Reservoir Characterization Using Geostatistical Inversion For the Amberjack Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico Available to Purchase

Geostatistical inversion was performed on the Amberjack Field (MC 109) in the Gulf of Mexico to improve reservoir characterization and to locate potential infill drilling targets. The primary reservoirs were Pliocene shelf edge delta sediments that display clinoform geometries on seismic data. Reservoir connectivity has been difficult to predict because some clinoforms act as barriers while others are baffles for hydrocarbon flow. Geostatistical inversion provides results that yield a finer sampling than the seismic data while honoring all of the seismic and geological input data (logs, regional trend, spatial variability). The final volumes of data are in a format suitable for flow analysis within reservoir simulators and permit an improved history match to the wells’ production.