The Diana field is situated in the western Gulf of Mexico 160 miles south of Galveston in present-day water depths in excess of 4700 ft. Projected development costs were high and required an optimization program to ensure a viable project. The most favorable development plan called for early oil production from the oil leg, followed later by production from the gas cap. Deepwater outcrop analog data were integrated with seismic and well data to produce a detailed object-based model for more accurate reservoir characterization. Various sensitivities were tested with regard to the channel architecture.
Outcrops span a critical gap in both scale and resolution between seismic and well-bore data.
Inspect the figure below to see various channel structures and net reservoir sand proportions, depending on positionin the channel depositional system. New Endowment Announced By Matt Martin Kudos once again to our own Dr. Bob Sheriff. Back to the Table of Contents Chairman's Message By Dr. John Casey As an update of the last Newsletter and our faculty hiring progress, we have now filled three additional faculty positions at the assistant and full professor level. Dr. Gustavo Correa, a recent graduate of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, will join the Geosciences Department and AGL as an assistant professor of geophysics with expertise in reflection seismology. Dr. Michael Murphy, a recent graduate from UCLA who conducted his Ph.D. research on the tectonics of the Himalayas, will join the Geosciences Department as an assistant professor of Geology with expertise in structure and tectonics.