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This paper summarizes the study that have been conducted on simulating carbonate growth and spatial distribution through time in frontier environment using new technology stratigraphic forward modeling (SFM). The area of study is located in dangerous ground deep water Sabah. It offers a unique challenge for exploration as only two wells have been drilled in this area. Very few geological studies have been conducted in this area and results of the recent drilled wells have added more to the geological ambiguitiy of the study area. For this purpose, an innovative technique has been used to improve the geological understanding and better predict reservoir distribution for future prospects and plays SFM is deterministic and mathematical process tool. It is used to model the physic of sedimentary transport and deposition of silicicalastic and carbonate. It enables the geologist to test and validate the factors controlling depositional process by comparing the simulation results with soft data. In carbonate reservoirs, SFM is designed to predict reef growth with the goal of better understanding reef evolution and carbonate facies distribution through time and space.

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2019-10-29
2024-03-28
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