Wave-dominated deltaic strata form prolific hydrocarbon plays in many mature basins across the
world. Examples include the Jurassic Brent Group play in the North Sea, offshore UK and Norway
(e.g., Husmo et al., 2003), Eocene Jackson Group and Oligocene Frio Formation plays, Texas, onshore
USA (e.g., Fisher et al., 1970; Galloway and Morton, 1989), and Tertiary plays in the Niger Delta
province, offshore Nigeria (e.g., Evamy et al., 1978), the Baram Delta province, offshore Brunei (e.g.,
Rijks, 1981), and the Columbus Basin, offshore Trinidad and Tobago (e.g., Sydow et al., 2003). Wavedominated
deltas also form key exploration targets in frontier basins (e.g., Triassic Snadd Formation,
Barents Sea, offshore Norway; Klausen et al., 2014, 2016).
The overall architecture of many wave-dominated deltaic reservoirs is determined by their sequence
stratigraphic framework, together with their structural configuration. Sequence stratigraphic
frameworks contain elements such as shoreface-shelf parasequences bounded by flooding surfaces,
and fluvio-estuarine complexes that fill incised coastal valleys developed at sequence boundaries. The
internal facies distributions and stacking patterns of such elements are ordered, which aids prediction
of reservoir character and behavior. Outcrop analogues of wave-dominated deltaic reservoirs display
aspects of ordered stratigraphic architecture across a range of spatial scales that are equivalent to
those observed in core, well-log and seismic data, and can therefore be used to support interpretation
of their subsurface counterparts.