Extensional Salt Keels Detached on Eocene-Oligocene Sediments in the Deepwater Northern Gulf of Mexico: Insights into Canopy Advancement, Salt-Sediment Interplay, and Evidence for Unrecognized Mass Sediment Displacement

J. Carl Fiduk, Vivian Robertson, Marianne Clippard, George A. Jamieson, Sarah Power

GCAGS Journal

...-scale salt displacement and vertical velocity disruptions in the seismic data. But the presence of the top Miocene horizon below the unaltered canopy...

Deep, Geopressured Gas Accumulations and Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy (FIS) Signatures: Exploration Implications from the Lower Miocene Trend, Gulf of Mexico

Charles Brewster and Don Hall

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...-condensate reservoir. Flushing may have accompanied pore pressure decline (e.g., resulting from seal failure). End_Page 30--------------- The top...

Amelia Oil Field, Jefferson County, Texas

Ed J. Hamner

AAPG Bulletin

...-pressure valve on bottom and a short string of blank liner with a packer on top, was set on the bottom of the hole with the packer collapsed inside...

Overpressures in the Taranaki Basin: Distribution, causes, and implications for exploration

Mark Webster, Stephen O'Connor, Bitrus Pindar, Richard Swarbrick

AAPG Bulletin

... of sand body and pressure transfer is key to avoiding drilling surprises and also in risking of traps for hydraulic top-seal failure. In this scenario...

Elk Basin Oil and Gas Field, Park County, Wyoming, and Carbon County, Montana

John G. Bartram

AAPG Special Volumes

... formations. These beds are easily mapped and furnished excellent control, particularly in the study of the many faults. The outcrops along the top...

Late Pleistocene Shelf-Edge Deltas and Growth Faulting in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico: The Early Development of Shelf Margin Reservoir Systems, by Richard H.Fillon and Harry H. Roberts,#30051 (2007).

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Structure and Kinematics of a Syndepositional Paired Detachment System, Triassic Ischigualasto Basin, NW Argentina, by Brian S. Currie and Tony Albrecht, #30059 (2008)

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Dirty Vs. Clean Salt: Their Impact on the Subsalt Wilcox Deep Water Exploration Plays, #40565 (2010)

Selim S. Shaker

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... by the pressure kicks released from the imbedded sediments throughout the salt section. On the contrary, St. Malo (Walker Ridge block 678) is an adjacent prospect...

Palaeo-Oil Zones in Eastern View Coal Measures Reservoirs from the Bass Basin

R. H. Kempton, P. J. Eadington, K. Liu, C. J. Boreham, S. Gong, H. Volk

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of the inclusion oil (George et al. 2007). Palaeo-oil accumulation Top-EVCM Yolla-1 penetrated a gross hydrocarbon column of 31 m in the top-EVCM strata...

Malossa Field: A Deep Discovery in the Po Valley, Italy

G. Errico, G. Groppi, S. Savelli, G. C. Vaghi

AAPG Special Volumes

... and closing controls on Wings 1 and 2; THP, THT, and Q signals; and alarms for high pressure on casings and metal seal area; low THP, closing Wing 1...

Geothermal Cementing: A State of the Art Approach

David Nelson

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... pressure of the mud pumps while drilling. The important thing to remember is that displacement factors influence the displacement process in all...

Unlocking the Origin of Hydrocarbons in the Central Part of the Rankin Trend, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia

D. Jablonski, J. Preston, S. Westlake, C. M. Gumley

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

.... Preston2, S. Westlake1 & C.M. Gumley1 Keywords: Rankin Trend, exploration history, trap styles, formation pressure, seal, geochemistry, basin modelling...

Recent WAPET Discoveries near Thevenard Island, Southeast Barrow Sub-Basin

G. J. Beacher, M. K. McLerie, N. W. Miller

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... displacement, synthetic to the major Flinders Fault System of the Barrow Sub-basin. The closure elsewhere over the southeast-tilted structure...

A Semi-Analytical Poroelastic Solution of Induced Pressure-Stress Changes and Its Applications to Depletion Delineation of Transversely Isotropic Shale Reservoirs

Shihao Wang, Yuzhe Cai, Bin Wang, Yunhui Tan, Kainan Wang, Jiehao Wang, Xinghui Liu, Yuguang Chen

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... stress with a given pressure field. Figure 2 Conceptual model of the bounded scenario with traction-free top boundary of induced stress calculation...

Types of Hydrocarbon Pools in Devonian Sediments of the Pripyat Downwarp

M. F. Kibash, O. I. Komarov, V. M. Salazhev, V. D. Poroshin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... reservoir is controlled not only by the top but also by the bottom of the stratum, whereas the massive type is controlled only by the top. Figure 1...

The Effect of Unconformities and Subsequent Loading on Pore Pressure Profiles

Jakob Heller, Stephen O 'Connor, Andrew Emery, Ed Hoskin, Jack Lee, Chris Ward

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... using the sediment load i.e. thickness seabed to Top Walcott, this can generate the equivalent pressure represented by the mud-weight in the Jurassic...

Montana Bakken Hybrid and Unconventional Plays; #70139 (2013)

Burr A. Silver

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..., the Cedar Creek and Nesson lineaments are locally defined by major near vertical faults with significant displacement. All or parts of three formations...

Practical Wellbore Formation Test Interpretation; #120009 (2009)

Bo Cribbs

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... for is compartmentalization. • A VERY general rule is to take pressure points every 10 feet in each sand member. • In very thick, high kv/kh sands, taking points at top...

Rainbow Member Facies and Related Reservoir Properties, Rainbow Lake, Alberta

J. Roger Langton , George E. Chin

AAPG Bulletin

... the ability of the rock to selectively retain fluids. The displacement pressure is related to maximum pore size, and the minimum unsaturated pore volume...

Conventional Hydrocarbon Plays in the SE Georgina Basin

Greg Ambrose, Emmanuel Cocodia

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in the deeper parts of the Toko Syncline. These two targets probably have the best top-seal integrity capable of surviving folding/faulting, which could provide...

The Upper Devonian Rhinestreet Shale, Western New York State: From Seal to Fractured Reservoir, by Gary G. Lash; #90052 (2006)

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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

... and petrophysical characterization of Muderong Shale: Application to top seal risking: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 8, p. 371383.Ennis-King, J., and L. Paterson...

Application of Miscible Ethane Foam for Gas EOR Conformance in Low Permeability Heterogeneous Harsh Environments

Mohamad Salman, Konstantinos Kostarelos, Pushpesh Sharma, Jae Ho Lee

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... also helps improve displacement efficiencies and maximize overall recovery. Minimum miscibility pressure displacement tests were performed for dead...

Through-Casing Formation Tester Provides Answers for Rejuvenation of a Mature Oilfield

Sameer Joshi, Htun Aung Kyaw, Troy Fields, Warren Johnston, Solechuddin, Kosim Kosasih, Ermawan Maulana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... hydrostatic pressure. It is then set and a small pretest volume taken to check the seal between packer and casing. Since the seal is good...

Brittle deformation and hydrothermal alteration in the Barra Velha Formation, Santos Basin, offshore Brazil

Rodrigo dos Santos Maia Corrêa, Bruno Carvalho, Estibalitz Ukar, Stephen E. Laubach, André L. S. Pestilho, András Fall, Toti Larson, Daniel Stockli, Lisa Stockli, Volker Lüders, Samuel Niedermann, and David A. Banks

AAPG Bulletin

... an early effective seal on top of carbonates, most likely where mounds are not present, uprising fluids passing through faults were impeded to flow...