The SCReeM Project

Submarine Channel Reservoir Modeling

Project Summary

With the goal of transforming outcrop geology into a geo-referenced subsurface model, the Submarine Channel Reservoir Modeling project (SCReeM) built an integrated suite of three-dimensional geologic, petrophysical, and geophysical models to test a set of predictive geologic rules. The models were developed in conjunction with the Slope and Basin Consortium's (SBC) study of the Brushy Canyon Formation and cover 55% of the 245 km² outcrop belt. Using the Brushy Canyon Formation as an analog, the models can be used to evaluate uncertainty related to the geologic interpretation of derivative and remotely sensed subsurface data.

The SCReeM models were developed by combining traditional methods in field geology with state-of-the-art visualization technology, including software developed by SBC research staff. These are the largest and most detailed three-dimensional models ever made from outcrop data.

Principal Investigators

Jim Borer, Colorado School of Mines

Mary Carr, Colorado School of Mines

Duration

2000-2002

Project Sponsors