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In this paper, we illustrate how virtual scenes can help to complement lessons learned from physical field trips and outcrop mapping. We illustrate how the virtual scenes can be used to complement field course as well as fault and fracture mapping. We will also focus in on how virtual scenes can support multiple disciplines to investigate how the complexity of the geological features are simplified when creating geo-cellular models, and help them to decide the best strategies to move forward with the modelling. The virtual scenes consists of 10 km2 of digital outcrop models from a salt-cored, fractured and faulted anticline, Jebel Madar, located in North Oman. The most prominent exposed rocks are from the Natih and Shuaiba late Cretaceous formations. These outcrops are ideal analogues for fractured reservoirs in general, and with direct applications for Oman, the UAE and Saudi Arabia in particular.

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Discovering (or Rediscovering) a Fractured Reservoir Analogue above a Salt Cored Anticline using Virtual Reality
Conference Proceedings 2025, 1 (2025); https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202510609
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