3-D reservoir modelling of the East Pennine coal field, UK: sandbody geometries, architecture, pre- and post-faulting connectivity.
Duration - 01/01/98- 31/05/2000
Funding - Multi-company project supported by:
Co-ordinator - ITF (formerly CMPT).
Research Partners
- STRAT Group, University of liverpool (UK) - Steve Flint, Kevin Keogh and John Howell.
Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Westphalian A and B sequences from borehole and deep coal mine data and construction of 3-D sedimentology model.
- International Mining Consultants (UK) - John Rippon.
Mapping of sedimentary bodies and the geometric analysis of faults from both borehole and coal mineplan data.
- Fault Analysis Group, University of liverpool (U.K.) - principally Wayne Bailey, Conrad Childs & John Walsh.
Mapping and structural analysis of faults and fault zones from deep mines and outcrop data.
Summary - This project will use probably one of the worlds highest density study areas, the faulted Upper carboniferous (Westphalian A-C) coal-bearing fluvial-deltaic sediments in a part of the East Pennine Coalfield, onshore Central England. The coalfield has data from many deep mines, thousands of boreholes, surface outcrops (including opencast coal sites) and other data, and provides a basis for definition of a high resolution stratigraphic model, including fault geometries covering a broad range of scale (200m-30cm). Although the project will concentrate on defining the faulting and stratigraphy within a 20kmx20kmx600m study area, the study will also include more limited examination beyond this area. Sedimentological work will define the channel geometries and related overbank and deltaic deposits, together with a quantitative analysis of the sandbody geometries. The structural component will examine the inter-relationships between post-depositional faulting and lithology, both in 2-D and 3-D, and will also include outcrop studies of fault zone structure. The effects of both sequence architecture and faulting on sandstone connectivity will be quantified.
Contact: John Walsh
Tel: +353 1 716 2169
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