Geometric Constraints Derived from the Law of Conservation of Volume and Applied to Evolutionary Models for Detachment Folding: Geologic Note: (1)

CLINTON D. A. DAHLSTROM

AAPG Bulletin

... stratigraphic thickness during deformation (the concentric regime) three basic types of folds are recognized (Suppe, 1983; Jamison, 1987): detachment...

Generation, Migration, Accumulation, and Dissipation of Oil in Northern Iraq: Middle East

H. V. Dunnington

AAPG Special Volumes

... formations on the up-dip margin by truncation or by porosity trap conditions. In late Tertiary time, large-scale folding caused adjustments within the primary...

The effect of deformation bands on simulated fluid flow within fault-propagation fold trap types: Lessons from the San Rafael monocline, Utah

Luisa F. Zuluaga, Atle Rotevatn, Eirik Keilegavlen, and Haakon Fossen

AAPG Bulletin

...The effect of deformation bands on simulated fluid flow within fault-propagation fold trap types: Lessons from the San Rafael monocline, Utah Luisa F...

Big Geology for Big Needs

A. I. Levorsen

AAPG Bulletin

... TRAP The chart in Figure 5 is designed to show the three basic ingredients of a petroleum trap: structure, stratigraphy, and fluids. Each alone...

A Systematic Technique for Describing and Quantifying Fractures in Core

D. F. Lockman, R. P. George Jr, M. J. Hayes

Pacific Section of AAPG

... of fracturing. The technique can also aid in development decisions by providing reservoir engineers with better data with which to predict fracture...

Assessment of Makhul Unconventional Reservoir in Kuwait: Play to Pilot Locations

Salem Al-Ali, Afrah Al-Ibrahim, Hamad Al-Haggan, Abdullah Al-Hamad, Anton Prakoso, Meshal Al-Wadi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...: a. Seismic mapping and preparation of depth and isopach map , b. Seismic Attributes study for mapping of major fault and fracture corridors c. Seismic...

Azimuthal AVO Gradient Anisotropic Analysis on Prediction of Fractures on Barnett Shale

Shiguang Guo, Bo Zhang, Tengfei Lin, Kurt J. Marfurt

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the most fully developed shale gas plays in North A merica, knowing the fracture orientation and density in Barnett shale is crit ical for fracturing...

3-D Seismic Survey Design as a Foundation for Optimizing Unconventional Play Success

Walt Ritchie

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... information on fracture characteristics, a key determinant of reservoir quality, when a full range of azimuths (source-receiver raypath directions...

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Lithology-Controlled Stress Variations: A Case Study of the Woodford Shale, Oklahoma

Xiaodong Ma, Mark Zoback

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of stress measurements (via diagnostic fracture injection tests (DFIT’s)) performed in the three formations along the vertical well generally...

Offshore Unconventional Oil from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the North Sea: A Technical and Economic Case

Chris Cornford, Bob Birdsong, Mark Groves-Gidney

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... Cornford*1, Bob Birdsong1, Mark Groves-Gidney2 1. Extract Petroleum Ltd, Hallsannery, Bideford, Devon EX39 5HE, United Kingdom; 2. Trap Oil Ltd., 35 King...

Natural-Hydraulic Fracture Interaction: Microseismic Observations and Geomechanical Predictions

Jian Huang, Reza Safari, Kevin Burns, Ingo Geldmacher, Uno Mutlu, Mark McClure, Stuart Jackson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Natural-Hydraulic Fracture Interaction: Microseismic Observations and Geomechanical Predictions Jian Huang, Reza Safari, Kevin Burns, Ingo...

A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Belly River-Brazeau (Campanian) Fluvial Channel Reservoirs in West-Central Alberta, Canada

Peter E. Putnam

CSPG Bulletin

... fracture network. Faulted channel fills form traps in the western portions of the basin whereas updip sandstone pinchouts localize hydrocarbons...

Why So Much Oil in the Middle East?

Rasoul Sorkhabi

GEO ExPro Magazine

...) and Alsharhan & Nairn (2003). 24 geo expro february 2010 into the storage and trap The Middle East is renowned for its rich carbonate oil reservoirs...

Frontier Basins of Southeast Asia: A Review of their Hydrocarbon Potential

R. D. Shaw

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... fracture and divergence, and 4) divergent wrenching (Kingston et al., 1986). Thus attenuated continental crust is widely distributed around the divergent...

Permian and Carboniferous Stratigraphy Wapiti Lake Area, Northeastern British Columbia

A. McGugan, J. E. Rapson-McGugan

CSPG Bulletin

... which caps the fossiliferous Rundle succession was the primary prospective reservoir rock in an anticlinal trap believed to exist beneath folded...

Have We Deciphered the Canning? Discovery of the Ungani Oil Field

P. B. Edwards, E. Streitberg

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in structural configuration. Uncertainties in reservoir character were addressed with an extended production test, and trap geometry will be clarified...

Structure: PART 2

K. O. Emery, Elazar Uchupi

AAPG Special Volumes

... gabbros of Quebec (C. A. Chapman, 1968; J. B. Lyons and Faul, 1968) appear to be related to this fracture system (R. D. Ballard and Uchupi, 1972...

Chapter 4: Adding New Reserves and Production in Giant Fields

John S. Sneider, Michael A. Rosen, Dorothy E. Ballentine

AAPG Special Volumes

... and development of structural and stratigraphic trap oil field with reservoirs in glacial/periglacial clastics (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p...

Exploring for the Future Geomechanics: Breaking Down Barriers to Exploration

Adam H. E. Bailey, Amber J. M. Jarrett, Liuqi Wang, David N. Dewhurst, Lionel Esteban, Shane Kager, Ludwig Monmusson, Lidena K. Carr, Paul A. Henson

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... and Thrane 2020) supporting predictions of continent-scale stresses (Rajabi et al. 2017). An overall strike-slip faulting stress regime is interpreted...

Understanding Field Performance of Hydraulically Fractured Wells: Comparison of Pressure Front Versus Tracer Front Propagation Using the Fast Marching Method (FMM) and Complex Analysis Method (CAM)

Kiran Nandlal, Chen Li, Ching-Hsien Liu, Venkata Bala Krishnateja Chavali, Michael J. King, Ruud Weijermars

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the rate of change of drainage volume with respect to time is high at early time and decreases later, indicating the beginning of fracture interference...

Fault-Related Fracture Characterization: A Quantitative Approach in Naturally Fractured Reservoir Characterization

Muhammad Fachri

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Fault-Related Fracture Characterization: A Quantitative Approach in Naturally Fractured Reservoir Characterization Muhammad Fachri 2002 499 512...

Abstract: Analysis of the Structural Style and Fracture Distribution of the Agdagh Anticline in Southern Kurdistan, Iraq A model for fractured Carbonate Reservoirs; #90172 (2014)

Paul A. MacKay, William Matthews

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...Abstract: Analysis of the Structural Style and Fracture Distribution of the Agdagh Anticline in Southern Kurdistan, Iraq A model for fractured...

3D Pore Pressure Prediction Model in Bentu Block … Central Sumatra Basin

Wawan A. Behaki, Aldyth Sukapradja, Ronald C. Siregar, Radig Wisnu Y, Setiabudi Djaelani, Benny A. Sjafwan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... pressure regime to an overpressure regime. The excess pressure would dissipate over time, but equilibrium has not yet occurred owing to the relatively recent...

3D Pore Pressure Prediction Model in Bentu Block … Central Sumatra Basin; #41105 (2012)

Wawan A. Behaki, Aldyth Sukapradja, Ronald C. Siregar, Radig Wisnu Y, Setiabundi Djaelani, and Benny A. Sjafwan

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... regional lateral continuity and were charged locally. Uplift then displaced the sands from a normal pressure regime to an overpressure regime. The excess...