Diagenesis and its impact on the reservoir quality of Miocene sandstones (Surma Group) from the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

Rahman, M Julleh J and Worden, Richard H ORCID: 0000-0002-4686-9428 (2016) Diagenesis and its impact on the reservoir quality of Miocene sandstones (Surma Group) from the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 77. pp. 898-915.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.07.027

Abstract

Rapid supply and deposition of 1000's of meters of Miocene and Pliocene sediment tend to lead to a different set of controls on reservoir quality than older, more slowly buried sandstones. Here we have studied Miocene fluvial-deltaic Bhuban Formation sandstones, from the Surma Group, Bengal Basin, buried to >3,000 m and >110 °C, using a combination of petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical methods in order to understand the controls on Miocene sandstone reservoir quality to facilitate improved prediction of porosity and permeability. The main conclusions of the study are that mechanical compaction processes are the dominant control on porosity-loss although early calcite growth has led to locally-negligible porosity in some sandstones. Mechanical compaction occurred by grain rearrangement, ductile grain compaction and brittle grain fracturing. Calcite cement, occupying up to 41% intergranular volume, was derived from a combination of dissolved and recrystallized bioclasts, an influx of organic-derived carbon dioxide and plagioclase alteration. Clay minerals present include smectite-illite, kaolinite and chlorite. The smectitic clay was probably restricted to low energy depositional environments and it locally diminishes permeability disproportionate to the degree of porosity-loss. Kaolinite is probably the result of feldspar alteration resulting from the influx of organic-derived carbon dioxide. Quartz cement is present in small amounts, despite the relatively high temperature, due to a combination of limited time available in these young sandstones, grain-coating chlorite and low water saturations in these gas-bearing reservoir sandstones. Reservoir quality can now be predicted by considering primary sediment supply and primary depositional environment, the magnitude of the detrital bioclast fraction and the influx of organic-derived carbon dioxide.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Diagenesis, Sandstone, Reservoir quality, Miocene, Surma group, Bengal basin, Mechanical compaction, Calcite cement
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2016 07:59
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:30
DOI:	10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.07.027
Open Access URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.07.027
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003227