The Ashley Valley Oil Field

V. E. Peterson

Utah Geological Association

... crossing the structure are all normal faults and have a maximum recognized displacement of approximately 150 feet. The predominant trend...

Evidence for overpressure generation by kerogen-to-gas maturation in the northern Malay Basin

Mark R. P. Tingay, Chris K. Morley, Andrew Laird, Orapan Limpornpipat, Kanjana Krisadasima, Suwit Pabchanda, Hamish R. Macintyre

AAPG Bulletin

.... 14141427.Deming, D., 1994, Factors necessary to define a pressure seal: AAPG Bulletin, v. 78, p. 10051009.Eaton, B. A., 1972, Graphical method predicts geopressures...

Measurement; Monitoring & Verification (MMV) Framework to Enhance Sustainability of Decarbonization Plan in the North Sea Area

Dwandari Ralanarko, Wulan Sari Puspita Ningrum, Hazred Fathan, Annisa Mutiara Badri, Muhammad Iqbal Maulana, Iqbal Daffa Pradana, Fikri Rum Darmawan, Ildrem Syafri, Edi Sunardi, Billy Gumilar Adhiperdana

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

... that the seal can hold, additional capillary pressure data is recommended. This data will provide crucial insights into the seal's ability to contain CO2...

SAFOD—The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth and Its Relevance to Oil and Gas

Bill Rizer

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... fail either by slip on bounding faults or by hydraulic fracture of the top seal if the pore pressure increased or the stress field was modified...

Helium--Its Probable Origin and Concentration in the Amarillo Fold, Texas

Paul Ruedemann , L. M. Oles

AAPG Bulletin

... by the blood under high pressure and which becomes bubbles when the pressure is relieved quickly. Experiments indicate that an oxygen-helium mixture when...

Fractured Reservoirs of Middle East

E. J. Daniel

AAPG Bulletin

...------------------------------ little greater than average pore diameter. While they certainly aid pressure equalization and will also probably assist top-to-bottom drainage...

AAPG Memoir 76, Chapter 13: Consolidation State, Permeability, and Stress Ratio as Determined from Uniaxial Strain Experiments on Mudstone Samples from the Eugene Island 330 Area, Offshore Louisiana

Beth B. Stump and Peter B. Flemings

AAPG Special Volumes

... from the top and bottom of the cell during consolidation. Linear variable-displacement transducers (LVDT) measure axial strain. Karig (1996...

Problem of Conductivity of Fractures

A. N. Guseynov, P. I. Nikitin, B. A. Shapiro

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of oil-gas regions of the Azerbaydzhan SSR are intensively faulted. The dimensions (length, amplitude, and displacement) and character of these faults...

The National Conference on Earth Science, Banff, November 5-9, 1984: "Geopressures and Hydrocarbon Occurrences": CONFERENCE REPORT

Peter Gretener

CSPG Bulletin

... 1985 269 273 Vol. 33 (1985) No. 2. (June) The 1984 conference dealt with the subsurface pressure environment and its relationship to hydrocarbon...

Limits to the sealing capacity of rock salt: A case study of the infra-Cambrian Ara Salt from the South Oman salt basin

Johannes Schoenherr, Janos L. Urai, Peter A. Kukla, Ralf Littke, Zsolt Schleder, Jean-Michel Larroque, Mark J. Newall, Nadia Al-Abry, Hisham A. Al-Siyabi, Zuwena Rawahi

AAPG Bulletin

... (stringers) are fully enclosed in diapirs of the infra-Cambrian Ara Salt. This rock salt forms the top, side, and bottom seal for major hydrocarbon...

Chapter 13: The Zama Discovery in Salina del Istmo Basin, Offshore Tabasco: “A New Dawn” for Offshore Mexico Exploration

David Kosmitis, John Parker, Michael Albertson, Alex Obvintsev, David Tett, James Pasley, Matthew Carr

AAPG Special Volumes

...–Akal trend. To match this observation, the Trinity model shows that the seal effectiveness at the Top Cretaceous level must be capable of holding back...

An experimental study of secondary oil migration in a three-dimensional tilted porous medium

Jianzhao Yan, Xiaorong Luo, Weimin Wang, Renaud Toussaint, Jean Schmittbuhl, Guy Vasseur, Fang Chen, Alan Yu, Likuan Zhang

AAPG Bulletin

... gasket and the outlet plate were placed onto the top of the model and bolted to seal the model carefully.The permeability of the medium is 189.7 m2...

Short Summary of Geology of Oil-Gas Sediments of West Yakutia

A. F. Safronov, Ye. I. Bodunov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of the Vilyuy basin. Silt-clay rocks of the Nedzheli Formation provide a good seal. Depth to the top of Permo-Triassic play exceeds 3 km over a large part...

An experimental evaluation of the curvature-strain relation in fault-related folds

David P. Keating, Mark P. Fischer

AAPG Bulletin

...., and D. P. Keating, 2005, Photogrammetric techniques for analyzing displacement, strain, and structural geometry in physical models: Application to growth...

Deformation Microstructures and Diagenesis in Sandstone Adjacent to an Extensional Fault: Implications for the Flow and Entrapment of Hydrocarbons

S. J. Hippler

AAPG Bulletin

... rock directly adjacent to the fault is in many cases necessary to seal a fault. The impermeable rock is commonly a shaly top seal that is either...

Abstract: Complex Traps: A Method for Calculating the Chance-Weighted Value Outcomes for a Prospect with Multiple Trap Styles, by Raymond Young, Steven McIntyre, Mark A. McLane, David M. Cook, James A. MacKay, and James Gouveia; #90039 (2005)

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Media Entrada (Oil), T. 19 N., R. 3 W., NMPM, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Val R. Reese

Four Corners Geological Society

...: Natural completion Initial Potential: Pump 79 BOD Bottom Hole Pressure: None available Drilling and Completion Practices Drill with rotary tools...

Reservoir Characterization and Storage Capacity Evaluation for Carbon Capture and Storage: A Case Study From East Natuna

Ken Prabowo, Jeres R. Cherdasa, Zuher Syihab, Tutuka Ariadji

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... a disconformable relationship in the basinal area. The sediments of this sequence act as the ultimate top regional seal for CO2 injected to the Neogene storage...

Structural Exploration in the Papua New Guinea Fold Belt

K. C. Hill, K. Bradey, J. Iwanec, N. Wilson, K. Lucas

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... belt, based largely on the drilling of over 250 wells and sidetracks, most with good tops, dipmeter and pressure data. Interpretation has been aided...

Regional Stratigraphic Setting of the Maastrichtian Rocks in the Central Rocky Mountain Region

R. C. Johnson, T. M. Finn, S. B. Roberts

AAPG Special Volumes

... be the top seal for Jonah.An isopach map of Maastrichtian rocks reveals a complex pattern, including thickening trends toward newly developing Laramide...

Cambrian-Ordovician Knox production in Ohio: Three case studies of structural-stratigraphic traps

Ronald A. Riley, John Wicks, John Thomas

AAPG Bulletin

.... Gooding, P. J., 1992, Unconformity at the top of the Knox Group (Cambrian and Ordovician) in the subsurface of south-central Kentucky: Kentucky Geological...

Leggs Entrada (Oil), T. 21 N., R. 10 W., NMPM, San Juan County, New Mexico

Norman Hyndman

Four Corners Geological Society

... Stimulation: None Initial Potential: 235 BOD pumping Bottom Hole Pressure: 2,348 psig at 5,407 feet Drilling and Completion Practices Surface casing (9...

Pore Geometry of Sedimentary Rocks Elementary Capillary Theory

Perry O. Roehl

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

... pressure curve is at the top of the 100% water level. This entry pressure is usually referred to as the initial displacement pressure, or Pd...

Controls on hydrocarbon properties in a Paleozoic petroleum system in Saudi Arabia: Exploration and development implications

Khaled R. Arouri, Pierre J. Van Laer, Mark H. Prudden, Peter D. Jenden, William J. Carrigan, Adnan A. Al-Hajji

AAPG Bulletin

..., reservoir, and seal beds. The pressure, volume, and temperature conditions in the reservoir influence GOR or CGR during hydrocarbon accumulation...

Relation of Methane Generation to Undercompacted Shales, Shale Diapirs, and Mud Volcanoes

Hollis D. Hedberg

AAPG Bulletin

...^hellip So the degradation of organic matter can be both the source of gas that builds pressure, and the source of ions that build the seal (Louden, 1971...