ABSTRACT: The Opal-CT to Quartz Phase Transition and Unconventional Oil in Siliceous Shale Source Rock, San Joaquin Basin, California; #90122 (2011)

Kenneth E. Peters, Danica Dralus, Michael D. Lewan, Leslie B. Magoon, and Oliver Schenk

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...). The depth of the opal-CT to quartz phase transition is partly controlled by temperature, clay content, and water chemistry and occurs at ~4,500 ft (~1,375 m...

Texture of Arkansas Novaculite Indicates Thermally Induced Metamorphism

W. D. Keller, George W. Viele, Clayton H. Johnson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., from the Trap Mountains, Fig. 16, showed the lowest temperature (50°C) whereas the very coarse texture from near the intrusive at Magnet Cove, Fig. 6...

Differential Entrapment of Oil and Gas: A Fundamental Principle

William Carruthers Gussow

AAPG Bulletin

... loaded with salt water; (4) traps filled with oil are still effective gas traps but a trap filled with gas is not an effective trap for oil; (5...

Geological setting and resource potential of conventional petroleum plays in Paleozoic basins in eastern Canada

James Dietrich, Denis Lavoie, Peter Hannigan, Nicolas Pinet, Sebastien Castonguay, Peter Giles, Anthony Hamblin

CSPG Bulletin

... within a transpressive regime, northern Appalachians. Tectonics, v. 18. p. 1027–1040. Kirkwood, D., Lavoie, M. and Marcil, J.-S. 2004. Structural style...

Generation and Accumulation of Oil and Gas in Deltas

Colin Barker

Tulsa Geological Society

... believed that oil and gas are generated from the organic matter incorporated into sediments as they are deposited, and that increasing temperature and time...

Global Tectonics and Resources

W. S. Fyfe

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... components in the vapour will normally be enhanced . Depending on the them1al regime in the entire system and the molecular chem istry in the fluid phase...

Exploration of an Unconventional Petroleum Resource through Extensive Core Analysis and Basin Geology Interpretation Utilising Play Element Methodology: The Lower Goldwyer Formation, Onshore Canning Basin, Western Australia

Jop van Hattum, Aaron Bond, Dariusz Jablonski, Ryan Taylor-Walshe

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... of oil in karstified limestone reservoirs. However, mixed success with recent drilling proves that the reservoir development and trap is more complicated...

Hydrocarbon Exploration in Western Oregon and Washington

John M. Armentrout , David H. Suek

AAPG Bulletin

... regime is a reasonable approximation for the entire Cenozoic. The present gradient, calculated from corrected borehole temperature surveys, is 1.5°F/100...

Tectono-sedimentary evolution and petroleum systems of the Mundaú subbasin: A new deep-water exploration frontier in equatorial Brazil

Narelle Maia de Almeida, Tiago M. Alves, Francisco Nepomuceno Filho, George Satander Sá Freire, Ana Clara Braga de Souza, Márcio Nunes Normando, Karen M. Leopoldino Oliveira, and Thiago Henrique da Silva Barbosa

AAPG Bulletin

..., and marls. The seal rocks comprise shales in the Ubarana Formation, whereas the hydrocarbon trap is related to an unconformity and a normal fault. This work...

Flume Experiments on the Transition from Ripples to Lower Flat Bed with Increasing Sand Size

John B. Southard, Lawrence A. Boguchwal

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...") that is distinct from the flat-bed regime of transport at much higher velocities in both fine and coarse sediments ("upper flat bed"). The relation between...

Estimation of the Relationship of the Volumes of Gas and Liquid Phases in Oil-Gas Condensate Pools According to Data of Laboratory Modelling

T. P. Zhuze, G. N. Yushkevich

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... that in multi-component two phase hydrocarbon systems the distribution of components according to phases depends not only on the temperature...

Oil and Gas Possibilities of the Overthrust Belt of Western Utah

Floyd C. Moulton

Utah Geological Association

... Tertiary sediments have served as the top seal to trap oil. Some traps are porous and fractured carbonates and sandstones that are the high part...

Hydrocarbon Prospects in Sub-Trappean Mesozoic Deccan Syneclise, India: Evidence from Surface Geochemical Prospecting, by C. Vishnu Vardhan, B. Kumar1, C.J. Kumanan, Devleena Mani, and D. J. Patil, #10143 (2008).

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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Subsurface Modeling for Risk Identification

Monzurul Alam, Assef Mohamad-Hussein, Qinglai Ni, Ngurah Beni Setiawan, Bayu Wisnubroto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in the coming decades hoping to limit the global temperature rise. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will play a crucial role in the transition to net zero...

Stable Carbon Isotopes of Gaseous Alkanes as Genetic Indicators Inferred from Laboratory Pyrolysis Experiments of Various Marine Hydrocarbon Source Material from Southern China; #40945 (2012)

Wenhui Liu, Jie Wang, Tenger, Jianzhong Qin, and Lunju Zheng

Search and Discovery.com

... the processes of gas generation and derive geochemical indicators of gas genesis in approximate geological conditions of pressure and temperature...

Fossil Winds

D. J. C. Laming

CSPG Bulletin

... a roughly fanshaped wind regime is presented for the British Isles at that period. Similar studies have been conducted in the United States, notably one...

Tectonic Evolution and Oil-Gas Potential of Sedimentary Basins of North of Sea of Okhotsk

O. A. Krovushkina, A. E. Zharov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... are now represented in the Paleocene-lower Oilgocene sediments and large hydrocarbon kitchens are present. Reconstruction of the paleo-temperature regime...

Subsurface Technology Sharing from Oil and Gas to Geothermal Resources

Silviu Livescu, Birol Dindoruk

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... energy from existing hydrocarbon wells, as electricity and/or low-temperature waste heat, can yield significant advantages over traditional geothermal...

Geohistory Modelling of Hydrocarbon Migration and Trap Formation in the Arafura Sea

Aidan Moore, John Bradshaw, Dianne Edwards

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of the well. The sea bed temperature of l8°C Geohistory modelling of hydrocarbon migration and trap formation in the Arafura Sea VR (LOG SCALE) 0.5 0...

The Songliao Super Basin in northeastern China

Bo Liu, Lingbo Liu, Jian Fu, Tiefeng Lin, Junling He, Xingzhou Liu, Yuchen Liu, and Xiaofei Fu

AAPG Bulletin

... of the Songliao Basin consisted of several tectonic inversion stages, which resulted in the present-day basin geometry and structural regime (Jin and McCabe...

Buoyancy and Interfacial Force Effects on Two-Phase Displacement Patterns: An Experimental Study1

Tomochika Tokunaga, Katsuro Mogi, Osamu Matsubara, Hiroyuki Tosaka, and Keiji Kojima

AAPG Bulletin

.... A flow regime diagram showing the regions of the two displacement patterns was constructed in Ca/Bo' space, including the effects of gravity. Our...

Thermal Histories and Hydrocarbon Generation: Example from Utah-Wyoming Thrust Belt

Dave Deming , David S. Chapman

AAPG Bulletin

..., D., in press, Application of bottom-hole temperature corrections in geothermal studies: Geothermics. Deming, D., 1988, Geothermics of the north...

Temperature and pressure characteristics of Ordovician gas condensate reservoirs in the Tazhong area, Tarim Basin, northwestern China

Yifeng Liu, Nansheng Qiu, Wenxuan Hu, Huili Li, Fangyu Shen, and Qianying Yao

AAPG Bulletin

...Temperature and pressure characteristics of Ordovician gas condensate reservoirs in the Tazhong area, Tarim Basin, northwestern China Yifeng Liu...

Stratigraphic-Unconformity Trapping, Anomalous Pressure and Temperature, Keys to Prolific Production in the Muddy Sandstone at Amos-Elk Draw Fields, Powder River Basin, WY

Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...) and geothermal anomalies. The type of trap at Amos-Elk Draw is a subunconformity (LSE) stratigraphic trap. Temperature and pressure anomalies occur...

Eustatically-Driven, Mississippi River Holocene Delta-Switching as Part of Global Highstand Process

A. Lowrie , S. J. Moffett , T.C. Klekamp , R. Hamiter

GCAGS Transactions

... with atmospheric cells. Each atmospheric cell regime has a characteristic range of seasonal temperature, precipitation, and vegetation distribution...