Can a seal fail

David Rajmon

GEO ExPro Magazine

... capacity may be reduced but a wide range of actual sealing capacity is still possible. Third, can we talk about a seal failure if the fault was active long...

Abstract: Segmentation of Normal Faults in the Dip Direction and its Significance in Fault Seal Analyses, by Amgad I. Younes and Atilla Aydin; #90914(2000)

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Abstract: The Petroleum System and the Exploratory Reactivation of the Offshore Tuxpan Platform, Eastern Mexico

J. Patino-Ruiz, J.R. Ramon-Ramos

GCAGS Transactions

... sources began since the Pliocene. Migration occurs from east to west along carrier beds, unconformities, and fault planes. The evaluation team...

Geology of Petroleum in Campos Basin, Brazil: ABSTRACT

Egon Manfred Meister

AAPG Bulletin

... in the regional evaporite seal at the top of the Lagoa Feia Formation and focused the upward escape of hydrocarbons, mainly along halokinetic fault surfaces...

ABSTRACT Plays and Prospectivity Offshore Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus: New Insights from Depth-Imaged Seismic Data, #90104 (2010)

Roberts Glyn; Harmer Charles; Peace David

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...: anticlines, fault blocks, rollovers, mounds, drapes, structural/stratigraphic plays and basin margin pinch‐outs.  > Sub‐Salt (with salt as the seal) and Intra...

Helium in Southwestern Saskatchewan: Accumulation and Geological Setting

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Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Petroleum Systems Approaching the Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico (Kayab Area, Campeche Sound, Mexico): Definition of Thermally Mature and Prospective Areas

Salvador Ortuno Arzate, Esteban Soriano M., Cuauhtemoc Romero M., Joel Rosales R., Edgar Bahena R., Sergio Hernandez G., Alejandro Cardenas

AAPG Special Volumes

... evolution, structural development, and fault propagation on late MesozoicCenozoic oil migration: A two dimensional fluid-flow study along a megaregional...

3D Basin Simulation Controlled by Capillary Threshold Pressure … A Case Study in the North Malay Basin (Poster 10)

Toshihiro Takahashi, Arata Kato, Suwit Jaroonsitha, Jianyong Hou, Kazuo Nakayama

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

...., Tokyo, Japan 2 CPOC, KL, Malaysia Introduction The relationship between capillary threshold pressure of seal formations and buoyancy of hydrocarbons...

Subsurface storage in the Mississippi Salt Basin domes: Considerations for the emerging hydrogen economy

C. Nur Schuba and Lorena Moscardelli

AAPG Bulletin

... (mainly passive basin infilling), and the Cenozoic (passive infilling with minor halokinesis). Fault patterns around salt domes in this region might...

Abstract: New Insight into the Petroleum System in the East Java — South Makassar Area

Kjell Bugge Johansen

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... distinct trends are recognized. Firstly, in the South Makassar-Central Deep area, the main fault systems are orientated in NE-SW direction, whereas...

Abstract: Faulting, Fracturing and In-Situ Stress Prediction In Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: a Finite Element Approach, by F. Beekman and J. D. van Wees; #90933 (1998).

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Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Centaur 3-D Survey, Exmouth Plateau, North West Shelf, Australia, #11062 (2018).

Sasha W. Gumprecht, Ken McClay, Nicola Scarselli

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... episodic fault reactivation, and Neogene inversion, which produced a localized anticlinal structure. Several lines of evidence suggest that the overall...

What’s in a Line? Key Structural Delimiters and Geofluid Pathways!

William Dickson, James Granath

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... ratios of the non-hydrocarbon gases. Migration pathways from the crust and upper mantle are well-documented from CO2 presence in Brazil’s Santos-Campos...

ABSTRACT: Routine Testing of Fault Traps, by Pete Bretan and Graham Yielding; #90906(2001)

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Depositional Environment and Petroleum System Analysis Based on Outcrop Analogue in Sukolilo Outcrop, Tuban Regency, East Java Province

Nada Salsabila Irsani, Handika Lazuardi, Alse Nabilah, Rocky Tirajean Sembiring, Salahuddin Husein

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...) and brittle deformation (normal fault) is predicted to be the migration path for this petroleum system. * Universitas Gadjah Mada Keywords : surface...

Risk Management for a Commercial-Scale CO2 Storage Project; #80638 (2018)

Ken Hnottavange-Telleen, JohnRyan MacGregor, David E. Riestenberg, Denise J. Hills

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.... A known or unknown fault cuts a geological seal (caprock). Unforeseen spill points/leakage pathways exist in storage reservoir and/or confining units...

Controls on Hydrogen Sulfide Formation in a Jurassic Carbonate Play, Turkmenistan

Gary H. Isaksen, Mukhammetnur Khalylov

AAPG Special Volumes

... from the gas-generating HettangianBajocian rocks. It is likely that separate pressure cells in the Oxfordian control the subsalt migration pathways...

Prediction of Reservoir Fluid Composition Using Basin and Petroleum System Modeling: A Study from the Jeanne d'Arc Basin, Eastern Canada

Friedemann Baur, Ralf Littke, Hans Wielens, Rolando di Primio

AAPG Special Volumes

... kitchen area is shown north of the transbasin fault system (transparent gray rectangle), where we tested migration pathways across the faults into the Terra...

Sorong Fault Tectonism and Detachment of Salawati Island: Implications for Petroleum Generation and Migration in Salawati Basin, Birds Head of Papua

Awang Harun Satyana, Neni Herawati

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to the Sorong Fault tectonism. The faults have enhanced the migration pathways...

Effect of Mega-Shear Fractures / Strike Slip Faults on Entrapment Mechanism in Sulaiman Fold Belt, Pakistan*; #30229 (2012)

Moin Raza Khan, M. Amir Bhatti, Abid H. Baitu, and M. Zubair Sarwar

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... along these MSF can breach the structure by bringing the reservoir in contact with non-sealing unit present above the seal. In this article, fault seal...

Trap Types vs. Productivity of Significant Wilcox (Early Eocene) Gas Fields in the Listric Growth Fault Trend of South Texas - and the Divergent Origin of Its Two Largest Producers

Fred L. Stricklin, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

...Trap Types vs. Productivity of Significant Wilcox (Early Eocene) Gas Fields in the Listric Growth Fault Trend of South Texas - and the Divergent...

Chapter Seven: Reservoir Evaluation

Alistair R. Brown

AAPG Special Volumes

... overprint. The high amplitudes along the upthrown side of fault A are interpreted as hydrocarbons in migration after flowing up the fault. (Courtesy...

Fault Zone Diagenesis: A Key to Understanding Fluid Pathways, by James R. Boles, #90027 (2004)

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ABSTRACT: Empirical Analysis of Sealing Models: A Reality Check from Worldwide Field Analogues; #90061 (2006)

José I. Guzmán, Rod Sloan, Shengyu Wu, and Shaoqing Sun

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... is not a reliable predictor of hydrocarbon column height, and fault breaching is the most common cause of top seal failure. Updip lateral fault seals retain...

A Methodology for Future Exploration in Mature Indonesian Basins - Why Play Mapping Integrated with Well Failure Analysis Matters - An Example from the East Java Basin, Indonesia

Ian Longley, Chris Kenyon, Andy Livsey, Jeff Goodall

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... involve base seals, fault seals and/or pinch outs making them inherently more risky than the simple high-side traps which only require an effective top seal...