Characteristics and Main Controlling Factor of the Upper Cretaceous Sarvak Reservoir, SouthWest Iran

Key words: 
• Iran /
• Zagros Basin /
• Sarvak /
• Karsitfication /
• reservoir controlling factor /
• development suggestion

Abstract: This paper studys on the characteristics and main controlling factors of the upper Cretaceous Sarvak reservoir by the coring, section, SEM, well logging and 3D seismic data. The study area is the Azadegan oilfield of the SouthWest, Iran and which situated in the "hot zone" of the Zagros foreland basin nowadays. The main lithology of the Sarvak is the limestone and chalk limestone which is abundant of the rudist, foraminifer debris. The reservoir is influenced by the multi-stage of the karstification effect and the effect reservoir space is the moldic pore, cavern, vug, and mud matrix dissolved pore. According to the MISC, por-per relationship and lithology, we divided the reservoir into four types that are vug-pore, fracture-pore, matrix pore and non-reservoir. The optimum is the vug-pore and the mainly is the rudist bearing reservoir, and the secondary reservoir is the fracture-pore and the matrix pore reservoir, and mainly is the foraminifer bearing chalk limestone. The reservoir main controlling factor are the 3rd Squence boundary, palaeogeomorphology of the depositional time and rock fracturing by the multi-stage tectonic activities. The Squence boundary control the vertical position of optimum reservoir, the palaeogeomorphology control the lateral reservoir quality distribution, and the rock fracturing control the oiliness property of the chalky limestone. According to these findings, we propose the development suggestions as below: Clearing the 3^rd sequence boundary of inner formation and the paleo-high of depositional time is the critical factors to select the favorable vertical develop zone and lateral develop area. The reservoir quality and oiliness of the thick chalk limestone is influenced by the rock fracturing, and is more unstable compare with the reservoir zone near the sequence boundary. So, at the early stage of the field development, we should consider the grading evaluation criteria in the reserves calculation.