AAPG/Datapages Discovery Series No. 7, Multidimensional Basin Modeling, Chapter 8:  Integration of Capillary Top-Seal Leakage with Map-Based Fluid-Flow Modeling

Michael, G. E., P. D’Onfro, and F. Eilertsen

AAPG Special Volumes

... this example, we have used the SEMI program to investigate the impact of incorporating top-seal models in a Tertiary setting (South Viking Graben, Norway...

Pressure Cell Mapping as a Tool for Evaluating Remaining Exploration Potential: Example from the Pre-Cretaceous Series in the

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Abstract: Assessing Seal Capacity in North Sea Central Graben Mudrocks, by Richard E. Swarbrick and Richard W. Lahann; #90039 (2005)

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Evaluation of the Regional Top Seal for the Purpose of Geologic Sequestration in the Gippsland Basin, Southeastern Australia, by Louise Goldie Divko, Joseph Hamilton, and Geoffrey W. O’Brien, #80099 (2010).

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Subsurface Structure and Hydrocarbon Occurrence, Heidelberg-Sand Hill Graben System, Southeast Mississippi

J. Keith Bowman , Maurice A. Meylan

GCAGS Transactions

... along the entire graben. The eastern horst also dips to the west along the central part of the graben (regional dip), but at a shallower angle, whereas...

ABSTRACT: Influence of Overpressures on Hydrocarbon Preservation; #90017 (2003)

Hege Marit Nordgård Bolås, Gunn Mari Grimsmo Teige, Christian Hermanrud

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... overpressuring, leakage characteristics were compared for the Haltenbanken, Viking Graben and Central Graben areas. Both present day observations (stress, pore...

Geochemistry Analysis and Petroleum System Modeling for XŽ Block, West Natuna Basin

Tsania Ozza, Miftah Mazied, Frederick H. Korah, Mellinda Arisandy, Hendra I. Darmawan, I Wayan A. Darma, Bayu P. Putra, Widiastuti N. Farida

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... graben, which caused regional seal (Keras Fm) to be removed. This inexistence of top seal might be a reason why there was no discovery. As an example...

The Determination of Seal Capacities for Highly Pressured HP/HT Traps: A Best-PracticeŽ Workflow

Stephen O'Connor, Richard Swarbrick, Richard Lahann, Alexander Edwards, David Scott, Sam Green

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... - Aquifer Seal Capacity at Top Reservoir using crestal depth data for 48 reservoirs of the same age (Jurassic) in the Central North Sea (provided by IHS...

Using multidimensional scaling to estimate the impact of shale volume, fault seal, and fluid migration methods on 3D petroleum saturation, Norwegian Viking Graben

Anatoly Aseev, Tapan Mukerji, Allegra Hosford Scheirer

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... Viking Graben Anatoly Aseev, Tapan Mukerji, Allegra Hosford Scheirer Using multidimensional scaling to estimate the impact of shale volume, fault seal...

Trap Styles: A New Classification Based on Sealing Surfaces (1)

N. J. MILTON and G. T. BERTRAM

AAPG Bulletin

... scheme is proposed in which traps are classified by trapping mechanism. One-seal traps are those in which closed contours exist at the base of the top...

Geometric Properties of Active Piercement Structures: Geologic Insights From 3-D Kinematic Models

Hongwei Yin, Richard H. Groshong, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

... not be applicable to the adjacent section. Field example and model dome indicate that the central graben of active salt dome is commonly highly deformed...

ABSTRACT: Top Seal Fracturing in the Carnarvon and Otway Basins, Australia; #90017 (2003)

David N. Dewhurst, Scott D. Mildren, Bronwyn A. Camac, Peter J. Boult, Allison L. Hennig

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... provides powerful information for assessing top seal fracture potential. For example, comparison of the in situ stress field with laboratory...

Seal Capacity in Dynamic Petroleum Systems: Example from Pagerungan Gas Field, East Java Sea, Indonesia

John G. Kaldi, Duncan Macgregor, Greg P. O'Donnell

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Seal Capacity in Dynamic Petroleum Systems: Example from Pagerungan Gas Field, East Java Sea, Indonesia John G. Kaldi, Duncan Macgregor, Greg P...

Is It Trap? Is It Seal? A Move Towards Consistent Risking of Stratigraphic Traps, Mark A. Sykes, J. Steve Davis, Christopher J. Vandewater, #42492 (2020).

Samuel J. Plitzuweit, S. Lance Jackson,

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... Figure 21 - Trap Seal - Failure - No Seal - X-section This map illustrates an example of Trap Seal failure. The structure’s interpreted top...

Sealing mechanisms in volcanic faulted reservoirs in Xujiaweizi extension, northern Songliao Basin, northeastern China

Bo Liu, Songlin He, Lingdong Meng, Xiaofei Fu, Lei Gong, and Haixue Wang

AAPG Bulletin

... ratio in K1d2, the east of the central area of the graben is the thickest, and the ratio can reach 60%–80% or more. The local seal units of the Yingcheng...

New Data on the Relationship of Commercial Oil to Faulting in the Platform Part of Bashkiria

L. V. Nagornova

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... for oil pools, attention has been given to tracing the graben. Several separate sectors have now been combined into the single graben, which is the seal...

Trapping Styles and Associated Hydrocarbon Potential in the Norwegian North Sea

R. B. Faerseth, K. A. Oppeboen, A. Saeboe

AAPG Special Volumes

... field, located on the eastern flank of the Central graben (Figure 4), is another example of a composite trap that results from the combination...

Sealing - What Are We Risking?; #41824 (2016)

Mark Hollanders, Steven Bloemendaal

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... and Seal Elements • top depositional seal • top depositional seal • lateral fault seal • top unconformity seal • seat depositional seal • top...

Abstract: Structure and Evolution of North Choctaw Ridge Field, Alabama, a SaltRelated Footwall Uplift Along the Peripheral Fault System, Gulf Coast Basin, by J. Qi, J. C. Pashin, and R. H. Groshong, Jr.; #90932 (1998).

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Structural Relationship Between Triassic-Jurassic and Cretaceous-Cenozoic of the Aryskum Zone of South Turgay with Respect To Oil and Gas

G. P. Filip’yev

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

...’yev 1991 65 70 Vol. 25 (1991) No. 1/2. (January/February) (Izv. AN KazSSR, Ser. Geol., no. 4, p. 41–50, 1986) The Triassic-Jurassic graben-syncline...

Structural History of the Terang and Sirasun Fields and the Impact Upon Timing of Charge and Reservoir Performance, Kangean PSC, East Java Sea, Indonesia

Wayne A. Basden, Henry W. Posamentier, Ron A. Noble

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... 100-102. Noble, R. A. and Henk, F. H. Jr., 1998, Hydrocarbon Charge of a Bacterial Gas Field by Prolonged Methanogenesis: An Example from the East Java Sea...

Chapter Two: The South Viking Graben: Overview of Upper Jurassic Rift Geometry, Biostratigraphy, and Extent of Brae Play Submarine Fan Systems

Colin C. Turner, Bryan T. Cronin, Leslie A. Riley, Stefano Patruno, William T. L. R. Reid, Silvan Hoth, Dirk Knaust, Simon Allerton, Mark A. Jones, Christopher A.-L. Jackson

AAPG Special Volumes

... across the graben, and a 3-D image of the “Base Cretaceous” are used to illustrate the main structural features. On its western side, the top...

Lateral Seal – A Major Exploration Risk in the Faulted Traps of the Cretaceous Petroleum System - Central Muglad Basin, Sudan, by Kamil M. Idris and Su Yongdi, #10080 (2005).

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Generation and Migration of Petroleum from Abnormally Pressured Fluid Compartments (1)

JOHN M. HUNT

AAPG Bulletin

...-south distance of over 300 km (185 mi) along the center of the Central graben (Figure 9). The seal is deeper east and west of the graben where...

Structural Interpretation of Hydrocarbon Traps Sealed by Basement Normal Block Faults at Stable Flank of Foredeep Basins and at Rift Basins

T. P. Harding, A. C. Tuminas

AAPG Bulletin

... faults contain major hydrocarbon reserves in some grabens, for example, Reconcavo basin (Ghignone and de Andrade, 1970) and Viking graben (Harding...