AN OUTCROPS ANALOGUE TO BASEMENT

FRACTURED RESERVOIRS OF THE SUBAN GAS

FIELD, SOUTH SUMATRA BASIN, INDONESIA
SAPIIE, Benyamin, Departmen Teknik Geologi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesa
10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia, bsapiie@gc.itb.ac.id and PURWAMAN, Indro,
Exploration, SKKMIGAS, Jakarta, 12710, Indonesia

Exploration activity in the western Indonesian region is mostly concentrated in targeting

new prospects in the basement fractured reservoirs. Suban field is one the biggest gas
field in Indonesia, which mostly delivered from basement fractured reservoirs. However,
limited information on fractures orientation an fracture density is available from core and
borehole image log data, particularly in relation to information concerning fractures
parameters such as fracture length, relationship lithology to fracture density, cross-cutting
relationships. All of this information is very important for understanding not only fluid
flow and reservoir performance but also trapping mechanism, which is very important to
the exploration program. Many study have been proved the role of outcrops in helping to
solve this issues. This paper is presented results of outcrop scale fractures
characterization study along E-W traverse across central Sumatra region as an analogue
for basement fractured reservoir in the Suban Field, South Sumatra. Fractures
characterization study is concentrated in the basement outcrop from more than 10
locations using both scan-line and window mapping. The main goal of the study is using
outcrop scale fractured characterization for understanding reservoir behavior in the Suban
Field, which in turn can be used for exploring other area with similar geology. Sumatra
basement consist of amalgamated terrain with various lithology such limestone,
metasediments, marble, slate, phylite, quarzite, granite and andesite with ages ranging
from Permo-Carbon to Cretaceous.

The results of study show that two main fractures orientation was observed in the
basement, which is dominantly NW-SE and N-S. Almost in every outcrop, this trend was
observed as dominant structural pattern where similar pattern was indicated by regional
basement orientation. Fractures density is varies significantly in various different
lithologies where granitic rocks and limestone show as the highest compared to other
basement lithology. However, local structures such major faults and folds are highly
influenced in term fractures density. Results of this study will be used as an important
input to discrete fracture network (DFN) as well as for distributing fracture properties in
reservoir models in the Suban Field.
2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)
General Information for this Meeting

Session No. 217--Booth# 207

Applications of Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry
(Posters)
Vancouver Convention Centre-West: Exhibition Hall C
9:00 AM-6:30 PM, Tuesday, 21 October 2014