Wrench Fault Kinematics and Evolution with Seismic Low-Frequency Magnitude Approach: An Impact for Reservoir Connectivity in Production Field, West Natuna, Indonesia

Putri Riadini, Oki Rizaldi, Medianestrian

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... by two major fault trends as the main control to the tectonic elements (Riadini et al., 2020), the NE-SW trending faults associated...

Time of Hydrocarbon Expulsion, Paradox for Geologists and Geochemists

H. H. Wilson

AAPG Bulletin

... to the earliest closure of the respective reservoirs, proponents of late oil migration might prefer to i terpret reservoir fill as the result...

The Birkhead-Hutton(!) Petroleum System of the Gidgealpa Area, Eromanga Basin, Australia

Peter J. Boult, Melanie J. Ryan, Bernd H. Michaelsen, David M. McKirdy, Peter R. Tingate, Elio Lanzilli, Meshack L. N. Kagya

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the Patchawarra Formation of the northern dome. Figure 4. A schematic cross section of the Gidgealpa field showing possible migration pathways for Permian...

Petroleum distribution in the Montney hybrid play: Source, carrier bed, and structural controls

Tristan Euzen, Neil Watson, Martin Fowler, Andy Mort, and Thomas F. Moslow

AAPG Bulletin

... mapping with reservoir pressure data indicates a strong control of the structural framework on gas migration routes with some major faults, fracture...

Regional Investigations, Oklahoma and Kansas

T. C. Hiestand

Tulsa Geological Society

... that the oil had moved from a former trap to one subsequently formed, and if so how far has the oil migrated? Hiestand: Conditions have been conducive...

Shelf-edge deltas along structurally complex margins: A case study from eastern offshore Trinidad

Lorena Moscardelli, Lesli J. Wood, Dallas B. Dunlap

AAPG Bulletin

... slope highlight the location of the growth-fault sediment trap and how sediments progressively manage to bypass as they approached the southern...

Fluvial-Aeolian-Evaporitic Interactions in Arid Continental Basins: Implications for Basin-Scale Migration and Reservoir Characterisation, #70291 (2017).

R. Pettigrew, C. Priddy, A. Elson, K. Johnson, A. Gough, S.M. Clarke, P. Richards

Search and Discovery.com

... interbedded relationships of clean aeolian and evaporitic strata that can both compartmentalise and provide migration pathways to connect reservoir...

Source-Rock Evaluation. Best Tactics for Finding the Sweet Spots within Unconventional and Conventional Reservoirs in the Permian Basin; #42569 (2021)

David Entzminger, Mohamed K Zobaa

Search and Discovery.com

... of pressure- depth plots to establish fluid contacts and migration pathways away from the “petroleum kitchen” is demonstrated for a conventional play...

Athabasca oil sands: Megatrap restoration and charge timing

Richard S. J. Tozer, Albert P. Choi, Jeffrey T. Pietras, Donald J. Tanasichuk

AAPG Bulletin

..., Migration of Nordegg oil in the Western Canada basin. How much and how far?: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 42, p. 6373.Selby, D., and R...

Reservoir Fluids

Mike Shepherd

AAPG Special Volumes

.... This is knowledge required to understand how reservoirs behave. Physical processes also control the distribution of oil and water in a reservoir...

Gas Hydrate Resources of Northern Alaska

Timothy S. Collett

CSPG Bulletin

.... The review of regional seismic data also reveals numerous nearsurface faults that may act as gas and water migration pathways. Reservoir Rocks...

Chapter 8: Insight on Mechanical Stratigraphy and Subsurface Interpretation

Ronald N. McGinnis, David A. Ferrill, Alan P. Morris, Kevin J. Smart

AAPG Special Volumes

... = 25 cm) faults (red lines) connect many layers. Note how the fault refracts through the weak (incompetent) and strong (competent) beds. Mechanical...

Timing and petroleum sources for the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group oil sands of northern Alberta based on 4-D modeling

Debra K. Higley, Michael D. Lewan, Laura N. R. Roberts, Mitchell Henry

AAPG Bulletin

... for further migration without a change in PVT conditions.Structural relief on the top of the carrier layers is the primary control on migration pathways...

Abstract: Surface Geochemical Prospecting and Hydrogeology, by V. T. Jones; #91012 (1992).

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Abstract: Cenozoic Inversion of Permo-Triassic Rift in the Central Andes, Southern Peru, by Nicholas Perez; #90199 (2014)

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Gas geochemistry of the Mobile Bay Jurassic Norphlet Formation: Thermal controls and implications for reservoir connectivity

Paul J. Mankiewicz, Robert J. Pottorf, Michael G. Kozar, Peter Vrolijk

AAPG Bulletin

... generation, the timeframes mentioned above would be the youngest for trap fill. However, if the hydrocarbon charge is from the maturation of downdip...

Abstract: How is Geophysics Applied to Assessing Hazards in Offshore Drilling?

Rod Evans

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

..., and geological features such as faults which can act as migration pathways for shallow gas. The appropriate geophysical tool at seabed and deeper sub...

The Role of Sand/Shale Interfaces in Saturated Zone NAPL Trapping

T. M. Whitworth, Claire Chia-Ian Hsu

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... of the opening. A fluid input port, a fluid output port, and a fill port in the top of the trap were drilled and tapped 1/8-inch National Pipe Thread (NPT...

Evidence for Active Growth Faulting in the Terrebonne Delta Plain, South Louisiana: Implications for Wetland Loss and the Vertical Migration of Petroleum

G. J. Kuecher, H. H. Roberts, M. D. Thompson, I. Matthews

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... are relevant to the role of growth faults in subsidence-related coastal land loss and the vertical migration of hydrocarbons. Alexander, L. L...

Origin and charging histories of diagenetic traps in the Junggar Basin

Jianguo Pan, Guodong Wang, Yongqiang Qu, Wen Qi, Lu Yin, Duonian Xu, Tuanyu Teng, Bin Wang, Kaijun Tan, and Linjun Huang

AAPG Bulletin

..., reflecting the control of R/r on the effectiveness of the diagenetic trap. The reservoir capillary radius R calculated at 583 depths from 86 wells...

Fluvial Architecture and Reservoir Compartmentalization in the Oligocene Middle Frio Formation, South Texas

Dennis R. Kerr, Lee A. Jirik

GCAGS Transactions

... Bulletin, v. 72, p. 682-697. Ross, W. C., 1990, Modeling base-level dynamics as a control on basin-fill geometries and facies distribution: a conceptual...

Chapter 12: Increasing Interpreter Capability in Structurally Complex Settings through Combined Fieldwork, Interpretation, and Geocellular Modeling

John G. Solum, Stephen J. Jolley, Benjamin D. Meyer

AAPG Special Volumes

... Geological Survey Geologic Map 180, 1:100000. Eichhubl, P., Davatzes, N.C., Becker, S.P., 2009, Structural and diagenetic control of fluid migration...

AAPG/Datapages Discovery Series No. 7: Multidimensional Basin Modeling, Chapter 12: 3-D Flow Modeling in Complex Fault Networks: Illustration of New Methods with an Exploration Application in Offshore Nigeria

Cathles, L. M., E. L. Colling, A. Erendi, G. D. Wach, M. W. Hoffman, P. D. Manhardt

AAPG Special Volumes

... fault control on brine migration, and for this purpose, a simple TOC distribution is adequate.Figure 8 shows how the present-day permeability...

Origin and accumulation of CO2 and its natural displacement of oils in the continental margin basins, northern South China Sea

Baojia Huang, Hui Tian, Hao Huang, Jihai Yang, Xianming Xiao, and Li Li

AAPG Bulletin

... faults providing pathways for upward migration of -rich mantle fluids. Natural displacements of oil by appear to be common in the eastern...

Timing of Petroleum System Events Controls Accumulations on the North Slope, Alaska, #30145 (2011)

Kenneth Peters, Oliver Schenk, Kenneth Bird,

Search and Discovery.com

... the model, but information on trap formation, reservoir rocks, and migration pathways are based on other data. At Prudhoe Bay, trap formation...