Below is a suggested procedure for analyzing lithofacies.
Below is a suggested procedure for analyzing lithofacies.
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# Learn as much as possible about the regional geology from well and outcrop control.
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# Describe cores and cuttings from sequences of interest. Besides describing lithology, grain size, and sedimentary structures, also describe pore geometry.
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# Calibrate core and cuttings descriptions to well logs and outcrops. Annotate logs with [[porosity]] and [[permeability]] data (if available) from potential reservoir and seal intervals.
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# Integrate calibrated well logs into well log [[cross section]]s constructed during well log sequence analysis.
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| 1 || Learn as much as possible about the regional geology from well and outcrop control.
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# Interpret depositional environments of lithofacies of depositional sequences using log cross sections and seismic sections with seismic facies analyses.
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| 2 || Describe cores and cuttings from sequences of interest. Besides describing lithology, grain size, and sedimentary structures, also describe pore geometry.
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| 3 || Calibrate core and cuttings descriptions to well logs and outcrops. Annotate logs with [[porosity]] and [[permeability]] data (if available) from potential reservoir and seal intervals.
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| 4 || Integrate calibrated well logs into well log [[cross section]]s constructed during well log sequence analysis.
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| 5 || Interpret depositional environments of lithofacies of depositional sequences using log cross sections and seismic sections with seismic facies analyses.