Abstract: Three Dimensional Seismic Interpretation of a Piercement Salt Dome

B. A. Blake, J. B. Jennings, M. P. Curtis, and R. M. Phillipson

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...Abstract: Three Dimensional Seismic Interpretation of a Piercement Salt Dome B. A. Blake, J. B. Jennings, M. P. Curtis, and R. M. Phillipson 1982 2...

Comparisons Between the Salt Anticlines of South Persia and Those of the Paradox Basin

Arthur W. Neff

Four Corners Geological Society

... begin to set up trend lines on the Mississippian subsurface in the Paradox basin salt anticlinal region, re-interpretation of all types of old...

Gravity for the Geologist

John L. Bible

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... low at the top of the basic salt section. Therefore, Calcasieu dome is interpreted as representing a late salt uplift in a regional syncline from...

Salt tectonics in the western Gulf of Cadiz, southwest Iberia

Hugo Matias, Pedro Kress, Pedro Terrinha, Webster Mohriak, Paulo T. L. Menezes, Luis Matias, Fernando Santos, Frode Sandnes

AAPG Bulletin

... the Hettangian salt. Interpretation of the pattern of distribution of the salt in the basin allowed subdivision of the area of study into three distinct salt...

Applying Modern Geologic Methods to Petroleum Exploration and Development--Case Study of Jurassic Reservoirs in East Texas, North Louisiana, and South Arkansas: ABSTRACT

Stephen E. Collins

AAPG Bulletin

... trends lie in four different areas: (1) a semicircular belt of lower Cotton Valley limestone reservoirs along the west flank of the Sabine uplift...

Geological Principles of Imaging Permian Salt Bodies in the North Sea and Irish Sea, #40779 (2011)

Gavin H. Ward

Search and Discovery.com

... subsurface model. This presentation contrasts salt body interpretation across several basins around the UK and Gulf of Mexico and demonstrates how...

New Accumulations Found Beneath North Flank Overhang Cote Blanche Island, St. Mary Parish, LA.

Allen R. Stern

GCAGS Transactions

... and geophysical data combined with experience in deep drilling in the nearby Weeks Island salt dome were employed successfully to find a gas-condensate...

The Morphology and Evolution of Basins on the Continental Slope Northwest Gulf of Mexico

William R. Bryant , Gregory R. Simmons , Paul Grim

GCAGS Transactions

... styles based on multichannel seismic interpretation. In general, bathymetric highs correspond to shallow salt structures buried less than 1 second...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Straddling the Basin Boundary in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon: Contrasting Structural Style, Trapping Styles and Reservoirs

Scott E Thornton, Gerald Kidd, Terry Stellman, Hector del Castillo, Peter Mullin, Edwin Goter, and Pratt Barndollar

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... compressional anticlines formed by sliding on salt. Uplift events in the platform and onshore in the Senonian Uplift (Santonian) and Middle Eocene tilted...

ABSTRACT: Geometry, Emplacement History, and Driving Mechanisms of Major Allochthonous Salt Sheets in the Central US Gulf of Mexico; #90017 (2003)

Frank J. Peel

Search and Discovery.com

... allochthonous salt bodies, which are collectively known as the Sigsbee Salt sheet. Recent seismic interpretation of the whole area on 2D and 3D data has...

Oil-Gas Prospects of the Belorussian SSR

P. V. Antsupov, N. P. Budnikov, O. N. Skvortsova, N. F. Travnitskaya

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... simultaneously in two wells were obtained commercial flows of oil from inter-salt (well 8) and sub-salt (well 6) Devonian sediments; the commercial oil...

Pre-Cretaceous Geology of Pool Creek Field Jones County, Mississippi

Edward D. Minihan, Marvin L. Oxley

GCAGS Transactions

... structure offers direct proof that salt uplift can occur and has occurred during Jurassic time. COTTON VALLEY Figure 4 is a structural interpretation...

Advance of allochthonous salt sheets in passive margins and orogens

Michael R. Hudec, Martin P. A. Jackson

AAPG Bulletin

.... A. Jackson, 2004, Regional restoration across the Kwanza Basin, Angola: Salt tectonics triggered by repeated uplift of a metastable passive margin: AAPG...

Influence of Lithology and Neogene Uplift on Seismic Velocities in Denmark: Implications for Depth Conversion of Maps

Peter Japsen

AAPG Bulletin

... by discriminating data points believed to have undergone uplift, other than for wells clearly situated on top of salt diapirs. The velocity functions thus...

Seismic stratigraphy evolution and crustal structure of the Atlantic margin offshore Safi (Morocco)

Search and Discovery.com

Abstract: Integrating Geophysics and Geology for Improved Seismic Imaging to Extract the Best From Legacy Acquisition … A Case Study From Ultra-Deep-Water Lower Congo Basin, Angola; #90310 (2017)

Sugandha Tewari, Merigon S. Jarvis, Andrew Furber, Grzegorz Chrustek, Deepak Rathee, James Bailey, Katarzyna Pisaniec, Kelly Mistry, Clara Abu

Search and Discovery.com

.... These turbidites continue to extend under the salt diapirs, which form potential traps with an effective seal in unexplored realms. Subsalt imaging, however...

Internal Kinematics of Salt Diapirs: DISCUSSION

Thomas G. Fails

AAPG Bulletin

... diapirs crest below 5,000 ft (1,525 m). Coastal Salt basin piercement salt diapirs appear to be able to pierce, uplift, and tilt 2,000 ft (610 m) or a bit...

Variation in Diapiric Structure Development and Productivity, Northern Gulf Coast Basin

Thomas G. Fails

New Orleans Geological Society

..., coastal salt basin: GCAGS Transactions, v. 40, p. 181-193. Fox, J., 1987, Seismic interpretation in salt-controlled basins: Geophysics: The Leading Edge...

Variation in Diapiric Structure Development and Productivity, Northern Gulf Coast Basin

Thomas G. Fails

GCAGS Transactions

... faulting, coastal salt basin: GCAGS Transactions, v. 40, p. 181-193. Fox, J., 1987, Seismic interpretation in salt-controlled basins: Geophysics...

Problem of Buried Paleozoic Structures of the Southeast Part of the Dnieper-Donets Basin

R. I. Andreyeva, Ts. M. Gdalevskaya, B. L. Gurevich, I. F. Klitochenko, M. V. Chirvinskaya

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... on the relationship of the Paleozoic uplifts to the salt domes of the Mesozoic structural stage In 1962-63 repeat interpretation and synthesis were...

Abstract: Applying Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts to Seismic Analysis to Gain Basin-Scale Insight: Evaluating Late Cretaceous Reservoir Potential on the West African Margin from Gabon to Angola; #90310 (2017)

Sarah Laird, Karen Heyburn, Emily Rees, Emily Firth, Craig Koch, Matthew Tyrrell

Search and Discovery.com

... overlooked south of the transform margin in favor of pre-salt and Cenozoic plays, but these clastics merit evaluation in this area as a largely untested...

Clay Creek Salt Dome, Washington County, Texas

F. E. Heath, J. A. Waters, W. B. Ferguson

AAPG Bulletin

... to conclude that they indicate a salt dome. Also, from the dips of the formations exposed, it is evident that there has been no appreciable uplift...

New Insights into Petroleum Systems and Plays in Angola, the Congo and Gabon from PSDM Sub-salt Imaging

Steve Henry, Al Danforth, and Sujata Venkatraman

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

.... Index Map Showing Location of the PSDM CongoSpan Survey, Limit of Salt and the Sub-Salt Sag Basin. End_Page 49--------------- Interpretation...

Structural Deformation, Traps and Reservoir Distribution in Deepwater Southern Equatorial Guinea: A Tale of Two Basins, #10841 (2016).

Scott E. Thornton, Gerald Kidd, Terry Stellman, Peter Mullin, Edwin Goter, Pratt Barndollar

Search and Discovery.com

... producing fields such as Ceiba and Okume to the north is focused on analogous compressional anticlines formed by sliding on salt. Uplift events...

Petroleum Potential of Mississippi Shallow Salt Domes

H.E. Karges

GCAGS Transactions

.... These can be strictly residual or have positive salt uplift. DEVELOPMENT HISTORY Prior to the discovery of commercial oil production in Mississippi, many...