Construction of Geological Model Scenarios in a Highly Faulted Reservoir: Finding the Appropriate Model That Best-Fit Reservoir Simulation Objectives; #42340 (2019)

Jacobus M. Neethling, K.C. Nyapule, Abdullah Jawoodien, Joerg F. Feddersen, Sbonelo Ngcongo

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... interpretations based on seismic character, fault seal analysis, material balance, and pressure analysis. Updated petrophysical modelling which includes...

Stratigraphic-Trap Classification: Geologic Exploration Methods

Gordon Rittenhouse

AAPG Special Volumes

.... It is possible that fault scarps may control post-fault distribution of reservoir rocks and also form one boundary of some traps. How should such traps...

ABSTRACT: Geosteering Horizontal Wells into the Sweet SpotŽ of Thin Non-Conventional Reservoirs, Examples from the Cardium Sand of the Alberta Deep Basin; #90108 (2010)

Andrew Newson

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... as a template correlation log, the software allows the user to calculate the bed orientation in 3D with fold axis and fault positions. In addition it can...

Abstract: Shock Filter: A Powerful Tool to Map Basement Blocks and Faults in the Peace River Arch of Alberta Based on Magnetic Signatures; #90174 (2014)

Hassan H. Hassan and Janine Weber

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... signatures. These segments are most likely related to different fault blocks or geological domains in the basement. This abstract discusses how...

Seismic-attribute-driven analysis of an ultra-deep carbonate reservoir: Middle Cambrian to Middle Ordovician strata, north-central Tarim Basin, northwest China

Xinyu Dong, Gary J. Hampson, Lidia Lonergan, Yanghua Wang

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., Detection of fluid migration pathways in seismic data: implications for fault seal analysis: Basin Research, v. 17, p. 141–153. Lin, C., Li, S., Liu, J...

Amelia Oil Field, Jefferson County, Texas

Ed J. Hamner

AAPG Bulletin

... of the more domelike structures of the Gulf Coast. Any oil which traveled across the fault below the shale seal could not have remained long on the high side...

Computer Sand Volume Determinations in the Long Beach Unit of the Wilmington Oil Field

Xenophon C. Colazas, Donald D. Clarke, John H. Robinson, Daniel D. Moreno

Pacific Section of AAPG

... the Belmont Offshore oil field by a large fault, and to the northeast from the Seal Beach oil field by a major syncline and several northwest...

Pre-Tertiary basement subcrops beneath the Malay and Penyu basins, offshore Peninsular Malaysia: Their recognition and hydrocarbon potential

Mazlan Madon, John Jong, Franz L. Kessler, M. Hafiz Damanhuri, Mohd Khairil Azrafy Amin

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... and Tertiary synrift sediments. Fractured reservoirs, like those discovered at Anding, seem to be associated with major strike-slip fault zones which...

Subsurface Geology of the North Gotebo Area, Oklahoma

Suzanne Takken

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... Gotebo, the "Trace of the Gotebo Fault Plane at the Base of the Pontotoc" is a line which can be used for practical purposes to divide the Anadarko Basin...

A Model for Tectonic Control of Lacustrine Stratigraphic Sequences in Continental Rift Basins: Chapter 16

Joseph J. Lambiase

AAPG Special Volumes

... becomes more dominant after the accommodation zones have been buried, and, finally, rift shoulders are eroded and no longer affect depositional...

Abstract: Influence of the Geology on the Development of the Giant Wilmington Oil Field, Los Angeles County, California, by B. H. Berman, M. P. Demsey, and C. C. Phillips; #90992 (1993).

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Sediment Routing of Deep-Water Syn-Rift Depositional Systems Across Faulted Terraces: Late Jurassic Lomre-Uer Terraces, North Sea Rift

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Operational Application of Chow Pressure Group Methodology in the Midland Basin and Resulting Development Impact

Zachary Petter, Carl Warren, Raul Paz, Jamie Bacon, Alaina Carter, Bailey Stang, M D. Rincones

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... by targeting the most productive zones without the risk of reduced well performance on secondary targets later. This has also allowed for a calibration of how...

Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy and Structure, Velma Pool, Stephens County, Oklahoma

William Wyman Mallory

AAPG Bulletin

... formations but does not affect post-Cisco rocks (Pontotoc, Clearfork-Wichita) it also occurred in Cisco time. If this fault be a normal fault, then tension...

Bovie Structure: Its Evolution and Regional Context

B. C. MacLean, D. W. Morrow

CSPG Bulletin

... zones-northern and central zones, which lie north of Trout Lake Fault zone, and a southern zone. The central zone, where Bovie Structure is most fully...

Petroleum migration and accumulation: Modeling and applications

Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei, and Wan Yang

AAPG Bulletin

..., and the oil migrated upward in CB2. At this time, the lower part of the fault was closed, acting as a seal in CB2, and forced the oil to accumulate...

Pervasive Tight Gas Sandstone Reservoirs: An Overview

Lawrence D. Meckel, M. Ray Thomasson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

..., as in the Arkoma Basin. The fault in this case introduces a conventional seal boundary to separate downdip pervasive gas accumulations from updip...

In situ stress state in the petroliferous Barmer Basin, northwestern India: A new geomechanical approach

Premanand Mishra, G. Karthikeyan, Sabyasachi Dash, Shubhodip Konar, Ajoy K. Bora, Utpalendu Kuila, Dilip K. Mukhopadhyay, and Mark D. Zoback

AAPG Bulletin

... and fault seal capacity for risk mitigation in new prospects. The derived data is used to generate sweet spot risk maps for unconventional assessment units...

Abstract: 3-D Geological Models: What We Should Have Learnt from 2-D and How to Avoid Expensive Conceptual Mistakes and Numerical Errors in 3-D, by Ricki Walker, Dylan Griffiths, and Barrie Wells; #90081 (2008)

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Geometry of the Hanging Wall Above a System of Listric Normal Faults--A Numerical Solution

Renato M. Darros de Matos

AAPG Bulletin

.... This paper assesses how hanging-wall rollover geometry is controlled by fault plane geometry and sense of shear in the hanging wall, using two...

Field Conference: Old Oil Fields and New Life: A Visit to the Giants of the Los Angeles Basin

Donald D. Clarke

Pacific Section SEPM

.... 11). To the right is a small pressure ridge on the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone. Under this area is the Seal Beach Oil Field which FIELD TRIP ROUTE...

Abstract: Geomechanics of Shale Gas Reservoirs; #90171 (2013)

S.Khalid, X. Zhao, and K. Faurschou

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... poisson’s ratio vertically and horizontally? How does a difference in vertical and horizontal properties affect the propagation of induced fractures...

Abstract: Determining the Effectiveness of Isolation Techniques Using Completion Diagnostics and Production Analysis; #90309 (2017)

D. J. Snyder

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... containment for these isolation techniques were evaluated, and the results demonstrate how different isolation techniques can affect production...

Petrology and geochemistry of igneous rocks in the southernmost Brevard zone of Alabama and their implications for southern Appalachian tectonic evolution

J.W. Sterling, Mark G. Steltenpohl, Robert B. Cook

Alabama Geological Society

... illustrating major tectonostratigraphic subdivisions and fault zones (from Hopson and Hatcher, 1988). Plain (Fig. 1). As many as 42 different...

Neotectonic Deformation of Alluvial Valleys in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana

Washington, Paul A.

GCAGS Transactions

... and arrangement of the valley deformation zones indicate that the deformation is fault-based, though the nature of the faulting has yet to be determined. However...