A case study on the hydrocarbon geology of Upper Permian (Zechstein-3) carbonates in licence P6, the Netherlands' offshore.

  • A.B. van der Poel Spoorlaan 42, 3721 PC Bilthoven, The Netherlands
  • A.B. van der Poel Spoorlaan 42, 3721 PC Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Keywords: Upper Permian carbonates, Netherlands offshore, shallowing upwards sequence, diagenetic sequences, leaching, porosity, burial graph

Abstract

Permian (Zechstein-3) carbonates in the P6 block, the Netherlands' offshore, were deposited in a subtidalintertidal-supratidal setting, in an overall shallowing-upwards mega sequence. Interpreted diagenetic events include in order of occurrence: lithification, dessication, early leaching, dolomitisation, anhydritisation, calcitisation and also late leaching, compaction/stylolitisation and late fracturation. The diagenetic sequence is related to the reconstructed burial history by plotting on a burial graph. Present diagenetic porosity (Moldic- intraparticle- vuggy- (enlarged) intercrystalline- fracture porosity) predates renewed hydrocarbon gas generation. Gas generation is continuing today.

Published
1989-01-01
How to Cite
A.B. van der Poel, & A.B. van der Poel. (1989). A case study on the hydrocarbon geology of Upper Permian (Zechstein-3) carbonates in licence P6, the Netherlands’ offshore. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 285-296. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12906
Issue
Volume 68 - 1989
Section
Regular paper

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