A geologic deconstruction of one of the world's largest natural accumulations of CO2, Moxa arch, southwestern Wyoming

Thomas P. Becker, Ranie Lynds

AAPG Bulletin

... very effective seals.Existing pressure data reveal that the two gas columns in the Madison and Bighorn formations lie on a similar gradient and share...

Origin and Accumulation of Natural Gas

John D. Haun , George B. Lucas

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Migration of gases from source beds to reservoir rocks is a result of both solution in ground waters, with subsequent release as pressure decreases...

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

... systems, determination of seal capacity is simply a calculation of the relationship between the buoyancy pressure of the hydrocarbon column...

A New Solid Streamer Design

Rune Tenghamn, Andrew Long

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... each of the original vendors, PGS observed that the performance and durability varied. Some solid sections lost buoyancy after a couple of years...

Abstract: Hyperpycnal Flows and Taphonomy of Vertically Embedded Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica, by Eduardo B. Olivero; #90079 (2008)

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Floating Production Systems and Their Possible Application in Indonesia

P. J. Klein, W. van Heijst, B. Soemantri

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... as not to effect the trim and stability of the vessel during operation. The barge also has quarters for the operating crew placed on deck. High pressure...

Comments on the Wegener Hypothesis

William Bowie

AAPG Special Volumes

... which have changed positions been broken off by the buoyancy of the sima as icebergs are broken from the front of the ice-sheet by the buoyancy...

Investigating the Controls of Salt Movement Using Finite Element Modelling; #42185 (2018)

James Hamilton-Wright, Stephen Dee, Christina Von Nicolai, Howard Johnson

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..., Numerical modeling of salt tectonics on passive continental margins: Preliminary assessment of the effects of sediment loading, buoyancy, margin tilt...

Sedimentological Characterization of Submarine Canyons and Channel Complexes in Los Molles Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina; #11337 (2020)

Martin Pereira

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... (buoyancy, pore pressure) DF HDF Grain to grain support (buoyancy, pore pressure) CDF Turbulent support TF modified from Mulder & Huneke, 2014 Distal...

Migration of Hydrocarbons in Compacting Basins

L. C. Bonham

AAPG Bulletin

... mechanism would involve both the hydraulic pressure gradient and buoyancy of the petroleum. As the petroleum migrates up the fault, it will pass...

Sequential vertical gas charge into multilayered sequences controlled by central conduits

M. Foschi, J. A. Cartwright, and C. W. MacMinn

AAPG Bulletin

... the gas is not able to completely fill the observed trap structures. To explain this, the typical buoyancy pressure within each AA was compared...

Capillary Control of Free Phase Oil Migration in the Shallow Subsurface: Review with Case Histories

L. G. Bruce, C. Q. Biagi

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... that control how much pressure head is necessary for LNAPL to overcome capillary pressures are (1) the interfacial tension (σ) between the wetting fluid...

Experimental and Numerical Study of Shale Oil EOR by Surfactant Additives in Fracturing Fluid

Jiawei Tu, James Sheng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... understanding for project optimization. In addition, as most current studies focused on the spontaneous imbibition under atmospheric pressure...

Shear Zones in the Gulf Coast Salt Delineate Spines of Movement

Donald H. Kupfer

GCAGS Transactions

...). Heat, pressure, and buoyancy all require a considerable depth of burial before motion starts; but evidence continues to mount, suggesting...

Shear Zones Inside Gulf Coast Salt Stocks Help to Delineate Spines of Movement

Donald H. Kupfer

AAPG Bulletin

..., 1973; Kupfer, 1974a, among others). The importance of heat also is established firmly (Gussow, 1966, 1970; Heroy, 1968). Heat, pressure, and buoyancy...

Chemical Kinetic Model of Hydrocarbon Generation, Expulsion, and Destruction Applied to the Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela

Jerry J. Sweeney , Robert L. Braun , Alan K. Burnham , Suhas Talukdar , Carlos Vallejos

AAPG Bulletin

... simulation of pressure-driven primary expulsion, over widely varying conditions. We show that the chemical model accurately sim lates the experimental...

Effect of Faulting on Fluid Flow in Porous Sandstones: Petrophysical Properties

Marco Antonellini, Atilla Aydin

AAPG Bulletin

.... Capillary pressure wit in deformation bands is estimated to be 10-100 times larger than that in the surrounding host rock. Thus, deformation bands...

Effect of Cross-Basinal Hydrodynamic Flow on Oil Accumulations and Oil Migration History of the Bakken-Madison Petroleum System; Williston Basin, North America

William D. DeMis

Williston Basin Symposium

... and buoyancy-driven migration (Dow, 1974; Webster, 1984; Dembecki and Pirkle, 1985). Later research proposed that hydrodynamic flow occurred...

Hydrological Anomalies and Hydrocarbon Exploration

C. I. Sharpe, R. J. W. McLaughlin

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... with respect to oil. Zone in which oil flows preferentially with respect to water. Productive oil pool. 100% CAPILLARY PRESSURE PROFILE...

AAPG Foundation 2002 Grants-in-Aid Projects Abstracts; #90001 (2002).

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ABSTRACT: Evidence for Squeegee Flow in the Rocky Mountain Foreland Basin; #90011 (2002)

Hans G. Machel, Beate E. Buschkuehle, M. Karsten

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... not show a regional northeastward trend comparable to that of the Sr-isotope data. PRESENT HYDROGEOLOGY Formation water chemistry and pressure data from...

Abstracts: Tuning Effects in P-wave Reflections from a CO2 Injected Saline Aquifer: A Preliminary Appraisal; #90173 (2015)

Bernard Giroux, Maxime Claprood, and Lorenzo Perozzi

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... anomaly and appears promising for monitoring programs (Brown et al., 2007). As CO2 rises within heterogeneous formations due to buoyancy forces, it may...

The CO2 Storage Potential of the Canterbury-Otago Region, New Zealand; #80086 (2010)

M. A. Bunch, B. D. Field, S. Mockler

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... the critical surface are: temperature of 31.1°C; hydrostatic overburden pressure of 7.38 MPa (CO2CRC, 2008). The new reservoirs and seals model (NRSM...

Characterization and Origin of Anhydrite-Rich Lateral Caprock Adjacent to Halite-Cored Salt Diapirs; Implications for Prospectivity in Salt Basins, #41254 (2013)

Christopher A-L. Jackson, Matthew M. Lewis, Aruna S. Mannie

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... at diapir flank accommodated by outward (buoyancy) pressure exerted by diapir • Model consistent with hydrological and geochemical data, and can...

Surface Geochemical Exploration in Benue Trough, Nigeria, #11269 (2019).

Onyinye G. Nwaobi, Adamu Suleiman, A. Bomai, S.D. Moses, M.S. Ali, R. Dauda, M. Kaumi, L. Kigbu,

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... migration of hydrocarbon micro seepage from the subsurface. This is affected by buoyancy, pressure, porosity, and net pay (AGI, 2016). Figure 4. Sample...