Novel Collaborative P&A Campaign Using Inflatable Packers and Bismuth Alloy Plugs

Adam Bensaied, George Farag, Jeff Fulks

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... on wireline and melted in situ, filling the section milled window. When solidified, the alloy expanded providing an impermeable gas tight seal across...

Abstract: Pressure Trends in Lower Viosca Knoll and Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico Deep Water: Implications for Seals, Column Heights and Hydrocarbon Migration

Bruce E. Wagner

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... as 1500' -2000' of sediment burial. Such early seal formation is favorable to the formation of stratigraphic traps. It also sets a maximum depth...

Extended Abstract: Exploring the Missing Blind Zone in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf

Selim Simon Shaker, Dave Reynolds, Walter W. Wornardt

GCAGS Transactions

... histories from GOM, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 58, p. 771–773. Shaker, S. S., 2012, Reservoir vs. seal pressure...

Exploration Potential for Oil and Gas Pools in Carbonate Rocks of the Bashkirian Series of Orenburg Region

G. V. Leonov, Ye. I. Korotkova, N. A. Sharova, L. I. Zaychenko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

..., and the seal is shale of the Vereiskian Stage. Porosity ranges from 2.7 to 32.5 percent, and permeability from 0.0034 to 2.675 mkm2. Thickness...

Understanding Stratigraphic Heterogeneity: A Methodology to Maximize the Efficiency of the Geological Storage of CO2

Catherine M. Gibson-Poole, Lotte Svendsen, Maxwell N. Watson, Richard F. Daniel,Jonathan Ennis-King, Andy J. Rigg

AAPG Special Volumes

... packages of sandstone reservoirs exist separated by locally effective, but regionally nonextensive, intraformational seals. Seal capacity analyses indicate...

Drilling Mud Contamination of Samples in X-Ray Diffraction and Atomic Absorption Analyses: GEOLOGIC NOTES

Henning Dypvik

AAPG Bulletin

... minor peaks at about 3.4 A. Cell-O-Seal (Cellophane), Mud Fiber, Kwik-Seal, and Wall-Nut display peaks around 4 A and 5 to 6 A. Soltex has peaks at 3.9...

AAPG Asia Pacific Technical Symposium

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Characterization of the Helderberg Group as a Geologic Seal for CO2 Sequestration, #80078 (2010)

J. Eric Lewis, Katharine L. Avary, Ronald R. McDowell, Kristen M. Carter

Search and Discovery.com

...Characterization of the Helderberg Group as a Geologic Seal for CO2 Sequestration, #80078 (2010) J. Eric Lewis, Katharine L. Avary, Ronald R...

Reservoir and Seal Potential in a Young Oceanic Basin: The Vavilov Basin (Central Tyrrhenian Sea), #50546 (2012)

Marzia Rovere, Fabiano Gamberi, Michael P. Marani, Federico Pittaluga, Elisa Leidi, Alessandra Mercorella

Search and Discovery.com

...Reservoir and Seal Potential in a Young Oceanic Basin: The Vavilov Basin (Central Tyrrhenian Sea), #50546 (2012) Marzia Rovere, Fabiano Gamberi...

Mechanical Stratigraphy and Stress History of Cap-rocks: Analysis of Exhumed Analogs in Central and Southeastern Utah and Implications for CCS; #80336 (2013)

Elizabeth S. Petrie and James P. Evans

Search and Discovery.com

...) Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah Abstract Top-seal failure of subsurface waste storage systems such as those proposed...

Seismic Characterization of a Shallow Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Reservoir on the North Slope of Alaska, by Andrew M. Hennes, Roy A. Johnson, Robert R. Casavant; #90035 (2004)

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Subsurface Fluid Pressures and Their Relation to Petroleum Generation, Migration and Accumulation

Fred Meissner

PTTC

... and migra tion -Concepts of "Seal ed" and "Unse aled" Fluid Press ure Comp artme nts: Hunt and Powle y vs. Hubb ert and other s -The Grou ndwa ter Syste...

Abstract: Characteristics of Depositional Facies Identified in the Abo Fm., Kingdom North Field, Terry and Hockley Counties, Texas

Anthony E. D’Agostino, J. Michael Party

West Texas Geological Society

... character. The facies are; Supratidal/Terrestrial (updip and top seal), Intertidal (reservoir grainstones), Lagoonal (reservoir barrier...

Abstract: Advances in Stratigraphic Trap Identification

S. C. Lang

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and connectivity, but must be coupled with a top and base seal and in many cases a distinct lateral seal of sufficient sealing capacity, geometry...

Abstract: Fault Dilatation Behaviour in the Kupe Field, Taranaki Basin, Offshore New Zealand

B. R Ilg, S. Ellis, M. Arnot, A. Nicol

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... that active faults must locally be sealing at least. In this study we utilise a 3D seismic reflection volume, numerical modelling, and fault seal modelling...

Abstract: Hydrocarbon Potential of the Northern Extension of the Oaklands Basin, Griffith, NSW

M. Fahey

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of hydrocarbons according to burial history models. Devonian source rocks may also be present. Clay and mudstone seal units are reported in nearby wells...

Abstract: Petroleum Trap Association: A Basis for Systematic Prospecting

DeWitt C. Van Siclen

Abilene Geological Society

... (structural) and erosional (beneath unconformities). They are of two distinct kinds, reservoir-elements and seal-elements; at least one of each must combine...

Fluid Flow Features and Magmatism in the Capel and Faust Basins, Offshore Eastern Australia

Nadège Rollet, Steve McGiveron, Takehiko (Riko) Hashimoto

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... mechanisms and seal integrity in the Capel and Faust basins, northern Lord Howe Rise. Seafloor features identified include mega-pockmarks, polygonal faults...

Green Canyon 474 #1

John O'Brien

Houston Geological Society

... doublets Greatest Geologic Risk Fault Seal ? Chance of Success 60%     Primary Objective - Post Drill   Post Drill Discussion Well encountered...

Abstract: Authigenic Muscovite Age Dating and the Timing of Pressure Solution in the Jurassic Norphlet Formation, Offshore Alabama

Andrew R. Thomas

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... Smackover Formation source/seal rocks would have terminated methane production at this time. Thoroughly microfractured from hydrocarbon generation and having...

Helium, Hydrogen and Hydrocarbon exploration in the Amadeus Basin, Central Australia – exploration strategies for understanding the similarities and differences in play models

Julie Daws, Andrew Carroll

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... and hydrogen prospects; trap, reservoir, source and seal. Discoveries of hydrogen and helium at Mt Kitty-1 and Magee-1 located in the southeast Amadeus...

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TGS

GEO ExPro Magazine

..., as Maurice explained during his talk. THE RESERVOIR THAT IS ALSO A SEAL The map shows that the main Pilot field is bordered by a smaller oil accumulation...

Abstract: Petroleum Geology of the Western Ust-Yurt Basin, Republic of Kazakhstan

Kurt Reisser

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... carbonates and evaporites form a regional seal for petroleum accumulations. The Cretaceous is predominantly marine and marginal marine sandstones...

2-D Basin Modeling of Secondary Petroleum Migration in the Sakala Timur PSC, Indonesia

Alwyn Vear, Duncan Macgregor

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... over the predicted accumulations and highlighted a need for additional seal capacity investigations. Bransden, P.J.E., and Matthews, S.J., 1992...

Abstract: Slime, Sand, and Shells: Lacustrine Hydrocarbon Play Elements Within a Continental-Environment Phase Stability Framework

Kevin M. Bohacs

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... 2004 21 21 Lake basin types have characteristic associations and distributions of hydrocarbon source, reservoir and seal strata. These differences arise...