Depositional and diagenetic impact on reservoir quality of the Asmari carbonate reservoir, Naft-Sefid Oilfield, SW Iran

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Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The Oligo-Miocene Asmari Formation is the most prolific reservoir in the Dezful Embayment, southwest of Iran. Depositional and diagenetic effects on reservoir quality in the sequence stratigraphic
framework were carried out on the basis of petrographic investigation, petrophysical logs, and core
measurement porosity and permeability data. Petrographic analysis resulted in the identification of 12
microfacies classified in 5 sub-environments including tidal flat, lagoon, barrier, shallow open marine
and basin, which indicate deposition in a homoclinal ramp setting. Tidal flat, lagoonal and barrier
microfacies are mostly present in the upper and middle parts of the Asmari Formation, while outer ramp
microfacies largely developed in the middle part. Anhydrite and calcite cementation, compaction,
dolomitization, dissolution, and fracturing are the main diagenetic controlling factors on petrophysical
properties. Fracturing, dolomitization, and dissolution are contributed to reservoir quality enhancement,
while compaction and cementation had negative effects on reservoir quality. The studied successions
are represented by 3 third-order sequences of early Aquitanian, late Aquitanian and early Burdigalian
ages that largely deposited in the highstand systems tract (HST) stage

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