STRATIGRAPHIC ZONATION FOR THE CARBONATE DISTRIBUTION OF FIELD

E6-3, CYCLE V IN CENTRAL LUCONIA

Nurul Shazleen Husna Binti Saad, Siti Nur Fathiyah Binti Jamaludin

INTRODUCTION SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

Motivation Data
Central Luconia Province (Figure 1), offshore Sarawak is a Miocene subsurface carbonate • 231 thin sections from well E6-3
deposits that form productive hydrocarbon repositories. • 2D Seismic
• Well logs (Sonic Velocity, Gamma Ray)
The age control is mainly recorded based on the “Cycles” which shows the major events of
unconformities in this area. For consistent identification, it is necessary that the “Cycles”
are dated and correlated by biostratigraphy methods although they are recognised on the Methodology
basis of depositional environments (Ho, 1978).

Objective Petrography
To construct the stratigraphic zones for the depth range 2133.6 m based on biostratigraphy, • Biostratigraphy
lithostratigraphy, seismic and well data. • Age determination
• Lithostratigraphy

Previous Studies Correlation

• Cycles

Figure 1: Location of the E6 Field (in Geophysics

red circle), Central Luconia offshore • Seismic
Sarawak. (Photo from Dr Markus Interpretation
Sclaich, South East Asia Research • T-D Conversion
Laboratory). • Log Interpretation Chart 1: Metholody of
the research studies.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Petrography Geophysics

1) Miogypsina • First occurrence = 1781.8 m 1400.5

• Last occurrence = 1934.7 m Zone 1
Cycle V
• Indicative of Langhian to 1688.4
Serravallian age (Middle 1688.5
Zone 2
Cycle IV
Miocene)(Junaidi Asis, 2015).
• Miogypsina sp. and 2133.6
Austrotrillina sp. zone ranges
(m)
indicates Aquitanian age in Early
Miocene Epoch (Roozpeykar & Cycle III

Moghaddam, 2016). Zone 3

Figure 2: Miogypsina from depth • Miogypsina became extinct at
1788.1 m. about 12½ Ma (Lunt & Maadon,
2017).
• Middle Miocene marks the end
of Cycle IV carbonate
2) Austrotrillina
• First occurrence = 1840 m
• Last occurrence at 1934.7 m
• Miogypsina sp. and
Austrotrillina sp. zone ranges
indicates Aquitanian age in Early
Miocene Epoch (Roozpeykar &
Moghaddam, 2016).
Figure 3: Austrotrillina from depth
1859.8 m.
• High frequency, low
• Low frequency, high amplitude
amplitude and parallel
and a bit chaotic seismic reflector.
seismic reflector.
• Basement rock (Cycle III). The
• Transgressive system tract
dispersed seismic velocity in that
which carries the mud
zone may be because of deeper
influence
depth.
• Amount of sediment and
accommodation space is
• The seismic reflector is sub parallel, which
equal, thus exhibits
indicates that the depositional
parallel reflectors.
environment is influenced by relatively
high energy.
Figure 4: Interpreted 2D NE-SW • Carbonate buildup, a mixture of
seismic section with well E6-3. carbonate and mud.

CONCLUSION
• There are 3 zones for Well E6-3
• The top of carbonate is at 1688.51 metres.
• The carbonate platform is overlain by
transgressive surface following episode of sea
level rising. This contribute to the tight layer
distribution in carbonate layer.
• Fossil record and lithology plays an important
role in age dating and determining the
depositional environment of carbonate buildups
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