Abstract: Cenozoic Depositional History of the Northeastern Arabian Plate; #90254 (2016)

Po C. Tai, George J. Grabowski, Marek Czernuszenko, Chengjie Liu

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... are the maps of source, reservoir, and seal facies. Early flexural basins first developed in the northeastern and eastern Arabian Plate from Late...

Abstract: Messinian Salinity Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean; #90273 (2017)

Lucien Montadert

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... including halite, in the deepest part of the late Miocene basins and by erosional surfaces on their margins. They are the major regional seal of the Levant...

Abstract: Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Centaur 3-D Survey, Exmouth Plateau, North West Shelf, Australia; #90310 (2017)

Sasha Gumprecht, Ken McClay, Nicola Scarselli

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... strata provide potential hydrocarbon targets, fault reactivation since the Early Cretaceous, mass-transport complexes and fluid escape features of the Top...

Abstract: Detailed Reservoir Characterization and Facies Distribution of Upper Badenian Channel-Levee-Overbank Systems: Implications for Exploration Work in Between Mature Fields of the Northern Vienna Basin, Austria; #90310 (2017)

Linda Lerchbaumer, Wolfgang Siedl, Philipp Strauss

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... porosities of up to 29% would remain unprospective if there is no proper top seal present. However, more detailed results will be presented. This new data...

Abstract: Boom and Bust: The Deepwater Cretaceous Plays of the Mid-Atlantic Margins; #90310 (2017)

Peter R. Mullin, Francis Inniss, Leslie Stephen, Robert Erlich

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...; - in the deepwater setting, top seal is unlikely to be a major risk, so long as prospects are distal from the sand input point where stacked canyon...

Abstract: Deep-Water Folds Offshore Morocco … An Exception to the General Perception of the Non-Prospectivity of Oceanic Crust; #90310 (2017)

Martin Neumaier, Ralf Littke, Stefan Back, Peter Kukla, Michael Schnabel, Christian Reichert

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... to be a function of seal capacity of the top seals and the faults...

Abstract: Reservoir Porosity and Stratigraphy of Eocene-Miocene Successions, North-Central, Jamaica: Onshore Analogues for Petroleum Systems on the Eastern Nicaraguan Rise; #90310 (2017)

Kevin R. Tankoo, Simon F. Mitchell

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... porosity (~15-35%) with thick marls and coastal limestones providing a tight top seal. With an Eocene source rock identified, a potential candidate...

Abstract: Petroleum Systems and Play Types Associated With Permotriassic Salt in Europe, North Africa, and the Atlantic Region; #90310 (2017)

Gabor C. Tari, Joan Flinch, Juan I. Soto

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... presalt petroleum accumulations are due to the impermeable character of the evaporites providing the ultimate top seal in many cases. The interaction...

Abstract: Lula Field Brazil: A Unique Giant Carbonate Discovery in the South Atlantic; #90319 (2018)

James Faroppa, Rod Sloan

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... during the late Barremian. A thick evaporite salt seal overlies the Aptian carbonate reservoir. The 400 mthick lower Aptian Barra Velha Formation, which...

Abstract: Seismic Stratigraphy and Geomorphology of the Bibiyana Gas Field, Bangladesh: How the Recognition of Sequence Boundaries Impacts the Understanding of Reservoir Architecture and Distribution;

Kenneth Ehman, Andrea Lisi, R. Chadwick Holmes, Joyanta Dutta, Sirajum Munira, James Turner

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... is divided into sequence stratigraphic units, each recognized by seismically defined sequence boundaries at both the base and at the top of the units...

Abstract: Unravelling the Implications of Structural Controls on Mechanical Stratigraphy and Strong Stress Anisotropy; Designing of Customized Solutions for Well Placement as Part of Field Development Kuwait Case Study;

Vijaya Kidambi, Chinmaya Pattnaik, Narhari Srinivasa Rao, Neama Al-Ajmi, Musaed Yaseen Makki Al-Dousiri, Dhiresh Govind Rao

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... top seal Kimmeridgian - Tithonian age evaporites. Incorporating the data obtained from about 150 vertical / deviated well penetrations including more...

Abstract: The Brazilian Pre-Salt Petroleum System;

Eliane Petersohn

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.... The thick salt layers, that can reach up to 2,000 m, acts as an extremely competent seal. This paper aims to present the Pre-Salt petroleum systems...

Abstract: Analysis of Intrusive and Extrusive Volcanism and Volcanic Related Features: A Case Study from Extensional/Early Volcanic Passive Margins; #91204 (2023)

Sylvester Egbeni, Lewis Percy, Duncan Bruce

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.... Volcanic intrusions, when they pierce top seal, are observed to be major causes of trap breach in the Paleocene, and this can be used as a de-risking...

Abstract: Roles of Migrated hydrocarbon in Improving Unconventional Resources Productivity, case Histories from Abu Dhabi Basin; #91204 (2023)

Ahmed Taher, Amena Alharthi, Bader Al Dhafari

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... pressurized generated oil was forced to migrate downward into the Mauddud thin corridor, which acts as an alternative carrier bed. No effective top...

Abstract: Safiq Deposition and Impact on Trapping Potential Along Western Flank of Oman Basin; #91209 (2025)

Mohammed Al Hinai, Kamel Djaouti, Mohammed Al Mughairy

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... environment. This forms a challenge but also opportunity with potential of stratigraphic trapping. Ordovician top Ghudun map was isochored upward and tied...

Abstract: Exploration Potential of Emerging Mesozoic Clastics Play, South Oman: Insights From Integrated Well and Seismic Interpretation; #91214 (2025)

Aisha Al Riyami, Michael Akpokodje

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... conduits, and capillary forces. The Base Nahr Umr shale forms an effective top seal, complemented by Khuff and intraformational shales. Trapping...

Ghawar Arab-D: Widespread Porosity in Shoaling-Upward Carbonate Cycles, Saudi Arabia, by Robert F. Lindsay, Dave L. Cantrell, Geraint W. Hughes, Thomas H. Keith, Harry W. Mueller, and S. Duffy Russell; #90052 (2006)

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An Outcropping Salt-Withdrawal Mini-Basin Filled with Deepwater Sediments – the Donkey Bore Syncline, South Australia, by Tobias Payenberg, Simon C. Lang, Mark Reilly, Blaise Fernandes, and Carmen Krapf; #90052 (2006)

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Reservoir Characteristics and Architectural Elements Associated with Production from a Localized Slump Deposit, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, by John B. Wagner, Richard L. Blythe, and Patrick F. Rush; #90052 (2006)

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Sharyoof's Shifting Shorelines

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Reservoir Porosity and Stratigraphy of Eocene-Miocene Successions, North-Central, Jamaica: Onshore Analogues for Petroleum Systems on the Eastern Nicaraguan Rise; #30538 (2017)

Kevin R. Tankoo, Simon F. Mitchell

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... and packstones reveal good secondary porosity (~15-35%) with thick marlstones and coastal limestones providing a tight top seal. With an Eocene source...

Characterization of Primary Seals in Tuba Reservoir in Sabiriyah Field, North Kuwait; #11193 (2019)

C. Chao

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... with an Ahmadi Shale layer residing on the top as a regional seal. The Tuba Limestone has been divided into three units as Upper, Middle and Lower Tuba based...

Investigating the Sealing Properties of a Major Growth Fault and its roles in Hydrocarbon Distribution - A Case Study of JEGE Field Southeastern Niger Delta, Nigeria, by Ayodele Ariyo; #90037 (2005)

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Effect of Basin Geometry on Locating Promising Hydrocarbon Traps

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The Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Canadian Sedimentary Basins — A Synthesis

R. G. McCrossan, J. W. Porter

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... be the key to productive areas. — preservation: The effects of intense tectonic activity are often destructive through the loss of top seal...