Observations and Inferences for Overpressure Development under Salt Sheets in the Gulf of Mexico

J. J. O'Brien , I. Lerche , Z. Yu

GCAGS Transactions

..., and the dip of the salt. By comparing subsalt pressures at the same depth, the first effect can be eliminated. At a given depth, there is an asymmetry...

Structural Geophysics and the Simpson in Oklahoma

John J. Rupnik

Tulsa Geological Society

... as shown by Figure 6. Interpolated velocity values, based on the velocity contours, are shown at the shotpoints. The subsea depth for the Viola Limestone...

Constraints on Eolian Grain Flow Dynamics Through Laboratory Experiments on Sand Slopes

Richard R. McDonald , Robert S. Anderson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... fixed point. Errors in our ability to locate the tracer are  0.5 min. Plots D, E, and F show the temporal velocity histories of tracers 1-2, 2-3...

Natural Fracture Characterisation in a Coal Measure Succession: An Analogue for Coal Seam Methane and Tight Gas Reservoirs

D. Gillam, T. Flottmann, R. Hillis

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... but widely spaced joints have low fracture density which may appear even lower due to sampling errors given the low angle between joint dip...

Rock Properties and Seismic Attributes Analysis of Chert Reservoirs in the Devonian Thirtyone Formation, West Texas

Dongjun Fu, Charlotte Sullivan, Kurt Marfurt, Joel Famini, Peter Wang

West Texas Geological Society

... thickness falls below ¼ wavelength. Our attempt to measure the effect of fractures on velocity through core measurements failed. While this failure...

Geologic and Oil-Field Controls on Earthquakes in the War-Wink Field, Delaware Basin: (Reprinted from WTGS September 1991, V. 31, No. 1)

Mark R. Baker, Diane I. Doser, Ming Luo

West Texas Geological Society

... seismicity in the Texas Panhandle, M.S. Thesis, Univ. of Texas at Austin. Domenico, S.N., 1976, Effect of brine-gas mixture on velocity in an unconsolidated...

Quantitative structural analysis using remote sensing data: Kurdistan, northeast Iraq

Daniel Reif, Bernhard Grasemann, Robert H. Faber

AAPG Bulletin

..., dip angle and dip direction) of finite planar geologic structure from digital elevation models (DEMs). The orientations of planar data (e.g....

Flow Behavior of Ponded Turbidity Currents

Marco Patacci, Peter D.W. Haughton, William D. Mccaffrey

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...–150 μm are ∼ 2% of depth-averaged flow velocity and set a threshold of 88 μm to distinguish “fluid grains” (grains assumed to closely follow fluid...

Tilt-Depth: A Simple Depth-Estimation Method Using First Order Magnetic Derivatives, by James D. Fairhead, Ahmed Salem, and Simon E. Williams; #40390 (2009).

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Turbulent Flow

Gerard Middleton, John B. Southard

Special Publications of SEPM

... most of the flow depth than This accounts for the much gentler velocity grain laminar flow. dient d/dy in turbulent flow than in laminar flow go back...

Flume Experiments on the Transition from Ripples to Lower Flat Bed with Increasing Sand Size

John B. Southard, Lawrence A. Boguchwal

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of mean flow velocity vs. sediment size for a flow depth of 7 cm plotted from the flume runs shows that in the size interval from 0.6 mm to 0.7 mm...

Eocene lowstand fan model, Basal Complex, Barbados: implications for geologic modeling

Larue, D.K., Lindholm, R.M, Sprague, A.R.G. and Bissell, C.R.

Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago

... are present: sequence boundaries, candidate sequence boundaries, and surfaces formed by autocyclic processes. Fan stacking patterns are retrogradational...

Quantifying Reservoir Performance for Deepwater Slope Channel Deposits

Thomas Smith

GEO ExPro Magazine

... high risk, with little room for errors. Reservoir performance is impacted by the different reservoir facies, varied channel stacking patterns...

Integration of the Graphic Correlation Methodology in a Sequence Stratigraphic Study: Examples from North Sea Paleogene Sections

Jack E. Neal, Jeff A. Stein, James H. Gamber

Special Publications of SEPM

... assumed to be minimal in this idealized application of graphic correlation Significant differences exist between errors horizontal axis Timing errors...

Seismic Acquisition in the Papuan Fold Belt: A New Approach

G. S. Hill, S. J. Price, M. S. Foster, R. W. Stephenson, D. Ellis, J. A. Lyslo

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Petroleum Convention Proceedings

... refraction data is shown schematically in Figure 11. The zone of high velocity ‘weathered’ limestone is interpreted to be present to a depth of up...

High Frequency Borehole Seismic Acquisition and Its Applications for Reservoir Delineation of the Bunyu Field, Onshore Kalimantan, Indonesia

Adriansyah, Patricius Sembiring, Mohammed Badri, Azhar Akhtar

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the geophone, depth of objective, geologic dip, vertical velocity variation, and well deviation. The principles of the VSP method are described...

Fundamental Concepts of Sequence Stratigraphy

Henry W. Posamentier

Special Publications of SEPM

... patterns with a significant emphasis placed on unraveling the cause-and-effect relationships between these factors and resultant stratigraphy. In addition...

The Effect of Allochthonous Salt on the Petroleum Systems of Northern Green Canyon and Ewing Bank (Offshore Louisiana), Northern Gulf of Mexico; Barry C. McBride, Paul Weimer, and Mark G. Rowan; Search and Discovery Article #10003 (1999)

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Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observations

Julia F. W. Gale, Stephen E. Laubach, Jon E. Olson, Peter Eichhubl, and András Fall

AAPG Bulletin

....jsg.2014.05.011. Apaydin, O. G., E. Ozkan, and R. Raghavan, 2012, Effect of discontinuous microfractures on ultratight matrix permeability of a dual...

Architecture and petroleum potential of the Arrowie and Georgina Basins from deep seismic reflection data and petroleum systems maturation modelling

L. K. Carr, R. J. Korsch, H. Struckmeyer

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... (08GA-A1), where the sedimentary section is thickest (Figure 3). Interpreted horizon picks were depth converted using stacking velocities for the nearest...

A Test of Initiation of Submarine Leveed Channels by Deposition Alone

Joel C. Rowland, George E. Hilley, Andrea Fildani

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... velocity (see next section). In the absence of a flow meter in the system, we tested the valve adjustments and measured the final flow rates by timing...

Shell Accumulation in Underwater Sediments and Their Relation to the Thickness of the Traction Zone: DISCUSSION

Gene A. Rusnak

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... some validity. However, it should be pointed out that the errors inherent in the method of sampling far overshadow and complicate the effects...

Chief Tool of the Petroleum Exploration Geologist: The Subsurface Structural Map

Louie Sebring, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

... in determining the amount of dip. Estimations of actual depth to any horizon will vary in reliability with the available velocity control and the number...

Thrust Faulting and Hydrocarbon Generation: REPLY

Janell D. Edman , Kevin P. Furlong

AAPG Bulletin

... faulting and hydrocarbon generation: discussion: AAPG Bulletin, v. 71 (this issue). Wiltschko, D. V., and J. A. Dorr, Jr., 1983, Timing of deformation...

Determination of the Laminar, Structural and Disperse Shale Volumes Using a Joint Inversion of Conventional Logs; #41944 (2016)

Ambrosio Aquino-López, Aleksandr Mousatov, Mikhail Markov, Elena Kazatchenko

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... the adjustment errors. Nevertheless, taking into account the effect of the washout zones on the logs, we can consider a correct realization of the inversion...