INTEGRATED SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF A CARBONATE RESERVOIR IN CENTRAL LUCONIA, MALAYSIA

The porosity-permeability architecture of carbonate buildups in Central Luconia,
Malaysia still remain ambiguous. The evolution of isolated carbonate buildups rely on
multiple forcing factors, including tectonics and eustatic fluctuations. These parameters
control the developmental phases of carbonate buildups such as initiation, growth and
termination stages, and give insights into other morphologic patterns such as backstepping
and exposure events. The current study shows the evolution of a Middle to Late Miocene
isolated carbonate buildup of Central Luconia in the southern South China Sea, and
describes it from large-scale to very fine detail (km to mm) utilizing newly acquired (2016)
3D seismic data along with core and thin sections.