The Upper Birdbear Formation (Nisku) of Western North Dakota: Another Emerging Williston Basin Horizontal Play

Jay Sperr and Randolph Burke

Saskatchewan Geological Society

... an approximate measured depth of 12,673 feet (3,862.73 m). 2. Deposition The Birdbear Formation is a carbonate-evaporite unit that was deposited in a shallow...

Lithologic, mineralogical, and petrophysical characteristics of the Eau Claire Formation: Complexities of a carbon storage system seal

Ryan J. Neufelder, Brenda B. Bowen, Richard W. Lahann, John A. Rupp

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... of porosity formation, where the formerly large glauconite grains have been dissolved, resulting in the development of megapores.Multiple carbonate...

Facies-Related Diagenesis and Multiphase Siderite Cementation and Dissolution in the Reservoir Sandstones of the Khatatba Formation, Egypt's Western Desert

Carlos Rossi , Rafaela Marfil , Karl Ramseyer , Albert Permanyer

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of enhanced porosities in the subsurface from the dissolution of carbonate cements as a result of cooling formation waters: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 6...

Abstract: Fracture Heterogeneity in the Natih E Formation, Jebel Madar, Oman, by B. Blake, B. Trudgill, and J. F. 'Rick' Sarg; #90090 (2009).

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Introduction to Karst Systems and Paleokarst Reservoirs

Mateu Esteban, James Lee Wilson

Special Publications of SEPM

... Conduit and diffuse Stages of karst evolution. Pre-karstic carbonate formation normally must have permeability pathways that allow water flow. Represented...

Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on Gas Production from Frio (Oligocene) Sandstones at Monte Christo Field, Hidalgo County, Texas

Thomas L. Cogswell , Noel Tyler

GCAGS Transactions

.... Bebout, and W. E. Galloway, 1977, Relationship of porosity formation and preservation to sandstone consolidation history - Gulf Coast lower Tertiary Frio...

Plate Tectonic Controls of Hydrocarbon traps in Carbonate Rocks

Morad Malek-Aslani

GCAGS Transactions

..., 1983, High porosity, Cenozoic carbonate rocks of South Florida: progressive loss of porosity with depth: AAPG Bulletin, v. 67, pp. 191-200. Halwerda...

Porosity Development and Dedolomitization in Bass Islands Dolomite of Kentucky: ABSTRACT

Richard Smosna

AAPG Bulletin

... an initial production of 464 MCFGD. Porosity is generally poor throughout the formation, but it is as high as 9% in some zones. Porosity occurs...

Replacement of Aragonite by Calcite in Sediments from the San Cassiano Formation (Italy)

S. Frisia Bruni , H.-R. Wenk

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in the fossils of the San Cassiano Formation to the very low porosity and permeability of the San Cassiano sediments due to the presence of clay...

Role of CO2 in Evolution of Secondary Porosity in Pennsylvanian Morrow Sandstones, Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma: ABSTRACT

Zuhair Al-Shaieb

AAPG Bulletin

.... Such porosity results from the dissolution of clayey matrix, carbonate fragments and cement, glauconite, and quartz grains and their overgrowth. Evolution...

Table of Contents: Volume 29, No. 9 - September 2014

PALAIOS

... approach to charophyte preservation (Triassic Cerro Puntudo Formation, Argentina): paleolimnologic implications Cecilia A. Benavente, José A. D’Angelo...

Cycle Stratigraphy and Porosity in Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian Shelf Limestones, Eastern Central Basin Platform, Texas

Arthur H. Saller , J. A. D. Dickson , Stacie A. Boyd

AAPG Bulletin

... Formation: eustatic and tectonic controls on carbonate shelf cyclicity (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 4, p. 2...

Modern Carbonate Sediment Facies Heterogeneity at the Development Scale—An Example from Joulters Cays, Bahamas

R. P. Major, Don G. Bebout, Paul M. Harris

West Texas Geological Society

... of carbonate ramp reservoirs using Permian San Andres Formation outcrop analogs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 78, p. 181–216...

Remarks on the Porosity and Permeability of Carbonate Rocks

Theo. A. Link

Oklahoma City Geological Society

...Remarks on the Porosity and Permeability of Carbonate Rocks Theo. A. Link 1958 250 251 The definitions and descriptions of the porosity...

An Overview of Dissolution Porosity Development in the Deep-Burial Environment, with Examples from Carbonate Reservoirs in the Permian Basin

S. J. Mazzullo, P. M. Harris

West Texas Geological Society

... reservoirs in Permian Basin carbonate rocks need not be restricted to porosity formation as a result of subaerial meteoric exposure. Indeed, many...

Abnormal Formation Pressure

John S. Bradley

AAPG Bulletin

... formation pressures were studied to establish a level of understanding about the mechanisms of their origin and preservation and to clarify...

AAPG Foundation 2018 Grants-in-Aid Projects; - Abstracts, #90321 (2018).

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Petroleum Geology of Big Escambia Creek Field, Escambia County, Alabama

Gregory J. Halvatzis

GCAGS Transactions

..., D.J. and Mancini, E.A., 1984, Porosity development and reservoir characteristics of the Smackover Formation in southwest Alabama; in W.P.S. Ventress...

Characteristics, Distribution and Origin of Porosity in Shelf Dolostones: Burlington-Keokuk Formation (Mississippian), U.S. Mid-Continent

Philip W. Choquette, Ann Cox, William J. Meyers

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...Characteristics, Distribution and Origin of Porosity in Shelf Dolostones: Burlington-Keokuk Formation (Mississippian), U.S. Mid-Continent Philip W...

Quaternary biogenic gases in the Qaidam Basin, Western China

Yanhua Shuai, Shuichang Zhang, Dade Ma, Liquan Wang, Guifeng Jiang, Ziyuan Xu, Ling Huang, Yirui Xu

CSPG Bulletin

... ppm to 129 000 ppm (an average 77 000 ppm; n=85 samples). The formation water Cl or salinity could be an indicator of the gas field preservation...

Criteria for Selecting Favorable Directions for Oil-Gas Exploration in Paleozoic and Triassic Productive Units of the North Caspian Oil-Gas Province

G. Ye.-A. Ayzenshtadt, L. P. Goryacheva, A. I. Dimakov, G. I. Lamber, G. I. Slepakova, B. S. Shacurkin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... in the Zhanazhol, Sinel’nikov, Urikhtau, and Alibekmola areas. At Zhanazhol the lower carbonate (KT-2) has 10 reservoir members and open porosity up to 19...

Quantitative classification and analysis of porosity within different lithofacies of the Upper Ordovician–lower Silurian shales, China

Yingzhu Wang and Jijin Yang

AAPG Bulletin

... porosity, higher than that in other facies, which is likely attributed to abundant carbonate dissolution (e.g., Figure 6P). The silica-rich...

ABSTRACT: Shale Diagenesis: An Important Factor in Development of Secondary Porosity, by David A. McMahon, Jr.; #91030 (2010)

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Porosity Trends of the Lower Cretaceous J Sandstone, Denver Basin, Colorado

James W. Schmoker, Debra K. Higley

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and pressure solution, carbonate cementation and dissolution, dissolution of feldspar and rock fragments, and formation of authigenic clays. Porosity versus...

Petrography-Porosity Relations in Carbonate-Quartz System, Gatesburg Formation (Late Cambrian), Pennsylvania

Richard E. Smith

AAPG Bulletin

...Petrography-Porosity Relations in Carbonate-Quartz System, Gatesburg Formation (Late Cambrian), Pennsylvania Richard E. Smith 1969 261 278 53 2...