ABSTRACT: Impact of Realistic Shale Properties on Exploration-Scale Vertical Migration Modeling; #90061 (2006)

Kelly Dempster, William R. Almon, William C. Dawson, and Michael Hertle

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... seal properties. Default shales were designed to be excellent top seals and to hold large hydrocarbon columns. Early models for deep-water prospects...

Building Confidence in Containment Security and Reservoir Performance for CO2 Geostorage in the Surat Basin at the Regional Scale

Jonathan Hodgkinson, Vic Ziolkowski, Andrew Garnett, Sebastian Gonzalez

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... facies and continuity needs to be examined in parallel with seal distribution. These techniques and concepts are key to understanding pressure build up...

Abstract: Evaluating Seal Integrity Using Dynamic Poissons Ratio and Youngs Modulus;

Zakiyah Alkhadrawi, Maitham Alabbad

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...Abstract: Evaluating Seal Integrity Using Dynamic Poissons Ratio and Youngs Modulus; Zakiyah Alkhadrawi, Maitham Alabbad Evaluating Seal Integrity...

Modeling3: Integrating Structural Modeling, Fault Property Analysis, and Petroleum Systems ModelingAn Example from the Brooks Range Foothills of the Alaska North Slope

Carolyn Lampe, Kenneth J. Bird, Thomas E. Moore, Robert A. Ratliff, Brett Freeman

AAPG Special Volumes

.... 3759.Bretan, P., and G. Yielding, 2005, Using buoyancy pressure profiles to assess uncertainty in fault seal calibration, in P. Boult and J. Kaldi...

Degradation of a footwall fault block with hanging-wall fault propagation in a continental-lacustrine setting: How a new structural model impacted field development plans, the Sirikit field, Thailand

Christopher K. Morley, Yarick Ionnikoff, Nantavan Pinyochon, Krongpol Seusutthiya

AAPG Bulletin

... fault-plane reflections; 3 = strong reflections from the interface between sand-prone and shale-prone sequences; TMS= top main seal; TK = top K sands; TL...

Building Better Integration between Structural Complexity and Basin Modelling; #40891 (2012)

Muriel Thibaut, Isabelle Faille, Francoise Willien, P. Have, S. Pegaz-Fiornet, G. Rodet

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... Basin workflow: timing of maturity, pressure prediction, fluid pattern through time 9 km 20 km top view © 2011 - IFP Energies nouvelles seal...

Sealing by Shale Gouge and Subsequent Seal Breach by Reactivation: A Case Study of the Zema Prospect, Otway Basin

Paul J. Lyon, Peter J. Boult, Richard R. Hillis, Scott D. Mildren

AAPG Special Volumes

... (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1406.Boult, P. J., B. A. Camac, and A. W. Davids, 2002a, 3D fault modelling and assessment of top seal structural...

Simple Approximations for Estimating Quickly the Motion and Timing of Salt Diapir Rise, Overhang Development, and Associated Thermal Anomalies from Present Day Observations: Case Histories from the Gulf of Mexico and Danish North Sea

I. Lerche , R. O. Thomsen

GCAGS Transactions

... of the sediments to the same depth. The total salt pressure (from salt top to salt base) is Psalt = salt hg (3) The total sediment pressure is [EQUATION(4...

Normal faults and gas migration in an active plate boundary, southern Taranaki Basin, offshore New Zealand

Bradley R. Ilg, Samuel Hemmings-Sykes, Andrew Nicol, Jan Baur, Miko Fohrmann, Rob Funnell, Mike Milner

AAPG Bulletin

... the regional Oligocene seal or if they do, they do not come into contact with hydrocarbons at sufficient pressure to drive them updip along fault zones (instead...

Exploring for unswept gas: Integrating reservoir models, production data, and fault seal analysis in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia

David Kulikowski, and Alexander G. Robson

AAPG Bulletin

... and limitations to all seismic interpretations, because seismic signal can reduce around faults and salt bodies, the geology (reservoir and top seal) can change...

ABSTRACT: Influence of Overpressures on Hydrocarbon Preservation; #90017 (2003)

Hege Marit Nordgård Bolås, Gunn Mari Grimsmo Teige, Christian Hermanrud

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... and leakage of hydrocarbons from the traps. Lack of stress anisotropy allowed for the build up of higher pore pressures, which resulted in top seal...

Abstract: Evaluating Seals for Hydrocarbon Accumulations

Marlan W. Downey

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... horizon serving as a top seal will also be a lateral seal. Stratigraphic traps have substantial seal risks. Faulted prospects need to be very carefully...

Evaluating Hydrocarbon Migration Paths Using Fault Displacement Distributions, #41234 (2013)

Pablo Giampaoli,

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... (faults 4 and 6) Cover faults ƒ Cover faults have elliptical displacement contours centered at the top of the main reservoir unit. ƒ Basement faults...

ABSTRACT: Basin-Scale Compartments and Their Genesis, by Z. Al-Shaieb, C. Price, and J. Puckette; #91021 (2010)

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Mechanical Versus Thermal Cause of Abnormally High Pore Pressures in Shales: GEOLOGIC NOTES

Richard E. Chapman

AAPG Bulletin

... seal on top of the shale, do the PVT conditions on further burial follow the isopycnic gradient of 0.48 bars/meter, or the overburden pressure...

Notes on Geology and Status of Development of Seal Beach and Alamitos Areas, California: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

C. M. Cunningham, Norman Hardy

AAPG Bulletin

...Notes on Geology and Status of Development of Seal Beach and Alamitos Areas, California: GEOLOGICAL NOTES C. M. Cunningham, Norman Hardy 1927 870 873...

Occurrence and Detection of Abnormal Pressures from Geological and Drilling Data, North Sumatra Basin

A. Aziz, L. H. Bolt

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., flowed into diapirs to the north and northwest, altering the nearby depth expression of the abnormal pressure zone. Seal The sedimentary section...

Diversified Uses of a Colloidal Material in Drilling and Completion Operations

William K. Ott, Warren Miller, Lilik Sabariman, Mulyadi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... was mixed and pumped at 14 lb/gal. During displacement with water an injection pressure of 125 psi at BMP was observed. Thereafter, WOC injection tests...

Trap Styles: A New Classification Based on Sealing Surfaces (1)

N. J. MILTON and G. T. BERTRAM

AAPG Bulletin

... scheme is proposed in which traps are classified by trapping mechanism. One-seal traps are those in which closed contours exist at the base of the top...

A comprehensive approach to paleo-residual gas (PRG) analysis „ A gas field study

Tracy Gunness, Randy Partap, Anthony Riccardi, Shenghui Li

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... juxtaposition and fault leakage. Predictive modelling on top seal capacity was done using pore pressure data collected at the E1 well combined with the expected...

Geologically Based Pore Pressure Modeling: Reconciling Pressure vs. Depth Plots with Mud Weight Equivalent vs. Depth Plots

S. Shaker

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...) than the predicted pore pressure (PPP psi Shale) in the top seal (pressure transgression). The middle pay zone from (11,322 – 11,516 feet...

The Fundamental Role of Electrostatic Forces within Pore Systems and Their Effects on Resource Evaluation and Reservoir Performance: Capillary Forces Theory

Robert Lee, Per K. Pedersen, Thomas F. Moslow, Roberto Aguilera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... expulsion from source rocks are expected to appear inverted relative to the buoyancy model (Figure 6) reflective of decreasing displacement pressure...

Formation-Pressure Anomaly Factor in Estimating Gas Potential of Platform Part of Turkmenistan

S. N. Alekhin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

.... The complex characteristically has low formation pressure aromaly factors (Fig. 2). The highest values are found where the clay seal is 300 m thick...

Abstract: Structural Traps Modification Associated with Foreland Lithospheric Flexure, by Laurent Langhi and Bozkurt N. Ciftci; #90124 (2011)

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Quantitative evaluation of hydrocarbon containment using seal strength index (SSI) and benchmarking against global analogues

Shengyu Wu, Shaoqing Sun, David A. Pollitt

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... and lateral components according to structural flank dip to assess top and lateral seal strengths. benchmarking against analogous reservoirs with proven...