Extended Abstract: Petroleum Resources of the Great American Carbonate Bank: Lessons from Heterogeneous Reservoirs, Diverse Traps, and Unconformity Thinking

Charles A. Sternbach

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... City Field) and by faulting. Trap analysis can prioritize an exploration program in fault-bounded structures by mapping regional thickness of sealing...

“J-1ST1” Post Well Analysis: Implications on Hydrocarbon Charge and Sedimentary Fairway Development of the West Luconia Delta

Harun Alrashid Bin Mohamad Idris, Anifadora Binti Mustapha, Noor Farinda Binti Salim, Dayang Aimi Nuraini Binti Awang Bakar, John Jong, Titus Murray

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... charged with hydrocarbons but that they had failed to trap any significant accumulations. Subsequently, a study of Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy (FIS...

Abstract: Jonah Field Area: Seismic Coherency Cube Technology Used to Define Trap Boundaries and Stratigraphic Features

Victor H. Vega, Greg Partyka, Christopher J. Christensen, Dennis L. Cox, and William B. Hanson

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...Abstract: Jonah Field Area: Seismic Coherency Cube Technology Used to Define Trap Boundaries and Stratigraphic Features Victor H. Vega, Greg Partyka...

Dolomitization Processes and Their Relationships with the Evolution of an Orogenic Belt (Central Apennines and Peri-Adriatic Foreland, Italy)

M. V. Murgia, P. Ronchi, A. Ceriani

AAPG Special Volumes

..., the uppermost part of carbonate upthrown fault blocks, sealed by clastic sequences, was considered the only drillable oil trap (Pieri and Mattavelli...

Hunting for NULFs

John Dolson

GEO ExPro Magazine

... on logs in a porous Jurassic sandstone. They recognized a seismically defined up-dip stratigraphic trap – and subsequently drilled the 1.4 Bbo-in-place...

Geologic Interpretation of Geothermal Fluid Movement in Cerro Prieto Field, Baja California, Mexico

S. E. Halfman , M. J. Lippmann , R. Zelwer , J. H. Howard

AAPG Bulletin

... moves westward through sandstone beds and rises to shallow depths through fault zones and permeable sandy gaps in the overlying shale layers. The shale...

Tectonic-Sedimentary Evolution of Piedra Clavada and Koluel Kaike Fields, Golfo San Jorge Basin, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina; #20210 (2013)

Ariel Schiuma, Carolina Crovetto, Adrián Rasgido, and Ornella López Alvarado

Search and Discovery.com

... on the sedimentation, the kinematical behavior of the principal fault was analyzed by computing the vertical throw for each of the interpreted...

Sequence Stratigraphy and Structural Trap Styles of the Tuscaloosa Trend

Kirk A. Barrell

GCAGS Transactions

..., but it is identifiable on 2D seismic. The third type of structural trap style, expanded three-way fault closure, exists only in "Region III" (Fig. 2). The two most...

Post-Drill Analysis to Assess the Prospectivity and Geological Risks for Energy Resources in the Pedirka, Simpson and Western Eromanga Basins

Jeremy Iwanec, Barry E. Bradshaw, Tom Bernecker, Anita Doig, Darren Ferdinando, Amber Jarrett, Paul Strong, Zahra Yarmohammadtooksi

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of sediments being present within the Poolowanna Trough. Hydrocarbon trap development during these events is dominated by low relief anticlines...

Chapter 16: Integrated Structural and Basinal Analysis of the Cesar–Rancheria Basin, Colombia: Implications for its Tectonic History and Petroleum Systems

Javier Sanchez, Paul Mann

AAPG Special Volumes

...-fault tectonics of Moody and Hill to northern South America: GSA Bulletin, v. 68, p. 785–790. Allen, P. A., and J. R. Allen, 2013, Basin analysis...

Predicting Stress and Fracture Orientations with Geomechanical Reservoir Models - Lessons Learned from a Case Study, by A. Frischbutter and A. Henk, #40596 (2010).

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Sussex-Meadow Creek Area

Michael Padden

Wyoming Geological Association

... down into the Tensleep where it is diminished to approximately 900 feet. This fault also forms the southern edge of the producing area in the Sussex...

Vermillion Creek Basin Area - Sweetwater County, Wyoming and Moffat County, Colorado

Victor B. Gras

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... formation. All are of Tertiary (Eocene) age. The Mesozoic and Paleozoic formations are exposed south of the Sparks fault. STRUCTURE As shown...

Vermilion Creek Basin Area: Sweetwater County, Wyoming and Moffat County, Colorado

Victor B. Gras

Utah Geological Association

.... The Mesozoic and Paleozoic formations are exposed south of the Sparks fault. Structure As shown on the accompanying map, there are six anticlines within...

The Internal Seismic Character of the Gamtoos Basins Upper Valanginian to Upper Hauterivian Syncline Fill Sequences and the Potential for a Hydrocarbon Play; #20449 (2018)

C.B. Van Bloemenstein, A.C. Davids

Search and Discovery.com

... of this movement the Gamtoos Fault, in plan view, trends SE-NW from the onshore portion of the basin and makes an almost 90° bend offshore, continuing in a general...

The Trinity Group of the San Marcos Arch: An Exploration Paradox

John S. Rives

South Texas Geological Society Special Publications

... oldest to youngest, which have produced over the San Marcos arch, showing examples of fields producing from each. FORMATION TYPE TRAP TYPE...

West Bay-South Pass Block 24 Area (Formerly West Bay (Tom Loar Pass) -- Bayou Felice -- Dixon Bay Area): Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Colles C. Stowell

New Orleans Geological Society

...-dipping trap against fault F-3. A minor reserve is found north of fault F-2. The G-1 sand is productive at three localities. A reservoir trapped against...

Interpretation of the Piney Creek Thrust and Oil Exploration

Robert F. Hudson

Wyoming Geological Association

... the forces (vertical uplift us. horizontal compression) responsible for the Piney Creek thrust fault and the fundamental nature of the thrust itself...

Kate Spring Field Discovery, Nevada Basin and Range

Donna M.H. Flanigan

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... ofengineeringproblem and collapsing oil prices. The No. I Kate Spnng was drilled on a seismicallyand geomorphically deftned fault block upthrouwn from...

New Insights in to the Structural and Thermal Development of the Papuan Foreland: Implications for Hydrocarbon Charge and Prospectivity

Gareth Cooper, Dan Kendrick, Francis Waina, Cameron Hamilton, Michael Nongkas

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and peneplanation event with no significant erosion except that associated with isostatic uplift in the footwall of the Komewu Fault during the Paleocene...

The Western Canadian Continental Margin

R. L. Chase, D. L. Tiffin, J. W. Murray

CSPG Special Publications

..., Vancouver Island; Can. J. Earth Sci., v. 10, p. 441. Chase, R. L.; and Tiffin, D. L., 1972: Queen Charlotte Fault Zone, British Columbia; in Marine...

Stevens and Earlier Miocene Turbidite Sands, San Joaquin Valley, California

Gregory W. Webb

Pacific Section of AAPG

..., Salinia, west of the San Andreas Fault. The deep-water Miocene sands, including the petroleum-producing Stevens Sand, are mostly turbidites that provide...

Structural controls of the Ernest Henry IOCG deposit: Insights from integrated structural, geophysical and mineralogical analyses.

Jim Austin, Andreas Björk, Ben Patterson

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... within a N-S trending strike-slip fault. When the trap (the jog) is permeable and/or reactive, the redox gradient lies along the trap, between the fluid...

Stratigraphic and Structural Framework of the Clemente-Tomas and Corsair Growth Fault Systems in the Texas Continental Shelf

Olabisi Ajiboye, Seiichi Nagihara

GCAGS Journal

... of the Corsair fault system. These observations indicate that the hydrologic regime of the Corsair fault system is similar to that in the Wilcox...

Bodalla South Field

J.A. Salomon, S. L. Keenihan, A.P. Calcraft

AAPG Special Volumes

... PETROLEUM TYPE: Oil TRAP TYPE: Anticline LOCATION The Bodalla South oil field is located in southwestern Queensland, Australia, approximately 1000 km...