Najmuddin Abdul Rahim

Bachelor of Technology (Hons) in Petroleum Geoscience

Introduction
The modern fluvial environment may present an interesting take on the
properties of a subsurface reservoir. Depending on the processes
involved in the deposition of the sediments in a modern river, particularly
that of a meandering river, the information may be useful as an analogue
of subsurface reservoir continuity models. The Pahang River in Temerloh
Pahang was chosen as a study area, as its dynamic river processes may
have stimulated non homogenous reservoir properties in terms of;
porosity, permeability, and compaction. This idea was tested on the
transect of the main point bar of the study site. Furthermore, river
classification was also conducted to understand the consequence of
sinuosity in relation to sediment deposition onto the point bar.
Aim
To investigate the properties of a potential reservoir environment;
including compaction, porosity and permeability, across different fluvial
facies in a modern river transect
To demonstrate facies association and reservoir continuity in potentially
heterogeneous distribution of modern fluvial sediments, in terms of grain
size distribution and reservoir properties
Methodology
Preliminary Study
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Study Area
a b
c
Figure 1: a) Location of study location in Temerloh Pahang, highlighting
the main meander bend, submerged point bar and mid channel islands;
b) on-site point-bar, with shallower waters exposing main point bar of
study b
Figure 6: Gravel-and-mud pyramid diagram (left) showing the point
bar sands are classed along the gravel-sand side of the pyramid are
distinctly clustered into 3 classes of sand: sandy-gravel (red), gravelly
sand (yellow), sand (green) ; The Sand-silt-clay diagram (right)
displaying the sediment classification as totally sand with silt
influences
a
Figure 4: point bar was transected, with 3 sand sample points for
each line collected from Lines I to XII (totaling 36 Lines); Sand
samples a, b and c displays how the point bar sediments are
heterogenous in grain size and distribution

Figure 2: A produced geological map of study area. Much of the

Field Work lithology was derived from previous works and outcrop exposure around
Sample Collection the Temerloh area. No actual bed-rock or outcrop was identified in the 40
point bar site

Class weight (%)

Mapping

Results and Discussion 30

Reservoir Surface Properties of Architecture and Figure 3: a) The river Figure 7: The ongoing porosity test will be pitted with the unified
Heterogeneity Fluvial Environment Geometry A A a thalweg (red) and straight sandstone porosity-depth profile by Poelchau, to determine the
line (yel) from point A to 20 Temerloh point bar sandstone porosity and depth relation as an
Point B was traced using analog
Google Earth b) The
Sieve Analysis & Reservoir Quality Across
Different Facies
River Sinuosity
river is a sinous- 10 Conclusion
Porosity Testing Analysis
meandering river based
on the sinuosity ratio The river is very sinuous, bordering on meandering and may
B B 0 be a gravelly sand-bed river (Jackson, 1978) where gravel is
Mean, Porosity VS Depth River type: common in the channels and in the lower portions of the point
10.0 100.0 1000.0 10000.0 bar sequences
Kurtosis, profile Straight
Skewness, Grain size analysis Sinuous Particle diameter (mm)
The point bar is heterogenous in grain size distribution, and it
Sorting Compaction analysis Meander Figure 5: The distribution in percentage (%) of the sand samples may be possible to separate the point bar into 3 distinct areas
Water collected vs their sizes in microns shows 3 distinct peaks in grain sizes: based on the sediments size
dilution 34.98% (diameter 595 mm), 26.49% (diameter 1183 mm), 19.45%
porosity test A to B Distance Sinuosity Ratio (diameter 2366 mm) The heterogeneity of the grain sizes along the point bar can be
53,604 m an indication of the reservoir potential property; porosity and
Reservoir Analog Model for a Modern
37,519 m
1.43 compaction information in an analog with Poelchaus profile
Fluvial System