The Influence of Fold and Fracture Development on Reservoir Behavior of the Lisburne Group of Northern Alaska

Wallace, Wesley K. ; Hanks, Catherine L. ; Whalen, Michael T. ; Jensen1, Jerry ; Shackleton, J. Ryan ; Jadamec, Margarete A. ; McGee, Michelle M. ; Karpov1, Alexandre V.

National Petroleum Technology Program (U.S.)

关键词: Oil Wells;    02 Petroleum;    Productivity;    Geologic Structures;    Fluid Flow;   

DOI  :  10.2172/783119
RP-ID  :  DOE/BC/15102-3
RP-ID  :  AC26-98BC15102
RP-ID  :  783119

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Carboniferous Lisburne Group is a major carbonate reservoir unit in northern Alaska. The lisburne is detachment folded where it is exposed throughout the northeastern Brooks Range, but is relatively underformed in areas of current production in the subsurface of the North Slope. The objectives of this study are to develop a better understanding of four major aspects of the Lisburne: (1) The geometry and kinematics of detachment folds and their truncation by thrust faults, (2) The influence of folding on fracture patterns, (3) The influence of deformation on fluid flow, and (4) Lithostratigraphy and its influence on folding, faulting, fracturing, and reservoir characteristics.