Simulation and characterization of pathway heterogeneity of secondary hydrocarbon migration

Xiaorong Luo

AAPG Bulletin

... the buoyancy of a hydrocarbon column as the driving force with capillary pressure as the resisting force, satisfactorily explains migration processes...

The Interpretation of Fluids and Pressures in Determining Conventional and Unconventional Gas Resources in the Rocky Mountain Region

John R. Forster, John C. Horne

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... there is sufficient permeability to water for buoyancy to separate the fluids within the reservoir. Using DST and production data the spatial presentation of pressure...

Carbon Dioxide Sealing Capacity in Oklahoma Panhandle

Hamidreza Soleymani, Constantin Cranganu, Sadiqua Azad, Kieva Watson

West Texas Geological Society

... displacement pressure (Pd) of the caprock is greater than the buoyancy pressure created by the density differences between brine and height...

A Movable Offshore Gas Production Unit for West Natuna

Joao G. de Oliveira, Yogi Prayogi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the Natuna Sea anytime during its 25-year design life. The self-installing concept utilizes self-contained buoyancy for flotation and a temporary...

The Cadomin Formation: A Model for the Deep Basin Type Gas Trapping Mechanism

C. J. Varley

CSPG Special Publications

... of the Cadomin to the gas/water contact where it is lost due to buoyancy to the transition and water zones. The Cadomin is a dynamic gas reservoir...

Geology of Glenn Pool of Oklahoma

W. B. Wilson

AAPG Special Volumes

... holds also that the most satisfactory explanation yet advanced for this movement of the oil up the dip is buoyancy arising from the difference...

Capillary effects on fault-fill sealing

Alton Brown

AAPG Bulletin

...Capillary effects on fault-fill sealing Alton Brown 2003 381 395 87 3 Capillary-pressure models and concepts were used to evaluate the effects...

Abstract: Hydrogeological Characterization of the Red River Formation, Williston Basin, Canada-USA; #90225 (2015)

Margitai Zsolt

Search and Discovery.com

...). Migration in the basin in response to hydrodynamic forces has been discussed by others. However, its modification due to buoyancy has never been considered...

Overpressured Reservoirs: A New Generation of Exploration Opportunities

Richard E. Swarbrick

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... a buoyancy pressure of 0.068 MPa (9.8 psi). Hence overpressure prediction based on shale properties is a satisfactory guide to expected pressures...

Model of CO2 Leakage Rates Along a Wellbore, #40612 (2010)

Qing Tao, Steven Bryant

Search and Discovery.com

... only by buoyancy, i.e. that the pressure at the leakage source point is hydrostatic. The temperature profile plotted in (Figure 6) is imposed; the other...

ABSTRACT Convective Dissolution of CO2 in Saline Aquifers, #90104 (2010)

Hesse Marc A.; Neufeld Jerome; Riaz Amir

Search and Discovery.com

... the atmosphere. The buoyancy of the injected supercritical  CO2 and the possibility of leakage along fractures faults and old wells may lead...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Petroleum implications of sill intrusions: Emplacement of magma in sedimentary basins; #90022 (2002)

Sverre Planke, Anders Malthe-Sørenssen, Henrik Svensen, Torfinn Rasmussen, Bjørn Jamtveit, Reidun Myklebust

Search and Discovery.com

... pressurized planar cracks. The emplacement process is controlled by the local stress field and complex interactions of buoyancy forces, host rock...

Formation Evaluation - Pay Recognition - Subtle Trap Definition

Dan J. Hartmann

Rocky Mountain Section (SEPM)

.... Various Pore Geometry Types, and Their Response to Natural Fractures. NOTES FOR THIN-SECTION SLIDES OF PORE GEOMETRY TYPES Figure 2. Buoyancy pressure...

Simulation of Petroleum Migration in Fine-Grained Rock by Upscaling Relative Permeability Curves: The Malvinas Basin, Offshore Argentina

Andre Vayssaire

AAPG Special Volumes

... secondary migration of hydrocarbons across fine-grained sediments. Aplin, A. C., and S. R. Larter, 2005, Fluid flow, pore pressure, wettability, and leakage...

Basin Analysis by Model Simulation: Effects of Geologic Parameters on 1-D and 2-D Fluid Flow Systems with Application to an Oil Field

K. Nakayama , I. Lerche

GCAGS Transactions

... history opposing the hydrodynamic pressure gradient. Capillary pressure and buoyancy pressure are also included in the model. Since buoyancy cannot...

Hydrodynamics of Bivalve Shell Entrainment and Transport

Amalia M. Olivera , William L. Wood

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of flow-visualization experiments and measurements of surface pressure around the shell bodies. The study was performed on eleven bivalve shells...

ABSTRACT The Impact of Hydrodynamics on CO2 Migration and Sealing Capacity of Faults, #90103 (2010)

Karsten Michael, James R. Underschultz

Search and Discovery.com

... of the reservoir until the column on the left side of the fault can not provide sufficient buoyancy drive to overcome the fault seal entry pressure...

The Significant Impact of Intraformational Seal to Hydrocarbon Accumulation of Mixed Carbonate - Siliciclastic Sequences In Oligo-Miocene Interval, North Madura Platform, East Java Basin

Aditya Kusuma Wijaya, M Nauvall Juliansyah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... comprising the sealing surface be greater than the buoyancy pressure of the hydrocarbon column in the reservoir rock. Seals and especially...

Abstract/Excerpts: Secondary Migration of Petroleum as a Highly Efficient, Self-Adjusting Process with Little or No Capillary Resistance, by John G. Stainforth; #120098 (2013)

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Marine Production Systems with Vertical Flexible Risers

J. G. de Oliveria, A. W. Morton

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., a flexible pipe using a minimum radius of curvature of 75 feet has been suggested. In order to achieve this configuration, riser buoyancy distribution...

North Madura Platform Charging & Entrapment Modeling Study: An Effort to Understand Hydrocarbon Filling History in Bukit Tua Field

Fithra Harris Darmawan, Trisakti Kurniawan, Azli B Abu Bakar, M Anuar B Ismail, Aiman Hakimi Wong Abdullah, Suhaileen Shahar, M Jamaal B Hoesni, Miftah Mazied, Geovani Kaeng

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... not generate enough buoyancy pressure to breach the seal’s capillary entry pressure, preventing the oil from migrating any further. Later generation...

Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide: EPA Rulemaking, #80108 (2010)

Bruce J. Kobelski, Molly Bayer, Sean Porse

Search and Discovery.com

... Control (UIC) regulatory framework established under the SDWA. The relative buoyancy of CO 2 , its corrosivity in the presence of water, the potential...

Gulf of Mexico Subsalt Deformation Zones: Weak Formation Integrity Rather than Anomalous High Pressure Zones

James C. Niemann

GCAGS Transactions

... on the updip ends of sealing traps due to the buoyancy of oil and gas relative to Figure 7. Pore pressure gradient profile for the Chevron Mississippi Canyon...

Subsurface Water Flow Patterns in the Canadian Sector of the Williston Basin

Norbert Hannon

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... is the column height, P, is the entry pressure of the barrier facies to the nonwetting hydrocarbonphase, and APcis the buoyancy force or capillary pressure...

2-D Basin Modeling of Secondary Petroleum Migration in the Sakala Timur PSC, Indonesia

Alwyn Vear, Duncan Macgregor

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to reconstruct pressure and temperature histories, fluid flows, petroleum generation and explusion. In the study presented here, a Temispack study...