Identifying Fracture Zones in the Austin Chalk

D. J. Bafia, T. W. Spencer

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

.... These “clean” zones affect the moduli that control fracturing within the rock. These moduli also affect the seismic wavelet, and are detectable. It should...

Combining the Stochastic Earth Model with Geomechanical Modeling to Quantify Well Performance: Application to Mississippian Shale

Yamina E. Aimene, Jeffrey M. Yarus, Carlos Davila, Ron Dusterhoft, Shameem Siddiqui

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to production. The workflow illustrated how a well with completion stages that target only the high shale QI zones (red zones along the well) could result...

Strike-Slip Faults of Northern Venezuela

Emile Rod

AAPG Bulletin

... Venezuela and northern Trinidad. Because the geology along the fault zones has not been investigated in any detail, no direct measurement...

ABSTRACT: Computer Modeling of Balanced Sections in Exploration, by A. Gibbs, A. Bell, and J. Wheeler; #91022 (1989)

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Abstract: Understanding the deep crustal structure of the Okavango basin, NW Botswana: Insights from magnetotellurics, gravity and earthquake seismic data

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Abstract: Tectonic Evolution of Myanmar: Progress and Problems; #90246 (2016)

Khin Zaw

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... of Gondwanan-derived Palaeozoic and Mesozoic micro-plates separated by major continentalscale faults (e.g., Sagaing Fault) or suture zones containing oceanic...

Strike-Slip Faulting and Related Basin Formation in Zones of Tectonic Escape: Turkey as a Case Study

A. M. C. Şengör, Naci Görür, Fuat Şaroğlu

Special Publications of SEPM

... basins have formed along the North and East Anatolian fault zones in addition to scale other incompatibility basins arising from space problems where...

A Formation Evaluation of the Middle Bakken Member Using a Multimineral Petrophysical Analysis Approach

Robert Klenner, Jason R. Braunberger, James A. Sorensen, Kurt E. Eylands, Alexander Azenkeng, Steven A. Smith

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...). , The Bakke Formation is broken into th distinct str en s hree ratigraphic me embers. The up pper and lower Bakken act as the source rock and seal...

Direct Reservoir Imaging: The Need for Innovative Advancement in Exploration and Production, #41510 (2014).

Sofia Khan

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..., how can we map the porosity profile of an existing or potential reservoir? If there’s a deeper zone, can both zones be mapped simultaneously...

A Volatiles Analysis Case Study Evaluating the Petroleum System, Pay Zones, Seals, Chemical Compartments, and Potential Pays Zones from a Gulf of Mexico Well in the Main Pass Field Using Legacy, Oil Based Mud, and PDC Bit Cuttings, with Tie Ins to Wireline and Seismic Data

Christopher M. Smith, Dave Mercer, Timothy M. Smith, Vincent Liaw, Patrick S. Gordon, Michael P. Smith

GCAGS Transactions

... Figure 2. The fault does serves as a seal and a pay zone has been identified and is now under production. Apparent residual HCs are observed at various...

Large-Scale Duplex Structures in the McConnell Thrust Sheet, Rocky Mountains, Southwest Alberta

M.E. McMechan

CSPG Bulletin

.... (September) Duplex fault zones are well exposed over a 40 km strike length in the far-travelled (40 km displacement) McConnell thrust sheet southwest...

Petroleum geology of the Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, western DeSoto Canyon, and western Lloyd Ridge protraction areas, northern deep-water Gulf of Mexico: Traps, reservoirs, and tectono-stratigraphic evolution

Renaud Bouroullec, Paul Weimer, and Olivier Serrano

AAPG Bulletin

... and sediment to create subbasins and minibasins. Ultimately, we explore how these interrelated factors affect field size, distribution of reservoirs...

The Elang Oil Discovery Bridges the Gap in the Eastern Timor Sea (Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation)

I. F. Young, T. M. Schmedje, W. F. Muir

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., but appears to have taken place in the Late Cretaceous to pre-Miocene interval. Consequently, trap fill is related more directly to fault seal rather than...

Seal Failure Related to Basin-scale Processes

Christian Hermanrud, Hege M. Nordgrd Bols, Gunn M. G. Teige

AAPG Special Volumes

... in reservoirs, fault reactivation, and their influence on leakage from hydrocarbon reservoirs. It was concluded that seal-failure analysis is seldom...

Unlocking the High Hydrocarbon Potential in Very Low Quality Formations in the Bangko and Balam South East Field, Central Sumatra Basin, Indonesia

Reybi Waren, Endo Finaldhi, Muhammad Ramdhan, Muhamad Aji, Hafidz Qadly, Agin R. Budiman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... potential. This study illustrates how lithofacies, cores, fluorescence, and production data can be integrated to determine reservoir zones...

Impact of arid surface megacracks on hydrocarbon reservoir properties

Philipp Antrett, Anna Alexandra Vackiner, Peter Kukla, Norbert Klitzsch, Harald Stollhofen

AAPG Bulletin

..., and Deep Springs fault zones, Nevada and California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, p. 280299, doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0280...

The Mundu Formation: Early Production Performance of an Unconventional Limestone Reservoir, East Java Basin - Indonesia

Dian M. Iriska, Neil C. Sharp, Stanley Kueh

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... or not the fault seal would break under pressure depletion. This is particularly important for the gas cap with its two vertical wells. If the gas cap...

Diagenesis Through Coupled Processes: Modeling Approach, Self-Organization, and Implications for Exploration

W. Chen, A. Ghaith, A. Park, P. Ortoleva

AAPG Special Volumes

... destabilizing the state of uniform compaction is studied in a companion chapter (Dewers and Ortoleva, 1990). With these examples, we illustrate how reaction...

F-O Gas Field, Offshore South Africa - an Integrated Approach to Field Development

K. Mudaly, J. Turner, F. Escorcia, R. Higgs

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... FO Field Summary • Tight shallow marine gas field offshore South Africa • Large domal / fault closure • ~1.3Tcf gas in place – how to develop...

Abstract: Application of the Formation MicroScanner in the Environmental Field, by J. A. Fischer, J. J. Fischer, and R. J. Bullwinkel; #90954 (1995).

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Abstract: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Distribution in the Sarawak Basin, and its Relationship with Entrapment (Geology Paper 19)

Mansor Ahmad, Mohd Irwani Sadi

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of CO2 does not influence the percentage distribution and the geometry of traps and seal effectiveness dictates how much CO2 the reservoir can hold...

ABSTRACT: Favorable Stratigraphic Conditions for Carbon Sequestration Exist in the Rocky Mountain Basins, by Ronald Drake II and Sean Brennan; #90156 (2012)

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The Possible Significance of Pore Fluid Pressures in Subduction Zones: Tectonic Processes: Model Investigations of Margin Environmental and Tectonic Processes

Roland von Huene, Homa Lee

AAPG Special Volumes

... or zones of low shear strength and may more likely be accreted than subducted. The affect of pore pressure in selective subduction strengthens...

Understanding Stratigraphic Heterogeneity: A Methodology to Maximize the Efficiency of the Geological Storage of CO2

Catherine M. Gibson-Poole, Lotte Svendsen, Maxwell N. Watson, Richard F. Daniel,Jonathan Ennis-King, Andy J. Rigg

AAPG Special Volumes

... by many variables. Stratigraphic architecture and reservoir heterogeneity primarily affect the migration pathway of CO2. Therefore, an understanding...

Mapping Geologic Structure of Basement and Role of Basement in Hydrocarbon Entrapment, by Parker Gay; #40052 (2002).

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