of a second -
order supersequence that ranges from the top Habshan Formations (Lower Valanginian) to the base of the so-called “Lower
Dense Zone” of the Kharaib Formation (Barremian). The TSS is build by a third -order sequence (Valanginian) that is
composed by three fourth-order, high-frequency sequences, comprising three reservoir units and three non-reservoir
(dense) zones. The uppermost reservoir unit, the focus of the study, can further be subdivided into four fifth-order
parasequences, corresponding to four reservoir sub-units. Third-and fourth-order sequence boundaries, fourth-order
maximum flooding surface, as well
as fifth-order flooding surfaces were identified in core material from wells of Abu Dhabi
and tied to
well
logs.
Based on texture, grain types
, sedimentary structures, faunal content, and lithologic composition, seven reservoir lithofacies
and three non-reservoir (dense) lithofacies have been identified. The reservoir unit is composted of limestone, mainly
deposited in an open platform, upper to middle ramp to restricted platform subtidal to intertidal environment. Good reservoir
quality is developed within Bacinella/lithocodium packstone to floatstone, floatstone to rudstone, and boundstone.
Intensively bioturbated, siliciclastic- and organic-rich wackestone and packstone characterize the dense zones.
Using geological (lithofacies) and petrophysical (porosity/permeability and mercury injection) data, five facies associations
and ten reservoir rock types
(RRT) have been defined for the reservoir unit. The observed heterogeneity of the reservoir is
mainly due to depositional facies. Diagenesis (cementation and compaction) is interpreted to play only a minor role in
reservoir quality distribution. The establish high-frequency sequence stratigraphic framework allows a better prediction of
the vertical and horizontal distribution of reservoir lithofacies and reservoir quality throughout the field.