Mountain-Building Chronology and the Nature of the Geologic Time Scale

Edmund M. Spieker

Tulsa Geological Society

... example; folding is proved for the central and western districts no more closely than between the late Ordovician and the late Triassic. To assume...

Zeigler Field

Editors: Edward D. Dolly and James C. Mullarkey

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... FIELD Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists AUX VASES SANDSTONE FRANKLIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS This example is from the Gallagher Drilling Company # I...

Biomarkers in Sediments, Sedimentary Rocks and Petroleums: Biological Origins, Geological Fate and Applications

Simon C. Brassell

Special Publications of SEPM

... during the sediment settling, deposition, compaction and thermal alteration, but have retained the elements of their structural integrity which...

Rare earth elements in latest Famennian Woodford Shale phosphate nodules, Oklahoma, United States: Land-driven phosphorus overloading and evolving organic carbon preservation, southern Laurentia

Andrew Cullen, and David Hull

AAPG Bulletin

...Rare earth elements in latest Famennian Woodford Shale phosphate nodules, Oklahoma, United States: Land-driven phosphorus overloading and evolving...

Best Practices in Designing and Executing a Comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site in the Permian Basin

James Courtier, Karen Chandler, Danny Gray, Shaun Martin, Randy Thomas, Joe Wicker, Jordan Ciezobka

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the property distributions within the model. URTeC 2697483 12 Figure 10. Example images from high resolution geomodel Critical Project...

Quantitative Fracture Study--Sanish Pool, Mckenzie County, North Dakota

George H. Murray, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

...., p. 296. Lamb, Sir Horace, 1932, Hydrodynamics: 6th ed., New York, Dover Publications, p. 581-582. Pirson, S. J., 1950, Elements of oil reservoir...

Benchmarking exploration predictions and performance using 20+ yr of drilling results: One company’s experience

Kurt W. Rudolph, and Frank J. Goulding

AAPG Bulletin

... predictions were also subject to considerable uncertainty. For example, net-to-gross error was ±20%. (3) Exploration play maturity strongly influenced...

Critical Analysis of Stack Seismic Systems

L. E. Nugent, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

...Critical Analysis of Stack Seismic Systems L. E. Nugent, Jr. 1967 951 956 51 6. (June) Nugent, L. E., Jr., 1953, Limitations of reflection...

Fractional Isostatic Mantle Compensation of Carbonate Buildups: GEOLOGIC NOTE

I. Lerche , M. A. Perlmutter

AAPG Bulletin

..., we have, EQUATION (7) For example, if observations show that a carbonate buildup is 4 km thick, and the critical photic depth for growth...

Climatic Controls on Depositional Setting and Alluvial Architecture, Doba Basin, Chad

Penny E. Patterson, Raymond L. Skelly, Clive R. Jones

AAPG Special Volumes

... depositional sequences. Amalgamated channel complex elements constitute the sand-prone reservoir intervals and consist of vertically and laterally...

Geology and Mechanics of the Basin-Centered Gas Accumulation, Piceance Basin, Colorado, by Stephen Cumella and Jay Scheevel

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Geology and Mechanics of the Basin-Centered Gas Accumulation, Piceance Basin, Colorado, by Stephen Cumella and Jay Scheevel; #90042 (2005)

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Right Time Analysis for the Digital Oilfield

Steven Knabe, David Shaw, Steve Webb

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... For example, wellhead safety systems that trip within milliseconds, or automatic Fire & Gas systems, are extremely common. By contrast, programs...

Departures From the Archetypal Ichnofacies: Effective Recognition of Physico-chemical Stresses in the Rock Record

James A. Maceachern, S. George Pemberton, Kerrie L. Bann, Murray K. Gingras

Special Publications of SEPM

... ichnofacies. These departures impart critical information about the depositional setting that could not be derived using physical sedimentology alone...

Chapter 7: The Sauk Sequence — Cambrian to Lower Ordovician Miogeocline and Platform

J. D. Aitken

CSPG Special Publications

... because it impacts interpretations of basin characteristics, for example the paleogeographic extent of broad depositional regimes and the location...

Cased Hole Three Phase Oil Saturation Calculation Using Combination of PNC Sigma and C/O Logs: A Case Study in Duri Area 1 Steam Flood

Devi Muldi, Thomas A. Zalan, Subagio

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of some elements. The energy of the gamma rays depends on what element causes them. In most circumstances, carbon and oxygen produce gamma rays...

Diversity of Island Arcs: Japan, Philippines, Northern Moluccas*

Richard W. Murphy

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... in the evidence for the antiquity, periodicity, and polarity of subduction in the area. Three separate but interrelated topics provide critical data...

Chapter 129: Architecture of a Laterally Migrating Channel Complex — Isaac Formation, Windermere Supergroup, British Columbia, Canada

C. J. O’Byrne, C. Pirmez, M. D. Barton, H. Buergisser, G. S. Steffens

AAPG Special Volumes

... to subsurface modeling (Mayall and O’Byrne, 2002). Figure 2. Stratal hierarchy used to classify architectural elements observed in this study. Low and high...

First IAS/SEPM Meeting on Environmental Sedimentology, Venice 27-29 October 1997 Environmental Sedimentology in the Coastal Zone: Fluvial Processes, Sea-Level Changes, Coastal Erosion, Sea-Floor Instability, and Pollution

Andre Strasser, Paolo Billi, Albina Colella, Richard A. Davis, Brent Mizayaki, David B. Prior, Ken Pye, Fabio Trincardi, Maurizio Bonardi

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... Lagoon is a good example of a multidisciplinary project that involves sedimentologists and sedimentary geologists. Environmental sedimentology offers much...

Secondary migration of heavy oil in low dip basins

Mario Valderrama

AAPG Bulletin

... front in its present location. The critical elements are the long migration distances and the very low structural dips (less than 0.5°) at the edge...

Seal Character and Variability Within Deep-Marine Depositional Systems: Seal Quantification and Prediction, by William R. Almon and William C. Dawson, Article #40125 (2004).

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Analysis of Sedimentation and Diagenesis: RESEARCH

W. C. Krumbein

AAPG Bulletin

... extent this domain lies in the borderland between geology and hydrodynamics; the study of fluid turbulence, for example, requires specialized equipment...

Abstract: Relation of Lithofacies and Diagenesis to Porosity Development, Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota

Pete Chimney

Earth Science Bulletin (WGA)

... of Papers The ability to map lithofacies trends suitable for hydrocarbon reservoirs is critical for a successful exploration program. In exploring basins...

Exploration Success... and Failure on the North Slope of Alaska - Abstract

Greg Wilson

Alaska Geological Society

... space to hold it but the permeability to release it upon request. Enough data exists to make generalizations about what critical risk has failed over...

Abstract: Determination of Formation Water Resistivity (Rw) in Shale Reservoirs

G. B. Asquith

West Texas Geological Society

... Dakota, Colorado, and the northeastern states. Log analysis of these reservoirs and potential reservoirs is critical to the evaluation...