Hydrodynamic Analyses Applied to Oil Exploration and Prospect Evaluation: ABSTRACT

Gilman A. Hill

AAPG Bulletin

... of vector-force diagrams. That is, the buoyancy of oil is a vector force acting in a vertical direction, the movement of water in the aquifer produces...

Chemical and Physical Constraints on Petroleum Migration with Emphasis on Hydrocarbon Solubilities in Water

Clayton D. McAuliffe

AAPG Special Volumes

... in the reservoir rock. Oil will flow under the same forces of compaction or pressure developed by gas formation, or by volume expansion associated...

Analytical Approach for Multivariate Exploration Planning via Secondary Migration Modelling

Amin Shokrollahi, Sara Borazjani, Syeda Sara Mobasher, Ulrike Schacht, Khalid Amrouch, Pavel Bedrikovetsky

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... in density between expulsed hydrocarbon and initial fluids in the reservoir, such as water. This type of flow is known as a gravity current. To be more...

Development and Evaluation of Multiphase Closure Models used in the Simulation of Unconventional Wellbore Dynamics

Travis Mitchell, Bryce Hill, Mahshid Firouzi, Christopher Leonardi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the reservoir into the wellbore where buoyancy is sufficient to drive it up the outer annulus. As such, a counter-current two-phase flow can form...

An Experimental Study of Secondary Oil Migration (1)

LIONEL CATALAN, FU XIAOWEN, IOANNIS CHATZIS, and FRANCIS A. L. DULLIEN

AAPG Bulletin

... elbows" of the curves shown in Figure 9. When the oil moves, friction forces compensate for the difference between buoyancy and capillary forces...

Second White Specks Formation: New Concepts for Understanding Fractured Reservoirs, #110218 (2015).

Paul MacKay

Search and Discovery.com

... fluids move through the crust? Buoyancy Forces are equal to the density contrast between the generated hydrocarbons and formation water. Generally...

Abstract: Magnitude Of Overpressure From The Main Generating Mechanisms, by R. E. Swarbrick, M. J. Osborne, and G. S. Yardley; #90928 (1999).

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A Predictive Approach for Tight Oil and Gas Exploration; #42028 (2017)

Fujian Ma

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... approach takes into account hydrocarbon generation, migration, and accumulation history of the deltaic system, considering buoyancy forces, formation...

ABSTRACT: Style and Timing of Salt Tectonics in the Dniepr-Donets Basin (Ukraine): Implications for Triggering and Driving Mechanisms of Salt Movement in Sedimentary Basins; #90017 (2003)

Sergiy M. Stovba, Randell A. Stephenson

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.... Buoyancy, erosion, and differential loading all played a role in driving halokinesis once tectonic forces had pushed the salt-overburden system...

Large-Scale Underpressuring in the Mississippian-Cretaceous Succession, Southwestern Alberta Basin

Stefan Bachu, J. R. Underschultz

AAPG Bulletin

... the ratio of buoyancy forces, induced by density differences and acting along aquifer dip, to the potential forces induced by a hydraulic gradient. Using...

Abstract: Possible Oil Accumulation with Convex-Shaped OWC under Abnormally High Pressure Condition; Example from Offshore Sabah, Malaysia

Kazuo Nakayama

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of Geology, University of Malaya The cap, or seal, of an oil reservoir does not have limitless sealing capacity – exert enough of a pressure...

Diagenesis Through Coupled Processes: Modeling Approach, Self-Organization, and Implications for Exploration

W. Chen, A. Ghaith, A. Park, P. Ortoleva

AAPG Special Volumes

...), oscillatory ejection of fluids from overpressurized, sealed compartments, and patterns of buoyancy-driven convection cells that can arise from...

Predicting the distribution of the tight sandstone gas in the Hechuan play, Sichuan Basin, China

Qiulin Guo, Xiaodi Li, Caineng Zou, Junwen Hu, Ningsheng Chen

CSPG Bulletin

... and hydrostatic pressure of the tight reservoir rocks, and driving forces, such as gas gravity and over-pressure from gas generation in the source...

Capillary Pressures in Stratigraphic Traps

Robert R. Berg

AAPG Bulletin

... are responsible for trapping oil, and the height of oil column, zo, in a reservoir may be calculated from the Hobson equation modified as follows: [EQUATION...

Platforms for Deep Water: Gulf of Mexico Development

B. E. Cox

New Orleans Geological Society

... is dominated by the lateral wave forces imposed by hurricanes. In water depths more than about 450 feet, these hurricane waves begin to interact...

ABSTRACT Post-Closure Buoyancy-Driven Leakage of Sequestered CO2 Along Fault Zones, #90104 (2010)

Simms Michael A.; Garven Grant

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... plume to contact and  undergo buoyancy‐driven leakage along mapped and undetected faults in the vicinity of the sequestration site.     At reservoir...

Abstract: Feds Give $60 MM for Gorgon CO2 Project

PESA Staff

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... is injected into the subsurface, it will continue to move through the host reservoir, driven by the injection pressure and the forces of buoyancy until...

A Modelling Study on the Application of the Bentonites in Plugging Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

Hossein Dashti, Mohammad Sedaghat, Mahshid Firouzi, Suzanne Hurter

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...-pressure gradient, and the results will be highly dependent on reservoir pressure. Narrowing down our investigation into buoyancy and diffusion...

Case History for a Major Alberta Deep Basin Gas Trap: The Cadomin Formation

Robert M. Gies

AAPG Special Volumes

... and less interstitial clays. RESERVOIR FLUIDS The second half of the Cadomin story concerns the reservoir fluids. Figure 11 is a map...

Development Potential of Non-Source Tight-Oil Formations in the Middle East

Mohammed Althani

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... interface at the bottom as illustrated in Figure 4. The traps are discrete and the fluid inside them is arranged by buoyancy forces. This is what...

Abstract: Intergranular Tar in a Deepwater Reservoir: Part II – Migration Modeling of Asphaltene Precipitation, by D. Kennedy, N. Kalyanaraman, K. Mahon, and D. Carruthers; #90091 (2009)

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Applications of Pressure Analysis and Hydrodynamics to Petroleum Exploration in Indonesia

P. J. Cockroft, G. A. Edwards, R. S. K. Phoa, H. W. Reid

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... This buoyancy effect is principally dependent upon the density difference of the fluids concerned. However, capillary forces restrain the migration...

Abstract: Hydrocarbon Migration Modeling: Methodology and Applications; #90257 (2016)

Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei

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... based on the invasion-percolation theory with an assumption that buoyancy is the main driving force. This model consists of 2-D networks, where...

Hydrodynamic Petroleum Entrapment Potential in the Arabian Platform

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Lithospheric Structure and Supracrustal Hydrocarbon Systems, Offshore Eastern Trinidad

Stefan S. Boettcher, J. L. Jackson, M. J. Quinn, J. E. Neal

AAPG Special Volumes

... zone at the leading edge of the Caribbean plate. The positive buoyancy of continental lithosphere resists subduction, resulting in more earthquakes...