The main aim of the project is to create
3D reservoir-analogue models from superbly-exposed
kilometre-scale reservoir analogues.
The project aims on a new approach for establishing
and using reservoir analogues for carbonate-hosted
hydrocarbon reservoirs that include stratiform and
cross-cutting collapse-breccias (here: paleocave breccias).
Realistic models for these reservoirs are lacking
in the literature. By “realistic” we mean field-sized
analogue models based on three-dimensional data from
outcropping examples, covering the scales required
for interpreting and characterizing subsurface petroleum
reservoirs.
Lacking realistic analogue examples, fluid-flow
and seismic-wave propagation through such reservoirs
is poorly understood. Results are equally applicable
for groundwater resources. The study also directly
contributes to basic process understanding of karst
formation.
Geologists studying karst caves in limestone in the Billefjorden Trough, Spitsbergen.
Such caves could hold vast amounts of petroleum. (Photo: Alvar Braathen).
This project is based at CIPR with a number of partners,
including UNIS.
More information
Contact Alvar Braathen, Professor
in Structure Geology
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