Thermohaline Pore Water Trends of Southeastern Louisiana: Geologic Applications and Controls on Fluid Movement

Donald J. Marlin , William H. Schramm

GCAGS Transactions

..., salinity, and temperature that create lateral and vertical differentials in density which may induce flow. These trends appear to be to be dynamic...

Abstract: Some insights into the source rocks of Central Luconia and the West Baram Delta area, Sarawak

Mike Scherer, Peter Abolins, Nasaruddin Ahmed

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of approximately 20 to 50 km. It is therefore likely that relatively short lateral migration distances prevail with fairly strong lateral depositional changes...

Geometry of Sandstone Reservoir Bodies: ABSTRACT

Rufus J. Leblanc, Sr.

AAPG Bulletin

... numerous shallow channels separated by broad sand bars. Lateral channel migration results in the deposition of thin, lenticular sand bodies. Meandering...

Two distinct strike-slip fault networks in the Shunbei area and its surroundings, Tarim Basin: Hydrocarbon accumulation, distribution, and controlling factors

Shang Deng, Rui Zhao, Qiangfu Kong, Yingtao Li, and Bing Li

AAPG Bulletin

... of their dual roles as conduits for hydrocarbon migration and fault-controlled paleokarst reservoirs. In this study, two representative strike-slip fault...

Abstract: The Atlantic Margin Project (AMP): Integrated Source-To-Sink Analysis of the Southern Moroccan Continental Margin (Tarfaya Basin); #90137 (2011)

R. Zühlke, H. Jabour, O. Kluth, M. Aquit, S. Ali, L. Boutib, U. A. Glasmacher, B. Heise, A. Holbourn, W. Kuhnt, S. Lahsini, R. Littke, A. Lmoubessime, V. Sachse, T. Schümann, M. Sehrt, K. Stattegger, A. Wenke

Search and Discovery.com

... of charging, migration and trapping risks. Highresolution analyses at sub-reflector scale integrated with well log analyses indicate the position...

Abstract: Hydrocarbon Exploration for Large Overpressure-Enhanced Oil and Gaspools in Large Cenozoic Sand/Shale Depositional Systems; #90238 (2015)

Steven L. Getz

Search and Discovery.com

... also provide vertical HC migration pathways into OPE HC pools during periods of fault movement. Reversed-pressure faults occur where the top of over...

Abstract: Unconventional Resource Play Potential of the Pennsylvanian Leo/Minnelusa Formations of the Powder River and Denver Basins: A Perspective via Integrated Petroleum Systems Analysis; #90257 (2016)

Michael Cheng, Tony Kratochvil, Jeff Dunleavy, Brian Hebler, Roy Fitzsimmons

Search and Discovery.com

... to be at “disequilibrium” with predicted maturity. We interpret such dis-equilibrium as the result of effective lateral migration from the basin center to basin...

Regularities in the Distribution of Oil and Gas Pools in Mesozoic Sediments of the Western Cis-Caucasus

V. L. Yegoyan, I. P. Zhabrev, V. S. Kotov, K. O. Rostovtsev

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... is difficult to explain by lateral migration because it would call for transformation of aromatic hydrocarbons into naphthenic during the process of migration...

Spectrum of gas migration phenomena across multilayered sealing sequences

Claudia Bertoni, Joe Cartwright, Martino Foschi, and Joe Martin

AAPG Bulletin

... process and give an indication of the overall lateral versus vertical migration and leakage paths in the basin. DISCUSSION The observation...

Synergetic Catalysis in Hydrocarbon Generation

Robert W. Sabate , Claude C. Baker

GCAGS Transactions

... hydrocarbon generation with significant vertical pathways of migration for hydrocarbons to their ultimate reservoir rocks, primarily using faults as conduits...

The Role of Depositional Sequences in Creating and Controling Petroleum Systems – Basic Principles and Examples

Fred F. Meissner

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... sequence. Migration paths may be upward and cross-stratal in the case of low vertical migrational impedance, or they may be lateral and updip within a given...

Three-Dimensional Depth Imaging of Seismic Data to Help Delineate Petroleum Reservoirs in the Williston Basin

Alvin K. Benson

Williston Basin Symposium

... by rapid lateral velocity changes, velocity pull-up, etc. and (b) the necessity of using a depth migration process versus time migration plus...

Cross-Strike Structures and Hydrocarbon Migration and Accumulation: Examples in Three Alpine Thrust Belts, #51288 (2016).

Raffaele di Cuia, Raffaele Bitonte, Paolo Pace

Search and Discovery.com

...-strike structures have a dramatic impact on hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. They mostly act as structural barriers to lateral fluid migration being...

Pathways of Migration of Oil and Gas in the South Mississippi Salt Basin

Robert Evans

GCAGS Transactions

... in reservoirs in more than one formation. These stacked reservoirs result from vertical migration brought about by faulting. More than 750 fields have...

Chapter 10-part 3: 3-D Depth Image Interpretation

William L. Abriel, Joseph P. Stefani, Robert D. Shank, David C. Bartel

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Depth imaging uses a velocity model in the depth domain to compensate for propagation effects. Each vertical and horizontal change in the velocity field...

Rock physics-based characterization of tertiary hydrocarbon migration: Seismic de-risking of false positive DHIs related to residual gas

Mario A. Gutierrez

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Rock physics-based characterization of tertiary hydrocarbon migration: Seismic de-risking of false positive DHIs related to residual gas Mario...

Evaluation of possible gas microseepage mechanisms

Alton Brown

AAPG Bulletin

... are commonly explained by rapid, vertical migration of colloidal gas bubbles through fracture networks. This article is a theoretical anal ysis...

Geochemical Characterization of Natural Gas: A Physical Multivariable Approach and its Applications in Maturity and Migration Estimates

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Generation and Accumulation of Oil and Gas in Deltas

Colin Barker

Tulsa Geological Society

... deltaic sequences in which vertical organic matter type profiles are repeated. The relative positions of superimposed lateral trends will depend on how...

Characteristics of the Oil-Generating Complexes in the Kalmuk ASSR

D. L. Fedorov, Yu. I. Kolodkov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... for lateral migration are not great, the favorable areas are those where oil-generating formations are found. The spatial distribution of presently known...

Oil-Gas Prospects of the Cretaceous Sediments of the Crimean Plain and the Near-Sivash Area

A. T. Bogayets, V. A. Gordiyevich, V. V. Krot, D. V. Kutovaya, P. K. Markov, L. G. Plakhotnyy

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... pressure into sectors with lower values. Lateral migration “in the true form” can be achieved only in strata overlapped by good covers and then only...

Direction of Regional Migration of Hydrocarbons in Mesozoic and Paleogene Sediments of the Afghano - Tadzhik Depression

Ye. V. Lebzin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... and gas fields in the Afghan-Tadzhik depression are on the main directions of lateral migration. These include the regions of the Baysun step, Kafirnigan...

Abstract: Fill'er Up, Mac...and Check the Oil: Petroleum Migration into Pay Sands at the Mars Field, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Marshall W. Titus , Alan S. Kornacki , Michael J. Mahaffie

GCAGS Transactions

... into Mars reservoirs from vertical entry points (VEPs) associated with the Antares salt tablet. However, a careful analysis of oil migration illustrates...

Overthrust Zones for Oil and Gas New Direction for Petroleum Geology

B. A. Sokolov, A. An. Trofimuk

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... in these pools is the light methane type, containing a large amount of gas both dissolved and as a gas cap. These pools could not have formed by lateral...

Jurassic Source For Oil of Surat-Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

N. J. De Jersey , R. J. Allen

AAPG Bulletin

.... The presence of oil in sandstones within the Evergreen Shale, and also in the Precipice Sandstone, may be explained by lateral migration, but the presence of oil...