RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS AND DEPOSITIONAL CONTROLS ON

IDENTIFIED PROSPECT F AREA OF MOKI FORMATION IN MAARI FIELD,

NEW ZEALAND
Faten Ashirah Bt Mohd Fauzi
Petroleum Geoscience Department, PETRONAS University of Technology
32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Introduction
This study present upgraded interpretation of Moki Formation turbidite complex
specifically on channels
Increase emphasis on exploration and production in deep water reservoir >
Petroleum industry interested with this hydrocarbon reservoir potential
Hydrocarbon exploration on nowadays focus more on deep water area / more Interpretation (Faults & Horizons)
specifically on turbidite setting due to its economic value > Obvious presence of -top of Moki Formation (pink line), picked on a
stratigraphic trap & single turbidite sandstones are usually thick which possibly high acoustic impedance (hard kick)
continuous over long distance and well soarted can be good potential reservoir -bottom of Moki Formation (blue line)
-faults propagate through the section and
diminish upon reaching to top

Objectives
To define the reservoir characteristics of the Moki Formation
To map the turbidity features in the Moki Formation reservoir (the continuation,
thickness, shape, size of reservoir and their relation to the other facies in the
seismic data) Figure 5: Faults and Horizons Interpretation on
To identify the environment depositional control of F reservoir of Moki Formation Inline 1270

Study Area Depth Map Generation

Taranaki Basin is both onshore and offshore Cretaceous rift basin on West Coast of -produced from conversion of time maps
North Island of New Zealand -layers are deepening from South-East to
The basin covers ~100,000km (dominated by offshore) and contains up to 9km the North-West direction
sediment -major faults trend : SW-NE

Tectonic Evolution :
Rifting from extensional force
during break up of
Gondwanaland
Fore-arc and intra-arc basin
development due to subduction
of Pacific Plate under Australian
Plate at Hikurangi Subduction
System
Study area coverage limited to Southern
offshore region of the basin
Data : 3D seismic survey & few wells
information
Figure 1: New Zealand Map showing
the location of Taranaki Basin
Figure 6:Depth Maps of Top (right) &
Bottom (left) of Moki Formation
Attribute Analysis
-Coherence attribute (on left)
yellow circles indicate major
faults
-RMS amplitude attribute (on
right) red colour on North-
Slope or West areas are probable to
processing be the bright spot location,
error? red circle is the targetted
area to find channel

Methodology Figure 7:Coherence attribute

maps on -710 (Z-section)
Figure 8:RMS amplitude attribute
maps on -2070 (Z-section)

Prospect Study
Polarity
Determination Reservoir
Characterization Depositional Controls
Well to Seismic Tie
Well Correlation Define reservoir Identify
characteristics of environment
Interpretation
the Moki Formation depositional control
Time Map of F reservoir of
Generation Map turbidity
features in the Moki Moki Formation
Velocity Analysis Formation reservoir
Depth Map
Generation
Attribute Analysis Figure 2: Project Workflow

Result & Discussion Figure 9:Spectral Decomposition Attribute Map on 2070 (Z-section). The
dotted line show the interpreted channel
Reservoir Characteristics Study
-Channels can be easily detected on shallow part on seismic section (less compacted by
other sediments on the above)
-channels trending : moving to the North direction (down the slope, gravity driven)
Well to Seismic Tie
-presence of meandering channel
-seismic trace match with the well (yellow
box) Porosity ~20% Permeability ~100mD
-sudden changed due to large radial Net to gross ~47% (fine to very fine grain size, amalmagated sandstone package >100m thick
seismic which cause inconsistency in the
seismic traces (green box) Depositional Control Study
- Accommodation area was filled by high sediment infill that resulted in shelf, slope and
basin floor fan system prograding from Mid Miocene onwards to the North / North-West :
Figure 3: Well to Seismic Tie Result for sandstone of Moki Formation become continuously younger to the North, feed by plutonic
Maari-1 Well at Inline 1270 and subordinate metamorphic source in the South)
- Turbidite complexes : Terrigeneous sediment is provided to the basin floor by density
current. Fining upward trend (based on Bouma Sequence)

Well Correlation Conclusion

-datum : 0SSTVD (seabed)
-Moki Formation can be
correlated between both wells
Figure 4: Well Correlation Result for Maari-1 and Maari-2 wells
Moki Formation present in certain areas of this study area as non-overlapping turbidite
system with the largest fan system over the Southern offshore region. The fan system
prograded markedly to the North direction with continuously sediment supply to the basin
floor and spilled onto the Western Stable Platform on Early Lillburnian. As to conclude the
entire report, this project will achieved its objectives which are to define the reservoir
characteristics, to map the turbidity features and to identify the environment depositional
printed by
control of F reservoir of Moki Formation successfully.
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