Abstract: Pressure Trends in Lower Viosca Knoll and Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico Deep Water: Implications for Seals, Column Heights and Hydrocarbon Migration

Bruce E. Wagner

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... with as little as 1500'-2000' of sedimentary overburden deposited. This early top-seal formation sets up a favorable system to trap early migrating...

Exploration Potential for Oil and Gas Pools in Carbonate Rocks of the Bashkirian Series of Orenburg Region

G. V. Leonov, Ye. I. Korotkova, N. A. Sharova, L. I. Zaychenko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... no Bashkirian sediments are present; 10-oil, gas, and condensate fields. On the Volga-Ural anteklize the top of the Bask-kirian is a monocline, which...

Characterizing the Spatial Distribution of an Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Resource: The Keg River Reef Play, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Zhuoheng Chen, Kirk Osadetz, Haiyu Gao, Peter Hannigan, Cameron Watson

CSPG Bulletin

... floatstones/bindstones, are capped by algal grainstone-packstone shoal deposits (Reinson et al., 1993). Muskeg Formation evaporites form a top seal...

Seismic evidence for seal and reservoir in the Late Cretaceous Ceduna Delta, Great Australian Bight

Ben Tredrea, Phillip Horton

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and uncertainty remains as to the presence of effective reservoir and top seal at this key interval. This paper discusses the evidence for reservoir...

Seismic Stratigraphic Analysis of the Barnett Shale and Ellenburger Unconformity Southwest of the Core Area of the Newark East Field, Fort Worth Basin, Texas

Elizabeth T. Baruch, Roger M. Slatt, Kurt J. Marfurt

AAPG Special Volumes

... shale play in North America, is a fully self-contained petroleum system, serving as a source, seal, and reservoir rock (Jarvie, 2003). The formation...

Application of seismic attributes to delineate the geological features of the Malay Basin

Abd AlSalam Almasgari, Mohamed Elsaadany, Abdul Halim Abdul Latiff, Maman Hermana, Abdul Hadi Bin Abd Rahman, Ismailalwali Babikir, Qazi Sohail Imran, Nicholas Fogne Appiah, Teslim Oyediran Adeleke

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

.... In this investigation, the geological elements, systems tract, and two (2) major sequence boundaries (horizons), which are Top Group D, and bottom Group D were...

Generation and evolution of overpressure caused by hydrocarbon generation in the Jurassic source rocks of the central Junggar Basin, northwestern China

Xiaowen Guo, Sheng He, Keyu Liu, Zhi Yang, Shengqiang Yuan, and Mingliang Liu

AAPG Bulletin

.... The well-log responses of the overpressured mudstones and seismic velocity characteristics indicate that the top depth of the overpressure zone...

The Gorgon Field: An Overview

A. Maftei, E. J. King, M. C. Flores

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of the horst, and a northerly dip of similar magnitude at the northern end of the horst (Figs 5 & 7). The top seal of the northern gas accumulation from...

Types of Oil and Gas Pools in Carbonate Sediments

A. V. Ovcharenko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of the predominance of gas in the upper part of carbonate complexes in the Volga-Ural and Timan-Pechora regions. Such sections are fractured and sealed at the top...

Effect of Hydrodynamic Conditions on the Distribution of Gas Accumulations in the Aniv Downwarp of South Sakhalin

A. I. Yurochko, V. S. Svitenko, B. D. Borisov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... m thick. It contains 15 reservoirs, which have a thickness of 30-80 m. Reservoir properties worsen toward the top, where a thick clay seal is present...

Geologic Study of the Miocene Rodador Field and its Exploitation Possibilities, Tabasco State, Southeastern Mexico, By, F.J.M. Castillo, Search and Discovery Article #40048 (2002)

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The Bamaga Basin: A Frontier Play in a Non-Frontier Location

Wolfgang S. Fischer

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

.... The top of the Carpentaria Basin sediments is marked by an unconformity underlain by the Cretaceous Rolling Downs Group, a shallow marine depositional...

Petroleum Charge Analysis of the Southern San Joaquin Basin, California: Implications for Future Exploration; #30665 (2020)

Alton A. Brown

Search and Discovery.com

...- Kreyenhagen is not an effective top seal in the southern part of the basin due to Oligocene tectonic disruption. Eocene source rocks are marginal to the east...

Importance of Translation Services in the Energy Sector

Thomas Lacombe

GCAGS Transactions

... audience, and that your efforts are deemed relevant in which to seal the deal? The role of an energy translation firm is to be your communication partner...

Uncertainty, Risk and Decision Management on the Ormen Lange Gas Field Offshore Norway, by Eirik A. Berg, Per A. Kjarnes, #40112 (2004).

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Sequence Stratigraphy, Facies Variation and Petrophysical Properties in Deepwater Shales, Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, South-Central Wyoming

Almon, William R., Dawson, William C., Sutton, Sally J., Ethridge, Frank G., Castelblanco, Bellatrix

GCAGS Transactions

..., 1999, Top Seal Character and sequence stratigraphy of selected marine shales in Gulf Coast style basin: Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies...

New Insights into the Mesozoic Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Platform to Basin Transition in the Southern Adriatic Sea Area: Searching for Stratigraphic Traps; #50797 (2013)

Carlo Caldarelli and Mark Robinson

Search and Discovery.com

... • Pliocene – Late mature Migration – Primarily vertical Trap – Stratigraphic • Top seal - Oligocene marls • Bottom seal – Maiolica Fm. (Early Cretaceous...

Brittleness modeling selects optimum stimulation zone in shaly source rocks in the Whangai Formation, New Zealand

Claudio Rabe, Raul Correa Rechden Filho, Jesus Pastor Salazar, Fernando Della Pasqua, Giovanni Chaves Stael, and Luiz Antonio Pierantoni Gamboa

AAPG Bulletin

... of TOC on ductility because several unconventional reservoirs can present TOC reaching 10 wt. % (Perez, 2009). Perez (2009) combines Lamé parameters...

2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, November 5-8, 2006, Perth, West Australia - Abstracts, #90061 (2006).

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Abstract: Characteristics of Depositional Facies Identified in the Abo Fm., Kingdom North Field, Terry and Hockley Counties, Texas

Anthony E. D’Agostino, J. Michael Party

West Texas Geological Society

... character. The facies are; Supratidal/Terrestrial (updip and top seal), Intertidal (reservoir grainstones), Lagoonal (reservoir barrier...

Abstract: Advances in Stratigraphic Trap Identification

S. C. Lang

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and connectivity, but must be coupled with a top and base seal and in many cases a distinct lateral seal of sufficient sealing capacity, geometry...

Abstract: Hydrocarbon Potential of the Northern Extension of the Oaklands Basin, Griffith, NSW

M. Fahey

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... reported in the Waloona-1 borehole. Division III: The upper boundary may represent the top of the Triassic Jerilderie Fm. This division may also...

Abstract: Authigenic Muscovite Age Dating and the Timing of Pressure Solution in the Jurassic Norphlet Formation, Offshore Alabama

Andrew R. Thomas

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... stylolitization. The age bracket of much of the muscovite growth marks an organic maturity range just beneath the top of the dry gas window (Zone 5). Lower...

Fault-valve behaviour of petroleum traps

Arjan Brem

GEO ExPro Magazine

... conductive when reservoir pressure exceeds reactivation pressure Top seal Hydrocarbon reservoir Active hydrocarbon charge 28 | GEO EXPRO 1-2025 Trap...

Abstract: The Bakken Play of Montana and North Dakota

Julie A. LeFever

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... to the south. A bottom seal is formed by the impermeable Three Forks Formation and the Mississippian Lodgepole Formation forms the top seal. A well...