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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
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Abstract: Buried Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
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After 35-40 years of active exploration, the Gulf of Mexico
continues to be an attractive target for exploration. The many
reasons for this include: availability of land, size and quality of
data base, increased prices for oil and gas, and changing
concepts of prospects. This paper focuses on one aspect, "the
buried structure."
Until about the last 10 years the resolving power of the
reflection seismograph was inadequate to delineate those
buried structures which do not disturb strata above
approximately 9,000 feet but which are quite evident at
greater depths. Actually, only in the last several years have
such structures been recognized as targets worthy of large
capital investments. Abbreviated case histories of several of
these features provided before-and-after looks at the seismic
data and a discussion of the bidding history. It now appears
that buried structures will contribute substantial amounts of
oil and gas to the nation's reserves. End_of_Record - Last_Page 2---------------