Sandstone deposited in deep marine environments form important hydrocarbon reservoirs in many basins throghout the world. However, despite the phlethora of outcrop studies and the development of numerous submarine fan models and classification schemes, very few applied stidies at a reservoir scale have been published.

This publication has arisen from the perceived needs of the academic and industrial communities to understand the controls on the architecture and geometry of deep marine clastic reservoirs. It highlights some of the current avenues and potential ways forward in the study of deep marine clastic systems, particularly with application to hydrocarbon reservoirs.