Garden Banks 485 #1

David R. G. Goulding

Houston Geological Society

... Structural Style Mini-basin salt flank Flat Spot, etc.   # Seals Required 3 Riskiest Geologic Parameter Trap Integrity Chance of Success 28...

Asymmetric apertures for 3D SRME: Practical aspects and opportunities

Zhimei Yan, Massimiliano Vassallo, Scott Slaton

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...-offset (475 m) target trace is chosen from the SEAM synthetics due to its proximity to a steeply dipping salt flank on the detector side (Figure 3a...

Traps and Accumulation Patterns

New Orleans Geological Society

... of the sediments surrounding these plugs is generally asymmetric (Figure COE 1) due to the fact that salt withdrawal comes primarily from one flank of the diapir...

One more stride forward in Thunder Horse subsalt imaging with elastic FWI

Bunmi Elebiju, Qingsong Li, Ken Hartman, Francis Rollins, Ye Feng, Karl Kaiser, Werner Schinagl, Chi Chen, Alex Yanjun Hao, Zhiyuan Wei, Jiawei Mei

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the salt flank. In 2021, bp reprocessed the 2020 dense OBN with elastic TLFWI (ETLFWI), which can model the energy at large impedance contrasts with better...

Abstract: Locating the Base of Salt at the K-2 Field, Green Canyon Block 562, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

John O’Brien, Arnold Rodriguez, David Sixta, Mark Davies, and Phillip Houghton

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... imaging results, the technique is not without problems. The eastern flank of the K-2 salt has a steep face (~60°) whereas the salt top displays...

Exploration for Buried Salt Projections by the Method of Normalized Gradient

N. N. Shcherbakova

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... salt flank by the method of normalized gradient. a-Portion of a seismic section; reflecting horizons: III-base of Neocomian; V-top of Triassic; VI-top...

Relationship of Regional Structural Elements of Sub-Salt and Supra-Salt Complexes of the Peri-Caspian Depression and their Relationship to Oil and Gas Occurrence

Yu. A. Ivanov, I. N. Komissarova, S. B. Kochar’yants

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... fields: G - supra-salt, H-sub-salt. In the flank zone the basement and sub-salt surface dip gently toward the center of the depression to depths of 13-19...

Allochthonous Salt Initiation and Advance in the Northern Flinders and Eastern Willouran Ranges, South Australia: Using Outcrops to Test Subsurface-Based Models from the Northern Gulf Of Mexico

Search and Discovery.com

Abstract: Unlocking the Exploration Potential of the South Oman Haima Play Through Integrated, Data-Driven, Play-Based Exploration.; #91214 (2025)

Marwa Al Abri, Michael Akpokodje, Wafa Salmi, Badar Thohli, Sabra Shaqsi

Search and Discovery.com

... traps and play concepts include structural closures and/or structural-stratigraphic traps such as fault-bounded closures, 4-way dip closures, salt flank...

Exploring a Mature Field—Offshore Gabon

Search and Discovery.com

Subsurface Structure and Stratigraphy of a Transient, Fault-Controlled Thermogenic Hydrate System at MC-118, Gulf of Mexico, #50356 (2010)

James H. Knapp, Camelia C. Knapp, Leonardo Macelloni, Antonello Simonetti, Carol Lutken

Search and Discovery.com

... of allochthonous salt within the sedimentary section. The deeply rooted northwestern flank of the salt body appears to tap depths suitable for hydrocarbon...

Reduction of Gross Rock Volume Uncertainty in a Salt Flank Structure Using Dipmeter and Image Log Data

Carmen Garcia-Carballido, Aadam Styles, Michael Poppelreiter

AAPG Special Volumes

...Reduction of Gross Rock Volume Uncertainty in a Salt Flank Structure Using Dipmeter and Image Log Data Carmen Garcia-Carballido, Aadam Styles...

Halokinetic rotating faults, salt intrusions, and seismic pitfalls in the petroleum exploration of divergent margins

Carlos L. Varela, Webster U. Mohriak

AAPG Bulletin

... is indicated by the overburden uplift and more intense erosion of the eastern flank of the salt wall caused by salt flow from west to east...

Diapir-Flank Facies Assemblages and Stratal Geometries Within the Tidally Influenced Deltaic System of the Maastrichtian Muerto Formation, La Popa Basin, Northeastern Mexico: An Analogue for the Gulf of Mexico Subsurface

Amy L. Weislogel, Timothy F. Lawton

GCAGS Transactions

... lesser syndepositional influence on the Muerto Formation. This has significant implications for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in salt flank...

The need of elastic RTM for elastic FWI models

Hui Huang, Zedong Wu, Xue Xiao, Zhigang Zhang, Ping Wang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...red to the AFWI model and Image (Figures 2a and 2b), the EFWI model and Image (Figures 2e and 2f) show a sharper salt flank and more distinct sediment lay...

3-D Seismic Case Histories From the Gulf Coast Basin, Overview.

James L. Allen T.S. Brown Chacko J. John Cyril E Lobo

GCAGS Transactions

... MMBOE were added to an old salt flank field using 3-D seismic and salt proximity surveys. Besides new attic reserves, hydrocarbons were found trapped...

The Paradox Basin Revisited – New Developments in Petroleum Systems and Basin Analysis; Frontmatter

W. S. Houston, L. L. Wray, P. G. Moreland

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...; and more sophisticated reservoir analyses New play concepts that have been proposed and tested to various extents (salt flank plays, shale gas...

Depth Imaging „ Seeing the Invisible

Vetle Vinje

GEO ExPro Magazine

... of Beam migration called Controlled Beam Migration (CBM) displays a cleaner image with parts of the salt flank visible. However, the wave-equation based...

Improve Kirchhoff depth imaging using full-wave-equation traveltimes

Yongzhong Wang, Yang He, Alex Yeh, Faqi Liu, Bin Wang, Carlos Caldern

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...-KDM and Wave-KDM, respectively. Obviously, we can see that the salt flank, the mini-basin in between salt-overhangs, and the subsalt events, indicated...

Consideration to Data Driven Solutions for the Acquisition of New Marine 3D Seismic Data

Julie Willmore, Brad Torry, Henrik Roende, Chris Egger, Adriana Thames

GCAGS Transactions

.... Rose diagrams from the salt flank area of the sediment/salt surface. As you move away from the salt flanks and into the sediment (Fig. 4...

Origin of drag folds bordering salt diapirs

D. D. Schultz-Ela

AAPG Bulletin

..., El Papalote diapir, La Popa basin, Mexico: an exposed analog for northern Gulf of Mexico salt-flank and subsalt structures (abs.): AAPG Annual Meeting...

Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: Part 2Poroelastoplasticity and coupled overpressures

Maria A. Nikolinakou, Gang Luo, Michael R. Hudec, Peter B. Flemings

AAPG Bulletin

...) development of a plastic zone at the flank of the salt, as predicted by the poroelastoplastic model.AnalysesWe compare the response predicted...

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

Gavin H. Ward

Search and Discovery.com

... bodies and revealed many sub-salt and salt flank hydrocarbon plays. The huge leaps in processing power and introduction of migration algorithms like...

Borehole gravity in Horizontal Wells

Andrew J. Black, Jennifer Hare

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... much more precision than salt flank delineation survey. The survey execution can be planned in detail but an experienced engineer on site can avoid...

Abstract: Interpretation and Modeling of Time-Lapse Seismic Data: Lena Field, Gulf of Mexico

D. H. Johnston, J. J. Shyeh, J. E. Eastwood, ] M. Khan, and L. R. Stanley

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... in 1,000 feet of water. The field is situated on the western flank of a salt diapir within a fault-bounded intraslope basin. The B80 reservoir is located...