--> ABSTRACT: Geophysical Characterization of Permian Deep-Water Sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation and Cherry Canyon Formation, Geraldine Ford Area, West Texas (Delaware Basin), by A. G. Cole, S. P. Dutton, M. D. Barton, S. D. Hovorka, and G. B. Asquith; #91021 (2010)

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Geophysical Characterization of Permian Deep-Water Sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation and Cherry Canyon Formation, Geraldine Ford Area, West Texas (Delaware Basin)

COLE, ANDREW G.,  SHIRLEY P. DUTTON, MARK D. BARTON, SUSAN D. HOVORKA, and GEORGE B. ASQUITH

A detailed reservoir characterization is being conducted on the Geraldine Ford Mesa in Culberson and Reeves Counties, Texas. This study is utilizing 3-D seismic data, subsurface log and core analysis, and outcrop data to demonstrate that detailed reservoir characterization of deep-water clastic reservoirs is a cost effective way to increase reservoir recovery.

The 36 square mile 3-D seismic survey was designed and acquired to evaluate the large scale heterogeneity of the Bell Canyon Formation in the Ford Geraldine Unit and the Cherry Canyon Formation in the Ford West Field. In addition to mapping the structure and thickness from the seismic volume special processing using the Coherence Cube Transform was performed on the data. This processed volume shows the amplitude and 'coherence' characteristics of the 3-D volume. The coherence extraction on the top of the Lamar interval shows a correlation with production from the Bell Canyon Formation in the Ford Geraldine Unit. 

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #91021©1997 AAPG Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas.