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@TECHREPORT{Zwach:136108,
author = {Zwach, Christian and Institut für Erdöl und Organische
Geochemie (Jülich, 4) and Universität (Kiel)},
title = {{D}iagenesis and temperature history of the cadotte
sandstone, {A}lberta deep basin, {C}anada: integration of
reservoir quality analysis and basin modeling},
volume = {3082},
number = {Juel-3082},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum},
reportid = {PreJuSER-136108, Juel-3082},
series = {Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich},
pages = {XIV, 173 S.},
year = {1995},
note = {Record converted from JUWEL: 18.07.2013},
abstract = {An integrated approach was applied to study how reservoir
quality has evolved in one of the major gas reservoirs in
the Alberta Deep Basin, the Albian Cadotte Sandstone. The
study area lies in the northern part of the basin close to
the Elmworth gas field. Porosity and permeability of the
Cadotte Sandstone is very low and decreases generally with
the burial depth. However, detailed analyses show that
formation porosity decreases much more regularly with the
estimated maximum burial depth than with the present burial
depth. Geostatistical analysis exhibits a spatial anisotropy
of formation porosity in that porosity varies more in strike
direction than in dip direction ofthe formation. Porosity
and permeabilityofthe Cadotte is mainly affected by early
formation of pore filling kaolinite, and later
grain-surface-dissolution of rock fragments, and quartz
cementation. Kaolinite formation resulted from the breakdown
of muscovite and K-feldspar under the influence of meteoric
water with low [I1]/[K+] ratio. Rock fragments such as chert
grains were affected by grain-surface-dissolution due to
surface reactions between illitic clay minerals and
microcrystalline quartz. This process resulted in the
formation of stylolitic grain-to-grain contacts and thick
solution seams containing mainly illite. The released silica
precipitated selectively on detrital monocrystalline quartz
grains with lower specific surface area. The overall process
of silica redistribution can be regarded as grain
coarsening, analogous to Ostwald ripening. Best reservoir
quality is therefore found in well-sorted, coarse-grained
sediments with low amounts of pore filling kaolinite.
Critical factors for the redistribution of silica, besides
the maximum burial depth of the formation, are the amount of
detrital quartz grains, the illite content of the rock
fragments, the crystal size of the quartz in the fragments,
and the presence of kaolinite between the grains. Basin
modeling applied to the study area shows that the maximum
temperature in the Cadotte Sandstone was reached in Early
Tertiary times when deepest burial occurred. A comparison of
quartz cementation temperatures derived from fluid inclusion
studies of the Cadotte with the reconstructed temperature
history of the formation showed a close match of the maximum
burial temperature with the maximum cementation
temperatures. Fluid inclusion data of quartz cements may
therefore be used to some extent for further calibration of
basin models. Coupled chemical reaction and fluid flow
modeling using the reconstructed temperature history of the
Cadotte Sandstone as input showed that advective fluid flow
can not account for the widespread occurrence of quartz
cement in the formation. This indicates the importance of
internal redistribution processes during deep burial
diagenesis. Sensitivity analyses of the basin model showed
that the effect of heat insulation of the gas emplacement in
the Alberta Deep Basin is a critical factor in determining
the accurate temperature and heat flow history in addition
to lithological parameters such as coal percentages in
formations. Gas filling of pore space may therefore result
in a feed back effect, where increased heating of source
rocks due to heat insulation causes additional hydrocarbon
generation. An enhanced understanding of the history of
reservoir quality results from the integration of reservoir
quality analysis and basin modeling and is thus important
for reservoir quality prediction in the exploration and the
production of gas, oil and water from sedimentary
formations.},
cin = {ICG-4},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
shelfmark = {GHHF - Sedimentary basins},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)29},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/136108},
}