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Premature water breakthrough was observed in a Lower Cretaceous carbonate reservoir under five spot pattern water injection in a Middle East oil field. Openhole log resistivity anomalies in recently drilled wells and time lapse pulsed neutron logs suggested preferential water movement in certain horizons. Reservoir heterogeneity depending on lithological variation is identified as a cause of the water breakthrough.
Two high permeable lithofacies were defined by core and thin section observation. One is altered bioclast dominant coarse grainstone/packstone in the middle part of the reservoir. The other is very fine altered bioclastic peloidal grainstone/packstone in the upper part of the reservoir. These lithofacies are composed mainly of rarely micritized bioclastic grains with rigid framework preserving intergranuler porosity. Large molds and vugs associated with rudists in the upper part of the reservoir are locally connected and contribute to the fluid flow.
Relative sea level change and paleo-topography are recognized as important factors to control lithofacies distribution. Areal distribution of the lithofacies shows aggradational stacking pattern and abrupt lateral lithofacies change particularly in the middle part of the reservoir. This suggests that simple carbonate ramp model currently applied is not appropriate for reservoir characterization purpose in this reservoir.
