Carbonate Diagenesis
Diagenetic studies are an important step in reservoir characterisation since they help mitigate reservoir risk by quantifying the timing of diagenetic events, and can also help refine sequence stratigraphic and burial history frameworks. Cambridge Carbonates offers sampling strategies for clients, ensuring the best possible results can be obtained.
We produce diagenetic models which provide key results such as timing of fluid movements and evolution of reservoir properties throughout the entire diagenetic history. The results of diagenetic models can also be used to optimize the understanding of rock-types.
To achieve these studies, we aim to undertake a well defined workflow integrating :
- macroscopic qualitative and quantitative observations (cores and/or outcrops)
- microscopic qualitative and quantitative investigations (observations from stained thin sections, cathodoluminescence, SEM).
- geochemistry (stable C & O isotopes, Sr isotopes, trace/major elements) and thermometry (fluid inclusion analysis).