Geophysical Characterization of an Oligo-Miocene Prospective Interval in Copa Macoya Field, Guárico Sub-basin, Venezuela, #50461 (2011)

Yaraixa Pérez, Bice Cortiula, Jesus Sierra, Bruno De Toni, Colombo Da Encarnacao, Crelia Padron,

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... objective was to determine the boundaries of the gas reservoir within a combine structural /stratigraphic trap located in the eastern side of the field...

Origin and Evolution of the Sedimentary Basins of the New Hebrides Arc

David A. Falvey, H. Gary Greene

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... Oligocene abyssal red mudstone crops out. Middle Miocene basinal graywacke, most of which lies to the east of the vol­ canic axes, is in fault contact...

AAPG ACE 2018

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3D Palaeo-Migration Pathway Analysis: An Example from the Timor Sea

G. Chen, K. C. Hill, N. Hoffman, G. W. O'Brien

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... into a trap, it is necessary to know the 3D structural architecture of the reservoir horizon(s) and the extent of the source rock horizon(s) at the time...

Golden Trend of Oklahoma--Current Problems: DISCUSSION

Robert R. Wheeler

AAPG Bulletin

... finds no fault in his presentation, but only attempts to carry forward the discussion of the less understood geological problems. These comprise (1...

Occurrence of Oil in the Austin Chalk at Van Field, Van Zandt County, Texas--A Unique Geologic Setting

James T. Lowe , Deborah B. Carington

GCAGS Transactions

... dipping carbonate ramp. Terrigenous influx came from the northwest. The surface expression of the downthrown side of Fault A may have acted as a trap...

A 3-D Seismic Look at Big Cowboy Field, Lower Wilcox Lobo, Webb County, Texas

David H. Miller, Brad A. Baker

GCAGS Transactions

... that the critical fault for the Hirsch 2072-5 simply did not trap gas. It is believed that sand on sand across the fault caused the fault to leak...

Handling Complex Stratigraphic Relationships Using Volume Based Modeling and Stair-Step Grids; #42055 (2017)

Rosa M. Aguilar, Carlos Nuñez, Vanessa Villarroel, Marcos Victoria

Search and Discovery.com

.... The “tepee” shape of the reservoir meant that the fault modeling step was crucial for the boundary definition in order to create a watertight model...

Lance Creek Field Niobrara County, Wyoming

Roger G. Hubbell, John M. Wilson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.../*D OJM MORRISON WELL OFS FIRST SUNOANCE OBS B A S A L SUNDANCE OC CONVERSE WELL OL 0 U LEO WELL DEEP TE.ST FAULT U N I T OUTLINE IGURE I...

Petroleum Systems of the Northern Malay Basin

Mazlan Madon, Jiu-Shan Yang, Peter Abolins, Redzuan Abu Hassan, Azmi M. Yakzan, Saiful Bahari Zainal

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... is prospective. The main risk is trap integrity, due to fault seal failure or inefficient top seal (by thinning of major shale units). Oil occurs...

The Northern Nam Con Son Basin Petroleum System, Based on Exploration Data from Block 04-2 Vietnam

K. J. Watts

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... Trap formation and deposition of a regional seal was only achieved during the post-rift, thermal sag phase of the basin (Late Miocene). By this time...

Long-Range Petroleum Migration in the Illinois Basin: Chapter 26: Part I. Illinois Basin: Oil and Gas Systems

Craig M. Bethke, Jackie D. Reed, Donald F. Oltz

AAPG Special Volumes

... probably occurred during the Mesozoic in response to a hydrologic regime that resulted from tectonic uplift in the southern part of the basin...

Hydrodynamics and Overpressuring in the Jeanne D'Arc Basin, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada: Possible Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration

A. L. Rogers, N. A. Yassir

CSPG Bulletin

... with a maximum principal stress rotation from vertical to horizontal, suggesting a relationship between overpressure and the stress regime. The results...

Hydrocarbon Production and Surface Expression of the China Segment of the Tepetate Fault Zone, Louisiana

Byron Miller, Paul V. Heinrich

GCAGS Transactions

...Hydrocarbon Production and Surface Expression of the China Segment of the Tepetate Fault Zone, Louisiana Byron Miller, Paul V. Heinrich 2003 548 554...

The Bali-Flores Basin: Geological Transition from Extensional to Subsequent Compressional Deformation

Hardi Prasetyo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... margin represents a Paleocene extensional (rifting) tectonic regime; (2) this extensional tectonic environment was then inverted to form typical "Sunda...

Integrated Uranium Systems in the Marysvale Volcanic Field, West-Central Utah

T. A. Steven, C. G. Cunningham, M. N. Machette

AAPG Special Volumes

... or sedimentary-trap deposits in basin-fill sediments. To date, only the hydrothermal vein environment has been productive, but billions of pounds of uranium were...

Divergent Wrench Faulting in the Belize Southern Lagoon: Implications for Tertiary Caribbean Plate Movements and Quaternary Reef Distribution

Maria Ester Lara

AAPG Bulletin

... of basin development. Malfait and Dinkelman (1972) proposed a pure strike-slip regime along the east coast of Yucatan and a transform fault...

Inter-Reservoir Excess Pressure and Some Problems of Formation of Oil and Gas Pools in the Kuban

P. K. Lyakhovich

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of fluids from the zone of generation into traps, or from one stratum-reservoir into another. For purposes of study of the energy regime of inter-reservoir...

Addressing the Geological Challenges in Tight Gas Sandstones with Advanced Borehole Imaging Solutions, Sultanate of Oman; #40902 (2012)

Chandramani Shrivastava, Sultan Al-Mahruqy, Rifaat Al-Mjeni, Salim Al-Busaidi, Khalifa Muslem, Da Li Wang, Ashkaan Mohtadi

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... in the direction of max horizontal stress direction; and frac length honoring the sand body geometry. The varying stress regime and differential hardness...

Salt Morphology and Hydrocarbon Trapping at Eugene Island 188: Detailed Salt Surface Mapping Yields New Opportunities In An Old Field

E. P. Mason, J. W. Beets, M. D. French, H. E. Johnston, and S. M. Weaver

GCAGS Transactions

... that tested an underlying fault block. A structural saddle separated EI 188 Field from the fault trap. Oil and gas were found in the objective sand (Fig...

Eugene Island Block 258 Field: Offshore Louisiana

Russell W. Cooper, Jr.

New Orleans Geological Society

...: 6: 4 drilling and production, 1 production equipment, and 1 well protector (single well structure). GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE/NATURE OF TRAP: Underlying salt...

Extended Abstract: The Greater Etom Area (GEA): A New Phase of Exploration in the South Lokichar Basin, Turkana County, Northern Kenya

Kevin Christopherson

Africa Energy and Technology Conference, 2016

... drilled into a collapse graben and not tested the structural crest of the field. Etom-2 targeted the up-thrown northern fault block which was not penetrated...

The Rosette Discovery, Barrow Sub-Basin

A. J. Williams

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... component to the trap. Drilling the discovery well from Varanus Island (which houses the Harriet Field storage tanks and facilities) has virtually...

Surani, Rumania, Anticline with Two Erosion-Depleted, Non-Contemporaneous Oil Reservoirs

Ray P. Walters

AAPG Bulletin

.... These conditions are interpreted to mean that the oil was originally collected in some trap south of the Surani anticline and furthermore...

Models of Growth Faults: Unit 9: Principles

Martin P. A. Jackson, William E. Galloway

AAPG Special Volumes

... uncertain. Several hypotheses have been advanced, none of which are entirely satisfactory. This suggests that fault processes operate together rather than...