Permeability Evolution during Deformation of Siliciclastic Sandstones from Moab, Utah

O. Kwon, B. T. Ngwenya, I. G. Main, S. C. Elphick

AAPG Special Volumes

..., Sealing processes and top seal assessment, in P. Moller-Pedersen and A. G. Koestler, eds., Hydrocarbon seals: Importance for exploration and production...

Abstract: Hyperpycnal Flows and Taphonomy of Vertically Embedded Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica, by Eduardo B. Olivero; #90079 (2008)

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A new model for assessing trap integrity and oil preservation risks associated with postrift fault reactivation in the Timor Sea

Anthony Gartrell, Wayne R. Bailey, Mark Brincat

AAPG Bulletin

...: Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, p. 313324.Ingram, G. M., and J. L. Urai, 1999, Top seal leakage through faults...

Logging While Drilling as the Kernel Acquisition … Fully Integrated Formation Evaluation in a Deepwater Exploration Campaign, Makassar Strait, Indonesia

Mathias Horstmann, Graziano Capone, Lilik Budi Riyanto, Yus Wilian, Scott Fey

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... operation were: • TOP pretests had an 80% test success rate in mobilities ranging from 4.5 mD/cp to >5 D/cp. Seal success rate was 96%. • No sticking...

Petrography and Diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas

Shirley P. Dutton

GCAGS Transactions

... ft (2,100 to 3,100 m) in East Texas has low permeability (less than 0.1 millidarcy), but a few thin zones near the top of the formation have as much...

Abstract: The Effect of Swelling/Shrinkage on Gas Transfer Rates within Intact Cores of Powder River Basin Coals ; #90055 (2006).

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Hydraulic Fracturing: Breaking Intact Rock or Stimulating Natural Fractures?

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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

..., I.R., Guscott, S.C., Burley, S.D., 1998, Structure and content of the Moab fault zone, Utah, USA, and its implications for fault seal prediction...

Hydrocarbon Habitat of the N.W. Palawan Basin, Philippines

D. M. Branson, P. J. Newman, M. Scherer, P. J. Stalder, R. G. Villafuerte

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., coarser clastics abut the Malampaya/Camago reservoir, yet the seal for the accumulation has remained intact. Conclusions In contrast to early...

Petroleum Geology of the 2018 Offshore Acreage Release Areas

Thomas Bernecker, George Bernardel, Claire Orlov, Nadège Rollet

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... additional top seal is provided by claystones of the Frigate Formation. Deeper in the section, fluvio-deltaic sandstones of the Hyland Bay Subgroup...

Reefing Revisited, or A Reef is A Reef is A Reef

Frank B. Conselman

Abilene Geological Society

... important one. We should search for the trangressive sea reefs, which have been drowned and buried under deepening water and covered with a sedimentary seal...

Brent: An Aging Giant

Jane Whaley

GEO ExPro Magazine

... Formation is also trapped in the east by faulted Lower Cretaceous mudstones. Seal is provided by a series of mudstones or calcareous mudstones and marls...

Super basin thinking: Fulfilling the promise—Introduction

Charles A. Sternbach and Robert K. Merrill

AAPG Bulletin

... in common? 80% of the time, supergiants have significant sag events, where large intact bed seal areas occur (without fault breach) over large trap...

The Geometry and Thickness of Deformation-band Fault Core and its Influence on Sealing Characteristics of Deformation-band Fault Zones

Z. K. Shipton, J. P. Evans, L. B. Thompson

AAPG Special Volumes

... seal analysis in the North Sea: AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, p. 778792.Knott, S. D., A. Beach, P. J. Brockbank, J. L. Brown, J. E. McCallum, and A. I. Welbon...

North Runtu PSC: The First Proven Eocene Petroleum Play in the Kutai Basin

Elly E. Guritno, John Chambers

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of an intraformational seal in the Beriun formation is unlikely due to a high sand percentage, hence only areas with an intact Oligocene to Miocene...

State of Stress in the Timor Sea Area, Based on Deep Wellbore Observations and Frictional Failure Criteria: Application to Fault-Trap Integrity

David A. Castillo, Richard R. Hillis, Keven Asquith, Mike Fischer

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... have been used to better understand the mechanisms responsible for fault seal failure in the Timor Sea area. Details of the three-dimensional stress...

Jurassic Twin Creek Formation: A Fractured Limestone Reservoir in the Overthrust Belt, Wyoming and Utah

C.L. Bruce

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.... The Leeds Creek Member consists of about 225 ft of interbedded argillaceous and relatively clean limestones. About 70 ft below the top of the Leeds...

Mechanical Stratigraphy Modeling, the Foundation of Unconventional Geomechanical Analysis

Roda Bradley, Vahid Mostafavi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...), thermal recovery and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Integrity of the top seal, fault seal and in some cases bottom seal needs to be investigated...

Abstract: Continental Margins of the South Atlantic: Deepwater Reservoirs within the Meridional Salt Basins and in the Equatorial Basins without Salt, by Roberto Fainstein; #90200 (2014)

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Flume Experiments on the Durability of Mud Clasts

Norman D. Smith

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... the clasts were still partially intact, could be compared. The validity of this method is based on the assumption that the suspended sediment concentration...

Petroleum Geoscience of the Surprise Oil field in the Western Amadeus Basin: Implications for Regional Exploration

J. P. Heugh, H. Askin, W. Dunmore, G. J. Ambrose, T. Shortt, D. Hallgren, B. O. Alamiyo, J. Sayers, C. Boreham

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... are not fractured; it is possible these prevented charge to the Upper Stairway Sandstone and indeed form top seal to the Middle/Lower Stairway Sandstone...

Application of Overburden Amplitude Variations to Constrain Hydrocarbon Column Heights in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea

Lidia Georgescu, Christian Hermanrud, Roar Heggland, Trine Helle Simmenes

AAPG Special Volumes

...—A post-mortem fault seal analysis: EAGE 2nd International Conference on Fault and Top Seals—From Pore to Basin Scale, Montpellier, France, 21-24 September...

Chapter 9: The Zafarani and Tangawizi Giant Gas Discoveries: Two Very Different Play Openers Offshore Tanzania

Clemens Pirker, Nadya Badmaeva

AAPG Special Volumes

... leakage through the top seal or lateral fault seal. Careful reprocessing and depth imaging of the ST09007 seismic data revealed a second shallower flat...

Triaxial Direct-shear Reveals the True Magnitude of Shear Fracture Roughness Effects on Flow

Meng Meng, Luke P. Frash, J. William Carey, Nathan J. Welch, Wenfeng Li, Samantha K. Peterson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... homogeneous and intact block from an outcrop in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Visual inspection was used to verify that there were no obvious pre-existing flaws...

Evidence of Recent Movements Along Faults of Balcones System in Central Texas

Frank Bryan

AAPG Bulletin

... has 2.5-foot throw at top and is completely absorbed in stratum level with boy's waist. Upper portion of fault fissure is filled with crystallized...