Petroleum Geology of the 2018 Offshore Acreage Release Areas

Thomas Bernecker, George Bernardel, Claire Orlov, Nadège Rollet

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... additional top seal is provided by claystones of the Frigate Formation. Deeper in the section, fluvio-deltaic sandstones of the Hyland Bay Subgroup...

Structural Style of the Southern Province of West Sulawesi Fault Thrust Belt, and Its Implication for Hydrocarbon Exploration, Makassar Strait, Indonesia

Hesekiel Bernando N, Indra Wahyudi, RM Iman Argakoesoemah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., effective top seal for the Early-Middle Eocene syn-rift exploration play in the region. INTRODUCTION The study is situated in the eastern part...

Fractured Carboniferous Limestone Sealed by a Volcanic Ash - A New Play in the East Midlands UK, by Peter Boult, Brett Freeman, and Graham Yielding; #10212 (2009)

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Statfjord Field--A North Sea Giant

R. H. Kirk

AAPG Special Volumes

... and east flank of the structure which is marked by a major fault system. Overlying and onlapping Jurassic and Cretaceous shales seal the trap...

VIC/P71 Gateway to the Gippsland Southern Margin

John Mebberson, Chris Carty

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... 8000km 2010 Southern Flanks 2D MSS acquired by Geoscience Victoria. Figure 2: VIC/P71 Top-Latrobe Structure with Lead outlines. 40  | P E SA N ews...

GCAGS 55th Annual Convention, Scheduled September 25-27, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana - Abstracts, #90080 (2008)

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ABSTRACT: APPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF HIGH RESOLUTION GRAVITY DATA IN THE BLOCK NC190, MURZUQ BASIN, LIBYA; #90016 (2003)

Jose Joaquin Martin, Ali Bengheit, Didier Wloszczowski

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.... The geological objectives were to delineate top basement depth and to locate any large local traps formed by relief on the base of the seal, the Tanezzuft...

Abstract: Structural, tectonic and seismo-stratigraphic study of the Terra Nova oil field, Jeanne dArc Basin, offshore Newfoundland

Michael E. Enacheseu, Steve C. Harding, Gerry R. Smee, Robert G. Briscoe, David J. Emery, Shane K. Hallstrom

Atlantic Geology

... in the reservoir interval. Fault distribution and linkage can also be analyzed by means of "Continuity Cube" displays. The stratigraphic seal is represented...

Gippsland Basin Stratigraphic and CO2 Migration Modelling: Workflows for Building Regional, Geological Carbon Storage (GCS) Reservoir Models

John Miranda, Rami Eid, Mark McLean, Geoffrey O'Brien, Cedric Griffths, Chris Dyt, Tristan Salles, Peter Tingate, Louise Goldie Divko, Monica Campi

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... Entrance Formation is considered as the regional top seal for both hydrocarbons and proposed GCS activities within the Gippsland Basin. It is a relatively...

Extensional fault segmentation and linkages, Bonaparte Basin, outer North West Shelf, Australia

E. Frankowicz, K. R. McClay

AAPG Bulletin

..., the complex 3-D linkage patterns shown in this study have significant implications for understanding trap geometries and fault-seal characteristics...

A Volatiles Analysis Case Study Evaluating the Petroleum System, Pay Zones, Seals, Chemical Compartments, and Potential Pays Zones from a Gulf of Mexico Well in the Main Pass Field Using Legacy, Oil Based Mud, and PDC Bit Cuttings, with Tie Ins to Wireline and Seismic Data

Christopher M. Smith, Dave Mercer, Timothy M. Smith, Vincent Liaw, Patrick S. Gordon, Michael P. Smith

GCAGS Transactions

... Figure 2. The fault does serves as a seal and a pay zone has been identified and is now under production. Apparent residual HCs are observed at various...

Gas geochemistry of the Mobile Bay Jurassic Norphlet Formation: Thermal controls and implications for reservoir connectivity

Paul J. Mankiewicz, Robert J. Pottorf, Michael G. Kozar, Peter Vrolijk

AAPG Bulletin

...) impacts the selection of well-completion materials (corrosivity) and design of top-side facilities for handling the gases. For the evaluation...

Wrench and Inversion Structures in the Timor Sea Region

Andrew Nelson

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in abutting fault plane geometries. It may also occur because of a change in the magnitude of the regional or local horizontal stress vector perpendicular...

The influence of fracture cements in tight Paleogene saline lacustrine carbonate reservoirs, western Qaidam Basin, northwest China

Lianbo Zeng, Xiaomei Tang, Tiecheng Wang, Lei Gong

AAPG Bulletin

... stress? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 222, p. 191195.Laubach, S. E., R. M. Reed, and J. E. Olson, 2004b, Coevolution of crack-seal texture...

3D Structure, Fault Analysis and HRDZs in the Skua Area, Timor Sea

Kevin C. Hill

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...3D Structure, Fault Analysis and HRDZs in the Skua Area, Timor Sea Kevin C. Hill REGIONAL FOCUS - SKUA AREA, TIMOR SEA 3D Structure, Fault Analysis...

Anatomy of a normal fault with shale smear: Implications for fault seal

Atilla Aydin, Yehuda Eyal

AAPG Bulletin

....): AAPG Annual Convention Program and Abstracts, v. 5, p. A131. Skerlec, G. M., 1999, Evaluating top and fault seal, in E. A. Beaumont and N. H. Foster...

Innovative seismic surveying and imaging in Bonaparte Basin for future energy resources

David Barlass, Shivaji Maitra, Nigel Seymour

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... define key top reser­ voir surfaces, have been improved. Fault truncations are now more sharply defined, offering better constraints for fault-seal...

The Future of Exploration

Valente Ricoy, Friedrich Roth

GEO ExPro Magazine

... saturation accumulations from commercial volumes and assessing the top seal potential. Why is Success Rate So Low? Exploration statistics remind us...

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

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... could not be contained due to top seal failure, reached within a few meters of column. If thick, well developed reservoirs are encountered...

Early Insights into the Exploration of the Halmahera Basin, East Indonesia

E. Tri Hartadi, R. Mjøs, S.I. Midtbø, P. Tangke Allo, G. Toxopeus, S. Hay, N. Pickard, M. Hardenberg, D. South, T. McCullagh

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... by binocular from the boat) were bypassed. 12. 1993 – Petermina tender – Sante Fe Technical evaluation Kofiau Islands 9. 1989 – UCL – Sorong fault...

Northwest Shelf of Australia

B. P. Butcher

AAPG Special Volumes

... on fault sealing or, in view of the intraformational sealing capacity of the claystones, on a combination of fault seal and intraformational seal. Wilcox...

Oil Generation as the Predominant Overpressure Mechanism in the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China, #50357 (2010)

Xiaowen Guo, Sheng He, Keyu Liu

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... intervals at present day . Click to View Notes by Presenter Presence of an Effective Seal in Es3 and Pressure transmission conduits—Evidence 4 The top...

Extended Abstract: Reservoir Characterization and Management, Role and Contribution in Improving Hydrocarbon Productivity Zeit Bay Field … Gulf of Suez, Egypt, #90099 (2009)

Khaled Mohamed Abdallah, Saber Moustafa Selim, Samir Ahmed Abd El-Aal, Abd El-Azim El-Sayed

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... feature. This anticlinal feature is however, dissected into several fault block panels by two main fault systems. A set of NW–SE trending faults...

Trekulu-1: The Successful Drilling of an Untested HPHT Play in the Mahakam Area

Jacques-Antoine Dal, Jerome Guyon, Baginda Saragih, Marc-Olivier Spencer, Jocelyn Dufour, Nabiel Oemar, Mukhlis Taufik, Andre Wiharja, Aubin Lecomte, Sylvain Josserand

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... sands, -2- or/and a breaching of the top seal, due to hydraulic fracturation and / or up-fault leakage. Drilling of TKU-1 well was both a geosciences...

Atlas of Australian and New Zealand Hydrocarbon Seals: Worldwide Analogs for Cap Rocks and Intraformational Barriers in Clastic Depositional Settings

Richard Ric Daniel, John Kaldi

AAPG Special Volumes

..., Microstructural and petrological characterisation of Muderong Shale: Application to top seal risking: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 8, p. 371–383. Dragomirescu...