Facies and diagenesis of Grayburg-San Andres dolomite reservoirs, Central Basin platform, Permian basin

Conference · Thu May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5167643

Harris, P M; Garber, R A

Porous dolomites of the Grayburg and San Andres Formations (Permian, Guadalupian) form major hydrocarbon reservoirs on the Central Basin platform of the Permian basin. Wireline-log and core studies reveal a shallowing-upward carbonate shelf sequence, from 250 to 300 ft thick, in each of five fields that lie along 55 mi of the eastern edge of the platform. The sequence consists of (1) a basal unit of open shelf dolomudstones and bioturbated fusulinid dolowackestones/packstones; (2) a middle unit of shallow shelf dolomudstones and non-skeletal dolopackstones/grainstones; and (3) an upper unit of arid coastline dolomudstones, quartz siltstones, and evaporites that grade into the overlying Queen Formation. Reservoir zones averaging greater than 9% intercrystalline and moldic porosity and 10-md permeability are best developed in the middle unit of the depositional sequence. Diagenesis occurred in two stages. Stage 1, during deposition and earliest burial, involved submarine cementation, pervasive dolomitization, leaching of grains, minor dolomite cementation, and sulfate cementation and replacement; and stage 2, near maximum burial depth and during subsequent uplift, included fracturing, anhydrite cementation, minor calcite replacement of anhydrite, and gypsum and kaolinite formation.

• Research Organization: Chevron Oil Field Research Co, La Habra, CA
• OSTI ID: 5167643
• Report Number(s): CONF-860624-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 70:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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