Oman Fracture Research
Most hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Gulf region and in Oman occur at depth in fractured carbonate anticlines. Geophysical and geological datasets directly acquired from the field are often insufficient on their own to build realistic reservoir models; more constraints are needed to improve hydrocarbon recovery. Anticlines exposed in the Adam foothills in northern Oman provide excellent analogues to many of the neighbouring buried fields: they are made of similar rocks and have been shaped by similar deformation events; furthermore exhumation has not affected their potential as excellent analogues. Detailed original field observations on fracture distribution, kinematics and attributes are an inexpensive and very reliable key source of information to constrain reservoir models.
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Most Recent Reports
- Fracture systems in Middle East Reservoir analogues: A field survey of fracture/faults populations in carbonate anticlines, Oman
- A pilot study of fracture-related microstructures from carbonate anticlines in Oman
- Fracture systems in Middle East reservoir analogues: Preliminary field observations from linear and domal anticlines in Oman