The objective of the project is to facilitate the development of ultra-deepwater resources by developing techniques to assess the connectivity characteristics of deepwater sediments based on analysis of reservoir analogs, reservoir databases, and a reservoir model for a mature reservoir. A key focus will be the development of guidelines for acquisition of additional reservoir information (e.g., well tests) using value of information concepts. Additional objectives are to prove that geologic models can be developed based on appraisal data that are robust in capturing the reservoir characterization that impacts actual dynamic reservoir performance and to determine the level of details that can be obtained from well test data alone.