Jamal:

Have a look at this link for essential insights:

Best

Syed

http://www.sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?pageid=35

Thanks a lot Syed.

As you have evinced interest in diagenesis, sequence stratigraphy and petroleum exploration, I would suggest you to look for any good stratigraphic section with chronological control, study the evolution of pore systems in the context of relative sea level changes.

All the best

Thank you very much Mr Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar.

First choose a good stratigraphic section for carbonates, and if it has some diagenetic features then my suggestion will be to do the "Diagenetic Controls on Carbonate Reservoir Quality of that particular limestone" or follow the topic suggested by Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar.

All the Best  

Mr Hafiz Shahid Hussain ,

Thanks a lot.

Arya JS, you are just asking for the topic. What kind of data is available to you, or you still have to collect the field data? If the data is yet to be collected, then our friends have suggested the procedure / actions to be taken. Sometimes, the thin sections, samples are available in the data archives of departments; use them. In any case, select a topic wherein the related data is available in public domain. It will help you to make your report voluminous; and your hard work will make it illuminous! Do not forget to acknowledge a figure, text, findings etc. of referring authors. Best wishes.

Hello Arya JS, The first things to consider are: (1) what type of data is avaiable to you? core samples, wireline logs, or field samples?  Is there sufficient quantity and is it of sufficient quality to allow a full investigation? (2)  If you are planning a career in industry, then your research needs to be something industry would find of interest.  Otherwise, you might spend your time on some obsure topic that is only of academic interest and that would lessen your job opportunities in industry.  For your topic, you first need to obtain and evaluate your data (without data...you have nothing to work with).  If you have multiple options, choose a geographic area that either is not previously drilled and you evaluate the possibility of finding hydrocarbons, OR you can select an area where there is some production and you look at the possibilities for extending the life of those fields with secondary recovery (you determine the method) or the possibility of infill wells.  Best wishes and remember, the topic will evolve once you have your data.

Mr Nusrat K Siddiqui, thanks for your guidance.

Mrs Sharon Cornelius, Thank you very much, that's right  and I need to be considered available data.

What you wish to do depends on the available data but in any case, you can work on the sedimentology, or geochemical aspect or on isotope or depositional environment or reservoir potential or on porosity and permeability or diagenesis. i want you to think on the most realistic for you.

Sequence stratigraphy by using carbonate rocks still seems to be very popular as it also entails global sealevel changes and paleoclimatology aspects.

Working on Carbonate sedimentology following a pluridisciplinary approach is highly recommanded, especially when reservoir characterisation is the ultimate goal of the study.

Reservoir characterization in carbonates  requires analysis of geological and log data wherever available if not in that area but an adjacent one will also suffice. The log characters in carbonates give very good idea of its tightness along with secondary porosity which is an important characteristic from in place fluid volume point of view. You can include these ideas in your scope of work.

Depending on the data, you can use different approach/work flow.

Topic1: For instance if you have core (or cutting), conventional/image logs and seismic (on large scale) data you could identify the lithology and different depositional facies. This enables you to understand and build depositional model using the principle of shore line trajectory. Here, the controlling factor is the sea level change.

Topic 2. You can start form the out crop using sections at some number of stratigraphic columns and you can identify facies associations and depositional environment. Porosity type and secondary processes affecting porosity can be evaluated using microscopy at a given section of interest.

Or a combination of the two. This may be a broad topic.