Fault Zone Diagenesis: A Key to Understanding Fluid Pathways, by James R. Boles, #90027 (2004)

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The Okavango Delta„Semiarid Alluvial-Fan Sedimentation Related to Incipient Rifting

T. S. Mccarthy, N. D. Smith, W. N. Ellery, T. Gumbricht

Special Publications of SEPM

... separated published elsewhere T Gumbricht T fault the Ghanzi Ridge southeast of the by northeast-striking faults: the Panhandle region, to the northwest...

Abstract: Carbonate Reservoir Heterogeneity and Play Characteristics Revealed by Well-Log Interpretation: Case Studies from the Middle East and North America; #91211 (2025)

Antun Husinec, Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan

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... depositional framework but also complex diagenetic transformations and the overprint of structural deformation. This study investigates how different classes...

Keep an Eye on Your Basement! … The 3D Version

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... such effects could influence trap and reservoir development. This paper focuses on how to map magnetic basement quickly and effectively in 3D on a seismic...

ABSTRACT Geochemical Detection of Gas Microseepage from CO2 Sequestration, #90103 (2010)

Ronald W. Klusman

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... been proposed for the detection of the emplaced CO2 and the monitoring of lateral or vertical migration. Of particular interest is the small scale...

Hydrocarbon accumulation in strike-slip fault restraining bends: New insights into the tectonic controls on the Penglai 19-3 and Penglai 25-6 oil fields, Tan-Lu fault zone, east China

Lei Huang, Chi-yang Liu, Ying-bin Wang, Yong-an Xue, and Jun-feng Zhao

AAPG Bulletin

.... The fields in the TLFZ can provide an excellent case for studying how strike-slip–related tectonics can directly control hydrocarbon accumulation. Figure...

Stratigraphic and geochemical investigation of kukersites (petroleum source beds) within the Ordovician Red River Formation, Williston Basin

Timothy O. Nesheim

AAPG Bulletin

... petroleum system. Vertical hydrocarbon migration is speculated to occur through faults, fractures, and porous dolomite. Lateral hydrocarbon migration...

SUBSURFACE STORAGE

Henk Kombrink, Lois Greenfield

GEO ExPro Magazine

... be contained this way.” A play for migration loss, as he called it. “In addition,” he said, “we should ask ourselves how good a seal we really need...

Sedimentology and Hydrocarbon Potential of Yager Structural Complex--Possible Paleogene Source Rocks in Eel River Basin, Northern California

Michael B. Underwood

AAPG Bulletin

.... O'Connor, 1982, Kerogen maturity and type by reflected light microscopy applied to petroleum exploration, in How to assess maturation...

Chapter 5: Kenai Gas Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska

Jennifer Enos, Brooke Maier

AAPG Special Volumes

... to varying degrees (some to fill and some partially) depending on local biogenic activity and effective migration (Figure 7). The KU 14-6 well, drilled...

An experimental study of the secondary deformation produced by oblique-slip normal faulting

Roy W. Schlische, Martha Oliver Withjack, Gloria Eisenstadt

AAPG Bulletin

..., 1994; Childs et al., 1995) (Figure 9), and they are potential pathways for hydrocarbon migration from hanging-wall kitchens into footwall structural...

AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, September 10-13, 1995, Nice, France, - Abstracts, #90956 (1995).

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Oil Production from a Sill Complex Within the Vaca Muerta Formation

Juan B. Spacapan, Remigio Ruiz, Rene Manceda, Alejandro D’Odorico, Emilio Rocha, Emilio Rojas Vera, Adrian Medialdea, Diego Cattaneo, Octavio Palma, Héctor A. Leanza, Olivier Galland

AAPG Special Volumes

... and their associated damaged zones (see Figure 5E) could have major implications in the heat flow and migration pathways of fluids (Cartwright et al., 2007...

Sedimentation and Trapping Mechanism in Upper Miocene Stevens and Older Turbidite Fans of Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, California

Bruce A. MacPherson

AAPG Bulletin

... by close-order seismic control in underexplored areas. A maximum 500 ft (150 m) of fault displacement has been measured, but faults having as little...

Petroleum Systems and Reservoir Distribution Laws in the Pannonian Basin - Romanian Sector; #11305 (2020)

Dragos Cristea

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... to understand how the distribution of oil was produced, which were the directions of migration in this area. We can define areas of interest and establish...

Abstract: The Velkerri Conundrum: How Long Can Hydrocarbons be Retained in a Shale?; #90283 (2016)

Soumaya Abbassi, Martin Kennedy, Bruce Schaefer

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..., "live oil", abundant solid bitumen and oil shows provide strong evidence of active HC migration pathways. The Velkerri Formation is a potential...

Gas hydrates in Green Canyon Block 955, deep-water Gulf of Mexico: Part II, Insights and future challenges

Peter B. Flemings, Ann E. Cook, Tim Collett, and Ray Boswell

AAPG Bulletin

..., three-dimensional seismic data to interpret how the GC 955 hydrate reservoir is charged by free gas. Santra et al. (2022, this issue) describes the faults...

Reasons for Persian Gulf Oil Abundance

J. Law

AAPG Bulletin

... with primary permeability are absent or where alternative traps are not available to trap the oil during its migration. Except under these conditions...

Fluid Flow, Pore Pressure, Wettability, and Leakage in Mudstone Cap Rocks

Andrew C. Aplin, Steve R. Larter

AAPG Special Volumes

... pathways into cap rocks and permit leakage. In these cases, cap rocks simply retard the vertical migration of petroleum, and column height is a function...

Regional productivity in the Austin Chalk, with emphasis on fault zone production in the Karnes trough area

Frank Male, and Chris K. Zahm

AAPG Bulletin

... an exploratory analysis to investigate the impact of these faults on well production. Following this, we used completion and fault-distance data...

Laterally varying structure and kinematics of the Molasse fold and thrust belt of the Central Eastern Alps: Implications for exploration

Ralph Hinsch

AAPG Bulletin

... in the Miocene and may continue today (Wagner, 1996). Migration occurred along faults and reservoirs at the base of the Molasse sedimentary succession...

Subsurface Temperature Distributions in South Texas

Deborah S. Pfeiffer , John M. Sharp, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

... (1981, 1983) indicate that the migration pathways of upwelling fluids are growth faults (Tyler et al, 1985). Preliminary computer modeling by Bodner...

Greenhouse shoreline migration: Wilcox deltas

Jinyu Zhang, Ronald Steel, and William Ambrose

AAPG Bulletin

... created deltaic shoreline migration where the primary control was base level change, followed by sediment supply to the delta lobe foresets, geometry...

Some Aspects of the Geologic History of Cleveland, McClain, and Oklahoma Counties, Oklahoma

Lloyd E. Gatewood

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... is the genesis of faulting? Are time and amount of faulting important? Do faults really trap oil and gas? What about the distribution and behavior...

Unlocking the Petroleum Potential of Iran

Jan Witte, Olaf Schönicke

GEO ExPro Magazine

..., while seeps located between the kitchen and the trap may mean that the migration has been inefficient and the trap may not be fully charged. Seeps...