Deep Pays in Delaware and Val Verde Basins

Harold J. Holmquest

AAPG Special Volumes

...-condensate conversion point for lower Pennsylvanian sources. Other work by the writer on source characteristics shows a distinct gravity-depth curve...

Seismic Depth Interpretation in Thrustbelts, by Nancy House, #40131 (2004).

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Compaction of Modern Soft Sediments during Core Sampling—An In Situ Investigation at an Estuary Site

Guodong Zheng, Bokuichiro Takano, Motoyuki Matsuo and Yuto Tanaka

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... in situ. Percent compaction varied with depth within the same core and with the inner diameter of a coring tube as well as its wall thickness...

Characterizing Heterogeneities in a Clastic Reservoir Using Joint/Simultaneous PP/PS Inversion, 4D Timelapse, Multi Attribute Analysis, and PSDM

Jason Nycz

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... at 225 m average depth in the region of study. Much of the bitumen resource is underlain by a thin bottom water leg of varying thickness as well...

Possibility of Oil and Gas Production from Paleozoic Formations in Europe

W. A. J. M. van Waterschoot van der Gracht

AAPG Bulletin

... difference is a matter of overburden, or depth below the surface. In Europe, there is a very thick blanket of Mesozoic and Tertiary formations overlain...

Structure of the Alleghanian Thrust Belt under the Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama

Delores M. Robinson, Ryan M. Bailey, Andrew M. Goodliffe

GCAGS Journal

..., identified in the well (Raymond, 1991) and by characteristic reflectors in the seismic reflection data, represent fixed points in the depth conversion, noted...

Whole-Rock, Insoluble Residue, and Clay Mineralogies of Marl, Chalk, And Bentonite, Smoky Hill Shale Member, Niobrara Formation Near Pueblo, Colorado„Depositional and Diagenetic Implications

Richard M. Pollastro, Carl J. Martinez

Special Publications of SEPM

...). AIl the demonstrated that studies convincingly have was the major I ite conversion of smectite to mineral within clay reaction the depth-related...

Estimated Shale Oil Reserves, Colorado Federal Oil Shale Lease Tracts C-a and C-b

D. Keith Murray

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... method employed, which, in turn, will depend in part on the thickness of rich oil shale beds and on the depth of overburden ahnve the Mahngany 7nne: (2...

Controls on H2S Concentration and Hydrocarbon Destruction in the Eastern Smackover Trend

William J. Wade , Jeffrey S. Hanor , Roger Sassen

GCAGS Transactions

... reservoirs and decrease with depth to very low concentrations in the Norphlet Formation. Key factors controlling equilibrium H2S concentrations in Smackover...

Combined Interpretation of Gravity with Seismic and Well Data Using Stripping Technique

Hari Santoso, Achmad Bermawi, Eddy Murhantoro

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to that found on seismic alone. The result might not be accurate, perhaps subject to errors in density assignment, depth conversion, thickness and software...

The Chapita Wells Field Uintah County, Utah

Murray L. Miller

Utah Geological Association

... work and the well was spudded May 4, 1952. It reached a total depth of 9,517 feet in the Mancos shale, and in December 1952 was completed for an initial...

Author's Reply: DISCUSSION

John L. Rich

AAPG Bulletin

...: Unquestionably, a moderate thickness of bituminous "source" sediments, if distilled, is adequate to furnish the oil of our pools, but there is another interesting...

Field Summary: Moccasin Field

Jon S. Nelson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... and stratigraphic producing Formation:Cretaceous, Dakota J Sandstone Gross Thickness and Lithology of Reservoir Rocks: 80 Feet, Sandstone Geometry...

1.5 Crustal Sections: A Wide Angle Seismic Profile

V. J. Hughes, R. S. White, E. J. W. Jones, D. H. Matthews, J. A. Brewer, and D. K. Smythe

AAPG Special Volumes

... have not been directly determined but are probably close to 7 km/sec (4.3 mi/sec), increasing slightly with depth. Crustal thickness north of Cape...

ABSTRACT: HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS OF RESERVOIRED OILS IN THE SOUTH CASPIAN; #90024 (2004)

Willam J. Devlin

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... analysis of regional 2-D seismic, the anticlines are interpreted to be large buckle folds overlying a ductile detachment zone at depth. The detachment zone...

Establishing a Regional Geologic Framework for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Planning: A Case Study

Erik R. Venteris, Ronald R. Riley, James McDonald, Lawrence H. Wickstrom, James A. Drahovzal, John A. Harper

AAPG Special Volumes

... to be populated with data (necessary for the calculation of CO2-sequestration potential [average depth, porosity, thickness, etc.]) from each state...

Mesozoic (Upper JurassicLower Cretaceous) deep gas reservoir play, central and eastern Gulf coastal plain

Ernest A. Mancini, Peng Li, Donald A. Goddard, Victor Ramirez, Suhas C. Talukdar

AAPG Bulletin

... in stratal thickness and depth of burial from the updip northern margin of this basin to the Wiggins arch (Figure 4A). Cross section HH illustrates...

Conventional Velocity Model Seems to Be the Best!

Hijreen Binti Ismail, M. Izham Kassim, Khairul Hamidi Khalid, Safitri Nurida, Wahyudin Bahri Nasifi, Hendra Iriansyah Darmawan, Rizki Krishna Pratama, M. Anuar Ismail, Noor Azmah Abdullah, Indah Edria Amorita

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the key concerns for time to depth conversion especially in carbonate regimes. A suitable velocity model should account for issues specific to each...

Paleogeography and Oil Potential of the Bazhenov Formation of West Siberia

S. I. Filina, M. V. Korzh, M. S. Zonn

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

.... 1. The top of the formation is at depths of 2100-3400 m. This depth increases toward the axial zone of the Mansiyak regional low and toward the north...

Paleotemperature Analysis by Authigenic Minerals and Its Application to Petroleum Exploration

Koichi Aoyagi , Tadashi Asakawa

AAPG Bulletin

... the thickness of stratigraphic break to the present burial depth in each well, porosity-depth relationships in argillaceous sediments can be estimated. A plot...

An empirical approach to estimating hydrocarbon column heights for improved predrill volume prediction in hydrocarbon exploration

Isabel S. Edmundson, Roy Davies, Lars U. Frette, Sean Mackie, Emilie A. Kavli, Atle Rotevatn, Graham Yielding, and Alex Dunbar

AAPG Bulletin

... in down-flank positions. In turn, this requires access to three-dimensional (3-D) seismic data and a velocity model for depth conversion. These data...

Villeperdue Field: Exploration of a Subtle Trap in the Paris Basin: Chapter 16

Bernard C. Duval

AAPG Special Volumes

... of accurate depth-conversion maps. To overcome this difficulty, the structure at the top of the chalk and the thickness variations between the top of the chalk...

A Method for Estimating Gross Sand Percentage and Reservoir Thicknesses from Seismic Sections: Example from Segno Field, Polk Co., Texas

Richard E. Bischke and Daniel J. Tearpock

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... depth conversion the strong reflector represents the contact between the Cockfield Shale and the Yegua Sand, as observed on the reference logs shown...

3-D Seismic Case Histories From the Gulf Coast Basin, Overview.

James L. Allen T.S. Brown Chacko J. John Cyril E Lobo

GCAGS Transactions

... for both oil and gas were obtained in a complexly faulted field, with amplitude calibration and depth conversion being special 3-D objectives. End...

Delineating Thin-Bed Tight Gas Sand Reservoir with Prestack Joint PP/PS Inversion, #41363 (2014)

Zhiwen Deng, Ming Qiang, Shuanghu Shi, Xiaofeng Liang, Yang Zhu, Yijun Zhou, Qingjia Tong

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... March 2014, GEO-2014©2014 1 BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation, Beijing, China Abstract The thickness of single sandstone is about 30-60m...