Gravity Exploration for Petroleum in Railroad Valley, Nevada--Search for the Subtle Trap

Douglas J. Guion, William C. Pearson

AAPG Special Volumes

... presented in this paper. Basically, a geophysical program must begin with analysis of the expected hydrocarbon trap(s). Both structural and stratigraphic...

Resolving the Structural Complexities in the Deepwater Niger-Delta Fold and Thrust Belt: A Case Study from the Western Lobe, Nigerian Offshore Depobelt, #10289 (2010)

Olabode S. Matthew, Jason Won, George Udoekong, Olaoluwa O. Ibilola, Dolapo Dixon

Search and Discovery.com

... • Trap types: Structural, stratigraphic and combination. • Thrust related traps : – Active with thrust faults emerging at the seafloor – Buried...

Structurally Controlled Fluid Migration Through Thrusts of the Stewart Peak Culmination in Northern Salt River Range, Wyoming; #30203 (2011)

Helen B. Lynn and David R. Lageson

Search and Discovery.com

...) Abstract The Stewart Peak Culmination (SPC) is a topographic and structural culmination of the Absaroka thrust sheet in western Wyoming that lies...

Conditions of Formation of Giant Fields

A. A. Aksenov, A. A. Razmyshlyayev, V. G. Trachuk

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... the thick evaporite cover during pre-Aptian time were a single regional trap with an area of more than 100,000 sq km that dipped gently to the northeast...

Strategies to Optimize Reserves and Resources Development before Drilling: Case Study in the Llanos Basin, Colombia; #10993 (2017)

Yohaney Gómez Galarza

Search and Discovery.com

... 2009. Guideline for Application of the Petroleum Resources Management System, 2011, Sponsored by SPE-AAPG-WPC-SPEE-SEG, 222 p. http://www.spe.org...

Port Acres-Port Arthur Fields, Jefferson County, Texas

Michel T. Halbouty, Thomas D. Barber

Houston Geological Society

... Hackberry producing sand is shown by a serrated line on the structural map. Nature of Trap All three reservoirs at Port Acres are stratigraphic traps...

Conditions of Formation of Oil and Gas Pools in Sediments of the Lower Carboniferous of the Veslyan Swell

B. P. Belyshev

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

..., for individual structural uplifts of the Veslyan swell the following is noted. The lowest trap (Yelkin) contains a gas pool; higher - gas pools with oil fringes...

Depositional History of Ramsey Sandstone Channel-Levee and Lobe Deposits, Bell Canyon Formation, Ford Geraldine Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin)

Shirley P. Dutton, Mark D. Barton, Sigrid J. Clift, Jose I. Guzman, Andrew G. Cole

West Texas Geological Society

... is present. The underlying Ford and overlying Trap siltstones are composed of organic-rich siltstone laminae inter-bedded on a millimeter scale...

Daqing Oil Field, People's Republic of China: A Giant Field with Oil of Nonmarine Origin

Yang Wanli

AAPG Bulletin

... segregation and are due to the primary controlling effect of the structural height. Oil and gas already accumulated in a structural trap can also...

Types of Oil and Gas Traps in Rocky Mountain Region

Alex W. McCoy III, Chairman , Robert L. Sielaff , George R. Downs , N. Wood Bass , John H. Maxson

AAPG Bulletin

... fields illustrating diverse trap types under these major classifications are discussed and depicted by structural maps and cross sections. The relative...

Trap Types vs. Productivity of Significant Wilcox (Early Eocene) Gas Fields in the Listric Growth Fault Trend of South Texas - and the Divergent Origin of Its Two Largest Producers

Fred L. Stricklin, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

... shelf edges. The southernmost listric fault system displays a pronounced southeastward swing where it aligns with the dominant Laramide structural...

Integrated Structural Modeling to Generate a New Play Type Offshore Bahrai

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Holes in Faultrock and the Importance of Trap Characterisation

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ABSTRACT: Structural analysis and evolution of the Rhourde Nouss area during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times; #90016 (2003)

Thierry Lorin, Fatima Bouchenak, Malik Ait Messaoud, Mourad Boucherat, Virginie Picornell

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... events, significant deformations occurred and led to the remodelling of the Cretaceous structures along the NE-SW trends. Structural trap types...

Abstract: The Past and Future Development of Africa’s Play Systems: Why Regional Geology is More Important than Ever

Duncan Macgregor

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... explorers in both systems could benefit. 4. the impact of a highly dynamic petroleum system in the Albertine basin of Uganda in making effective trap...

A Predictive Approach for Tight Oil and Gas Exploration; #42028 (2017)

Fujian Ma

Search and Discovery.com

... the requirement of a structural trap in deep basin. Tight gas typically occurs in low porosity (<10%) and low permeability (in microdarcy range) reservoirs...

Lacustrine Source Rock Potential in Jantung Graben, South Palembang Sub Basin, South Sumatra

Bayu Sapta Fitriana, Mohamad Fery Mustofa, Bimo Ario Putra

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to hydrocarbons migration was occurred before structural trap formation at JAG-1 well area. Migration can possibly started after LAF entered early mature...

Gravity Exploration for Petroleum in Railroad Valley, Nevada

Douglas J. Guion, William C. Pearson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Nevada exploration. A plan view of the Eagle Springs hydrocarbon trap (Fig. 5) shows a structural high on the basal valley fill unconformity...

Have We Overlooked the Role of Deep Basin Hydrodynamic Flow in Flushing and Titling Hydrocarbon Contacts in the Nile Delta and Gulf of Suez?; #11152 (2018)

John Dolson

Search and Discovery.com

... on the trap are actually up-dip of deep accumulations in the same hydraulic system. The method of using Trinity software to model migration under...

The Perpetual Mystery of Petroleum Migration

W. H. Roberts, III

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... modes for transport of organic derivatives from source system to trap system, subject to reworking and cross-linking of enriched positions. From Roberts...

Abstract: Insights from Structural Restoration and Petroleum Systems Modeling to Unravel Charge Mechanism: A Case Study from the Walker Ridge Area, Gulf of Mexico;

Sumit Mukherjee, Eric Ekstrand, Jacek Jaminski

Search and Discovery.com

...Abstract: Insights from Structural Restoration and Petroleum Systems Modeling to Unravel Charge Mechanism: A Case Study from the Walker Ridge Area...

The Deepwater Niger Delta: An Underexplored World-Class Petroleum Province

Paul Bellingham, Chris Connors, Richard Haworth, Barbara Radovich, Al Danforth

GEO ExPro Magazine

... CONNORS, RICHARD HAWORTH, BARBARA RADOVICH and AL DANFORTH, ION Geophysical The Niger Delta system is one of the world’s largest Tertiary deltas...

Abstract: Offshore Seram — Tectonic Setting and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity

Jerry Sykora

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... movement dominating the core areas of Seram. Recently acquired 2D and 3D seismic data define the nature of structuring offshore Seram. Structural...

Jurassic Exploration Trends of East Texas: ABSTRACT

Mark W. Presly, Chris H. Reed

AAPG Bulletin

... the first significant stratigraphic-trap discovery. The Haynesville (Cotton Valley) limestone was deposited in carbonate-shelf environments...

Structural Features of Northern Tarim Basin: Implications for Regional Tectonics and Petroleum Traps

Dong Jia, Huafu Lu, Dongsheng Cai, Shimin Wu, Yangshen Shi, and Chuming Chen

AAPG Bulletin

... in the Paleozoic tectonic sequence have been identified to have the best trap structures. Our structural analysis indicates that the Tarim basin...