Applying Innovative Seismic Attribute Techniques to Assess Stratigraphic Sequences in the Wasia Formation, Saudi Arabia

S.R. Wharton¹ and D. Ternes¹

Abstract

The Mid-Cretaceous Wasia Formation (Albian to Cenomanian) represents one of the most productive hydrocarbon megasequences in the Middle East. Selective integrated studies in the region have documented the tectonic and eustatic-related paleography that influenced the spatial distribution of these reservoir depositional systems. In Saudi Arabia, similar efforts have focused on assessment of the Wasia sequence stratigraphy utilizing well data, but limited studies have incorporated 3D seismic sequence stratigraphy, to evaluate spatially variable upper Wasia 3rd order carbonate depositional systems.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90188 ©GEO-2014, 11th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition, 10-12 March 2014, Manama, Bahrain