Date of Award
Fall 12-2018
Degree Type
Thesis-Restricted
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Major Professor
Dr. Abu Mustafa Sarwar
Second Advisor
Mr. Brad Robison
Third Advisor
Dr. Ioannis Georgiou
Abstract
Hydraulic connectivity for the Tiber field and 17 other Wilcox penetrations in Keathley Canyon (KC) and 5 fields in Walker Ridge (WR) protraction areas was assessed. All five chronostratigraphic Wilcox units are not in vertical communication across both protraction areas. Four of these units are in lateral communication across Tiber field except where faults isolate portions of the structure. Five “areas of connectivity,” where two or more fields are in communication, were found in KC. The fields in WR show no evidence of connectivity despite a relatively simpler structural environment than KC. I propose that the wells in WR are isolated due to a combination of diagenetic cementation and increased vertical effective stress acting to decrease permeability between structures. I also attempted to assess the possibility of hydrodynamic flow in the primary basin encompassing Tiber by geophysically identifying the field’s oil water contact and determining its orientation. This was unsuccessful.
Recommended Citation
Morrison, William F., "Vertical and Lateral Hydraulic Connectivity of the Wilcox Formation for Tiber Field and the Outbound Structural Province of Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Northern Gulf of Mexico" (2018). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2569.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2569
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