Abstract: Kinematic Structural Forward Modeling for Fault Trajectory Prediction in Seismic Interpretation; #90224 (2015)

Mohammed Alarfaj and Don C. Lawton

Search and Discovery.com

... in hydrocarbon exploration and production as faults can act as a sealing mechanism for a potential trap, or a conduit for fluids in tight formations. Faults...

Abstract: The Trend of Seismotectonic Studies for Engineering Projects

Wasif Ahmad Siddqui

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... on the earthquake history and geologic and tectonic setting which defines and control the seismicity. The task of risk evaluation in Malaysia becomes more difficult...

Upper Miocene Depositional History of the Central Gulf of Mexico Basin

Wu, Xinxia,, Galloway, William E.

GCAGS Transactions

... system. Together, juxtaposition, good to excellent reservoir, migration, trap, and seal elements led to the highly efficient trapping of the petroleum...

Burial History, Hydrocarbon Generation, and Migration in the Upper Paleogene to Neogene: Petroleum System of the Offshore North Sumatra Basin: Insights from 1D and 2D Basin Modeling.

Handika Lazuardi, Nada Salsabila Irsani, Jarot Setyowiyoto, Budi Prasetyo, Dhanny Triamindo

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... publications by Fuse et, al., 1996, North Lho Sukon Deep was identified as the most significant kitchen that have multiple migration pathways...

Salt tectonics driven by sediment progradation: Part IIRadial spreading of sedimentary lobes prograding above salt

V. Gaullier, B. C. Vendeville

AAPG Bulletin

... and diapirs to fall, forming rapidly subsiding bathymetric lows that channel or trap younger sediments. Spreading causes large horizontal overburden...

Abstract: Quantification of Normal Fault Dimensions and Growth Evolution: Insights from mid-Ocean Spreading Ridges, by J. L. Fox and B. Trudgill; #90090 (2009).

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Applied Source Rock Geochemistry: Chapter 5: Part II. Essential Elements

Kenneth E. Peters , Mary Rose Cassa

AAPG Special Volumes

...) that together form a trap (Biddle and Wielchowsky, Chapter 13, this volume). Examples of how this happens are described in the case studies in this volume...

Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration in the Tampico-Misantla Basin and Sierra Madre Oriental, East-Central Mexico: Evidence From an Exhumed Oil Field in the Sierra De El Abra

D. A. Yurewicz, R. J. Chuchla, M. Richardson, R. J. Pottorf, G. G. Gray, M. G. Kozar, W. M. Fitchen

Dallas Geological Society

..., and the Early Tertiary showing possible migration pathways. See Figure 1 for location...

Worldwide Geological Experience as a Systematic Basis for Prospect Appraisal

D. Sluijk, M. H. Nederlof

AAPG Special Volumes

... ultimate oil yield (PUYO). End_Page 19------------------------- center of the trap. 2. VMD = vertical migration distance, the average stratigraphic...

Altamont-Bluebell--A Major, Naturally Fractured Stratigraphic Trap, Uinta Basin, Utah

Peter T. Lucas, James M. Drexler

AAPG Special Volumes

... faulting, neither seismic nor well data indicate faulting which might control the field outline. A few minor faults indicated by seismic data may influence...

A Structural and Tectonic Model of the Coastal Plains Block, Central Sumatra Basin, Indonesia

Tom L. Heidrick, Karsani Aulia

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and preferred hydrocarbon migration routes outward from these centers, which traps existed during migration, and how we improve our ability to successfully...

Australian Geology in Indonesia: New Frontiers and New Discoveries

Nick Hoffman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... a major regional sand system, capped by a major regional seal. Despite trap fill problems in the Timor Sea, this was seen as a low-risk play system...

Smectite Dehydration--Its Relation to Structural Development and Hydrocarbon Accumulation in Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin

Clemont H. Bruce

AAPG Bulletin

..., and the relation of these sandstones to fluid migration pathways that allow the escape of fluids to the surface during the process of compaction. Pressure...

The Impact of Igneous Intrusions and Extrusions on Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in Extensional Settings: A 3D Seismic Perspective; #41168 (2013)

Christopher A-L. Jackson

Search and Discovery.com

.... White fill along faults shows areas where inclined segments of the sill intrudes a fault for >20 m. 14 Presenter’s notes: Before looking...

Abstract: Shale Tectonics and its Importance in Hydrocarbon Basin Evolution: A Rather Muddy Subject

Leslie J. Wood

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... tectonics play in forming basins? How and why do subsurface shales move? Can they push strata, or do they simply move as they are squeezed? Can shale...

Relay ramps and rhombochasms in the northern Appalachian Basin: Extensional and strike-slip tectonics in the Marcellus Formation and Utica Group

Robert Jacobi, Joel Starr, Craig Eckert, Charles Mitchell, and Alan Leaver

AAPG Bulletin

... were likely migration pathways for hydrocarbon away from the source beds. (3) Many of these faults above the Salina Group are in approximate alignment...

Experimental investigation of water and sediment discharge effects on alluvial fan-margin roughness

Hyojae Lee, Wonsuck Kim, Joel P.L. Johnson, Haein Shin, Duhwan Keum, Yunhyeong Lee, Wook-Hyun Nahm

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... B. Channel Migration and Mobility Channel migration is a key control on fan planform evolution with time (Reitz et al. 2010; Muto et al. 2016...

Source, Generation, Migration and Critical Controls on Oil Versus Gas in the Deepwater Kutei Petroleum System

Rui Lin, Art Saller, John Dunham, Phil Teas, Marek Kacewicz, Joe Curiale, John Decker

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... how episodic migration, fractionation and gas leakage lead to variable gas liquid ratios and oil versus gas fields, and (5) confirm volumetric...

Recent Developments in Petroleum Geochemistry

Douglas W. Waples

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... to expulsion, migration, heat flow, petrophysical properties, the role of faults and fractures, sensitivity analysis, and other vital components of basin...

Qualitative Characteristics of Traps

I. V. Vysochanskiy, V. G. Dem’yanchuk, D. Ye. Nedzel’skiy, A. M. Paliy

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... unit; 4-intermediate complex; 5-unconformity; 6-direction of migration of hydrocarbons; 7-salt domes; 8-faults. Figure 2. Diagrams showing how...

From seep carbonates down to petroleum systems: An outcrop study from the southeastern France Basin

Jean-Philippe Blouet, Patrice Imbert, Anneleen Foubert, Sutieng Ho, Gerard Dupont

AAPG Bulletin

.... Seep carbonates have ultimately been linked to hydrocarbon migration pathways in the shallow seabed (permeable layers, faults, fluid chimneys, hydraulic...

The Development and Applications of Elliptical Fault Flow: A New Kinematic Algorithm to Model and Restore Isolated Normal Faults

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Theoretical Considerations of Sealing and Non-Sealing Faults

Derrell A. Smith

AAPG Bulletin

... are recognized as an important control in the distribution of hydrocarbons in many hydrocarbon provinces. Some faults are known to be sealing to the migration...

Development of An Incised-Valley Fill Under the Influence of Tectonism and Glacio-Eustatic Sea-Level Change: Valley Morphology, Fluvial Style, and Lithology

Erik S. Rasmussen

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... (RCS). The scouring shows a systematic migration towards the east. The main incision and the twofold development of the valley fill are interpreted...

Codell carrier-bed play, Denver Basin

Stephen A. Sonnenberg, John E. Zumberge, John B. Curtis

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... source to trap: AAPG Memoir 60, p. 211–217. England, W.A., A.L. Mann, D.M. Munn, 1991, Migration from source to trap, in R.K. Merrill, ed., Source...