Abstract
Abstract Machar is one of several diapir fields located in the Eastern Trough of the UK Central North Sea. It contains light oil in fractured Cretaceous–Danian chalk and Paleocene sandstones draped over and around a tall, steeply-dipping salt diapir that had expressed seafloor relief during chalk deposition. The reservoir geology represents a complex interplay of sedimentology and evolving structure, with slope-related redeposition of both the chalk and sandstone reservoirs affecting distribution and reservoir quality. The best reservoir quality occurs in resedimented chalk (debris flows) and high-density turbidite sandstones. Mapping and characterizing the different facies present has been key to reservoir understanding. The field has been developed by water injection, with conventional sweep in the sandstones and imbibition drive in the chalk. Although the chalk has high matrix microporosity, permeability is typically less than 2 mD, and fractures are essential for achieving high flow rates; test permeabilities can be up to 1500 mD. The next phase of development is blowdown, where water injection is stopped and the field allowed to depressurize. This commenced in February 2018.
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