The Mechanics of Secondary Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment

Tim T. Schowalter

Earth Science Bulletin (WGA)

... rock seal, the trapping capacity for a lateral facies change or fault, or the minimum vertical hydrocarbon column needed to explain an oil show...

Horizontal Image Analysis Applied to Fracture Stage Optimization in a US Gas Shale Reservoir; #41753 (2015)

David Martinez, Roger Reinmiller, Mario Habermueller

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... in TB-2H. The initial breakdown generated a 1,500 psi pressure drop not observed in other completion stages. A fault is identified in state 12...

Hydrocarbon Accumulation in "Meramec-Osage" (Mississippian) Rocks, Sooner Trend, Northwest-Central Oklahoma

Sherod A. Harris

AAPG Bulletin

... the juncture between the subsiding Anadarko basin and the Nemaha ridge. This possible fault pattern can be interpreted as being related to production...

Tectonic Evolution at Musi High and Its Influence to Gumai Formation as an Active Source Rock at Sopa Field, South Sumatera Basin, #20125 (2012)

Dimas Hendrawan Patra, Dardji Noeradi, Eddy Subroto

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... hydrocarbon in Sopa Field, which is Gumai Formation. Not only act as regional seal in South Sumatera Basin, Gumai Formation may also act as active source rock...

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

... and were arrived at during a period of intensive work which included the refinement of a highly fault complicated stratigraphic framework construction...

Hydrocarbon Play in North Sumatra Basin and Sequence Stratigraphy Application on Keutapang Reservoir Formation Based on Well Logs Data

M. Resawan Hakim, Mangku Faris, Mateos Yordan Y. N.

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... along carrier beds beneath regional seal and major fault including fractures from basement highs. While in the southern and central areas, migration...

The Smackover "Salt Wall" Play Located Along Intermediate and Large Ridges: Central Mississippi Salt Basin

Jeffrey S. Requarth, John J. Morris, Marcus A. Brandon

GCAGS Transactions

... on production in January, 1999 (Fig. 1). During the first 14 months of production, the #1 Clay has averaged 782 BOPD and 3.6MMCFGPD. Figure 7 shows a cross...

Prediction of Normal-Fault Geometries--A Sensitivity Analysis

Martha Oliver Withjack, Eric T. Peterson

AAPG Bulletin

... hanging-wall folding is produced by fault-bend folding, all deformation occurs within the plane of the section, and the footwall remains rigid during...

The Big Piney-Labarge Frontier Gas Field, Sublette and Lincoln Counties, Wyoming

B. G. Shipp, J. B. Dunnewald

Wyoming Geological Association

... of Frontier and "Bear River" sands against the complex thrust fault system to the west. Frontier production extends from a datum of 765 feet in the BNG-81...

Pre-Platform Exploration of High Island Blocks A-560 and A-561

Jeffrey W. Lund , John S. King , Richard Berlitz , J. A. Gilreath

GCAGS Transactions

... to a major fault. Eight exploratory wells were drilled on these blocks between June, 1975 and October 1976. The exploratory drilling program confirmed...

Regional Depositional Framework of the Lower Cretaceous James Limestone and its Relationship to Hydrocarbon Accumulations in East Texas

Craig D. Pollard

Shreveport Geological Society

.... The second James production style involves halokinesis. Louann Salt movement caused isolated topographic highs to be present during James deposition...

The 1992 PESA Industry Review: The Petroleum Industry in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand in 1991

Bob Laws, Harry Butler, John Hinkins, Bruce McCarthy, Grant Ellis, Errol Seymour

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... were commissioned during the year. A decision was made to develop the Cossack Oil Field using floating production storage and offloading facilities...

Abstract: Multiphase Simulations of Fractured Basement Reservoir Composed with Dfn Characterized Seismic and Subseismic Scale Features, by H. Wang, T. Doe, and M. Deo; #90090 (2009).

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Abnormal Formation Pressure

John S. Bradley

AAPG Bulletin

..." through fractures to the external pressure. In some areas, particularly some with abnormally low pressures, the seal has been extant during long...

South Monte Christo Field

Robert B. Owen

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... situated west of the Field is considered to be a growth fault of Lower Frio and Vicksburg time. It was during this time that the fault is thought to have...

ABSTRACT: Structural Uncertainty and Scenario Modeling for Fault Seal Analysis; #90061 (2006)

Rob Knipe, Steve Freeman, Simon Harris, Russell Davies, and Quentin Fisher

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...ABSTRACT: Structural Uncertainty and Scenario Modeling for Fault Seal Analysis; #90061 (2006) Rob Knipe, Steve Freeman, Simon Harris, Russell Davies...

Monitoring technology to enable characterization of CCUS reservoirs

Shauna Oppert, Jose Adachi, Dean Thornton, Andrew Royle

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... fault reactivation or microseismic events, out of zone injection, or even fracturing into the overburden. Subsurface data enables model calibration...

Evaluation of Late Cap Rock Failure and Hydrocarbon Trapping Using a Linked Pressure and Stress Simulator

A. E. Lothe, H. Borge, . Sylta

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Berg, T., K. Berge, M. Cecchi, C. Ekeli, L. Hansen, O. Norvik, and D. Waters, 2000, Fault seal and overpressure analysis of Halten Terrace (abs...

Abstract: Finding Fluid Conduits or Barriers through Seismic Fault Extraction—A Revolution in Sweet Spot and Compartment Mapping, by Ralf Oppermann; #90179 (2013)

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References

AAPG Special Volumes

... implications for fault seal prediction, in P. Moller-Pederson and A. G. Koestler, eds., Hydrocarbon seals: Importance for exploration and production...

Oil Production from a Sill Complex Within the Vaca Muerta Formation

Juan B. Spacapan, Remigio Ruiz, Rene Manceda, Alejandro D’Odorico, Emilio Rocha, Emilio Rojas Vera, Adrian Medialdea, Diego Cattaneo, Octavio Palma, Héctor A. Leanza, Olivier Galland

AAPG Special Volumes

... that larger masses of methane are released into the atmosphere during kerogen breakdown in the sill thermal aureoles, and this can have major implications...

Developments in Western Canada in 1962

T. J. Latus

AAPG Bulletin

... III-A, III-B, and III-C show a breakdown, by provinces, of the crude oil, natural gas, and sulphur production in Western Canada for 1961 and 1962...

Chapter 8: Johan Castberg: The First Giant Oil Discovery in the Barents Sea

Ketil Sollid, Leif Bjørnar Henriksen, Jan Ove Hansen, Olaf Thießen, Alf Ryseth, Simon Knight, Audun Groth

AAPG Special Volumes

... license tracts were awarded in 1997, but no interest was shown in the Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex. During this period, more wells confirmed the negative...

Evidence for Along Strike Variation in Structural Style, Geometry and Its Possible Causes: A Case Study Along the UK Flank of the Faeroe-Shetland Basin (North Atlantic Margin); #30178 (2011)

Sylvester I. Egbeni, Ken McClay, Clive Johns, Duncan Bruce, Chris Elders, Geraldine Vey

Search and Discovery.com

... orientation which is orthogonal to the streching direction. The basin Torshavn is segmented during the early stages of its formation and transfer fault...

Disequilibrium compaction as the cause for CretaceousPaleogene overpressures in the Danish North Sea

Ole Valdemar Vejbaek

AAPG Bulletin

... during the compaction of mudrocks: A mechanism for the development of regional-scale polygonal fault systems: Basin Research, v. 8, p. 183193.Clausen, O. R...