Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures: An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia

Maaruf Hussain; Baker Hughes; Abduljamiu Amao; Khalid Al-Ramadan; Lamidi Babalola; John Humphrey

doi:10.2118/206373-MS

Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures: An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia

Maaruf Hussain, Baker Hughes, Abduljamiu Amao, Khalid Al-Ramadan, Lamidi Babalola, John Humphrey

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Abstract

The Paleozoic sequence in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) represents a thick succession of carbonate, shale, and siltstone/sandstone lithologies that were deposited in a range of environments. This succession hosts abundant unconventional reservoirs with huge amount of natural gas reserves. However, similarity in lithologies and poor biostratigraphic constrains are making facies analysis, stratigraphic correlation, and geosteering applications problematic. In this study, we documented the use of an automated statistical protocol for the identification of chemofacies and correlatable chemozones within highly homogenous formations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2021, ATCE 2021
Publisher	Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781613997864
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2118/206373-MS
State	Published - 2021

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Name	Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Volume	2021-September
ISSN (Electronic)	2638-6712

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Hussain, M., Hughes, B., Amao, A., Al-Ramadan, K., Babalola, L., & Humphrey, J. (2021). Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures: An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia. In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2021, ATCE 2021 (Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition; Vol. 2021-September). Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). https://doi.org/10.2118/206373-MS

Hussain, Maaruf ; Hughes, Baker ; Amao, Abduljamiu et al. / Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures : An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2021, ATCE 2021. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 2021. (Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition).

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Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures: An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia. / Hussain, Maaruf; Hughes, Baker; Amao, Abduljamiu et al.
Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2021, ATCE 2021. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 2021. (Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition; Vol. 2021-September).

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Hussain M, Hughes B, Amao A , Al-Ramadan K, Babalola L, Humphrey J. Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures: An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia. In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2021, ATCE 2021. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). 2021. (Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition). doi: 10.2118/206373-MS

Enhancement of indistinct sequence stratigraphic correlations using geochemical signatures: An example from the paleozoic successions Saudi Arabia

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