A Regional Analysis of Clumped Isotope Geochemistry to Define the Timing of Creation of Micro-Porosity in a Lower Cretaceous Giant Reservoir

Barata, J.; Vahrenkamp, V.; Van Laer, P. J.; Swart, P.; Murray, S.

doi:10.2118/177922-ms

A Regional Analysis of Clumped Isotope Geochemistry to Define the Timing of Creation of Micro-Porosity in a Lower Cretaceous Giant Reservoir

Clumped isotope geochemistry of calcite minerals measures temperature independently of the isotopic composition of the precipitating water, allowing in combination with basin modeling to define the depth and timing of major diagenetic events. This technique has been applied to a regional selectio…