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Abstract
Formation Temperature and Formation Pressure Affect the Oil and Gas Distribution in Tertiary Gulf Coast Sediments
Walter H. Fertl (1), W. G. Leach (2)
ABSTRACT
Oil and gas distribution is generally influenced by both formation temperature and formation pressure, and this paper provides an analytical study of these parameters. From our in-depth studies in the clastic Tertiary Gulf Coast sediments, we concluded that the highest concentration of all hydrocarbons is encountered near the onset of abnormally high formation pressure regimes. This conclusion is based on pressure and temperature data recorded in more than 12,000 wells and actual production data taken from approximately 33,000 well completions.
Similar observations are presented for the Tertiary clastic sediments offshore Malaysia and for the Pliocene reservoirs under development in the West Turkmen depression in the USSR.
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