Impact of deltaic clinothems on reservoir performance: Dynamic studies of reservoir analogs from the Ferron Sandstone Member and Panther Tongue, Utah

摘要

Subsurface reservoir models are typically limited by a lack of spatially accurate geometric data on bedform architecture and geometry. These factors are key controls on fluid flow. Outcrop analogs have long been used as a source of such data, but the capture of sufficiently precise outcrop data is a challenge. The study presented in this article used highly accurate geometrical digital geological outcrop data collected using ground-based laser scanning (light detection and ranging [LIDAR]) to build and test three-dimensional geocellular models of deltaic reservoir analogs.