| Summary: | <p> The Taranaki Basin is the only known producing basin within New Zealand. Since the drilling of the first well in 1865, the Taranaki basin has remained relatively underexplored. The Arawa-1 well was drilled in 1992 using 2D seismic lines as a control. New Zealand has started an exploration initiative by publicly releasing all geological and geophysical information gathered on and offshore New Zealand. The gathered information includes the Parihaka 3D survey, which directly overlaps with the Arawa-1 well and original 2D lines. This study focused on the Miocene-Pliocene Mangaa Formation, which exhibited reservoir quality within the Arawa-1 well. Seismic attributes have been used to locate an area of interest within the Mangaa Formation. A Coherence attribute was useful for identifying geomorphological features as well as faults. An average energy volume was used to emphasize brighter amplitudes from background signatures and to define lateral boundaries of the reservoir. Upon mapping an area of interest within the Mangaa Formation, the amplitude anomalies were conformable to structural highs. Results were compared to an analog well, Karewa-1, where amplitude anomalies were relatively identical. Amplitude versus offset analysis was conducted for the amplitude anomaly within the Mangaa Formation and found a class 4 anomaly. The interpreter performed fluid replacement modeling with the assumption of 100% gas, derived from the analog, Karewa-1. The interpreter compared the resulting model to the observed trends inside and outside of the amplitude anomaly. The gas model signature resembled that of the amplitudes inside of the amplitude anomaly, and the amplitude signature of the original water saturation resembled that of the amplitudes outside of the anomaly. The results allow the interpreter to use the correlation of amplitude signatures and fluids in place to assist in de-risking prospect potential. </p><p>
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