Controls on Mesozoic rift-related uplift and syn-extensional sedimentation in the Exmouth Plateau

Hayley Rohead-O'Brien, Chris Elders

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... sediment patterns and fault reactivation has implications for syn-rift plays and seal integrity. Keywords: Extension, North West Shelf, Exmouth Plateau...

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...

Fault-valve behaviour of petroleum traps

Arjan Brem

GEO ExPro Magazine

..., and that is the top seal risk. In this example, some of the more positive outcomes imply a column height of 750 m, which is fine when talking about a salt seal...

Characteristics of Beds of Orenburg Gas Condensate Field

M. A. Politykina

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... level. For example, thickness of the Artinsk reservoir decreases from 97 m on the east (well 63) to 14.5 m on the west (well 21). Well locations are shown...

Development of Diagenetic Seals in Carbonates and Sandstones: ABSTRACT

Volkmar Schmidt, William Almon

AAPG Bulletin

..., in part or entirely, depend on diagenetic seals. An example of such sealing is the Recinus Cardium "A" pool. In this field, lateral, top, and bottom...

The Gulf of Guinea Petroleum Systems Pre-Salt and Post-Salt Dichotomy. Is the Exploration History Completed?, Biteau, Jean-Jacques R.; Choppin de Janvry, Ghislain; de Clarens, Philippe; Jarrige, Jean-Jacques, #90100 (2009)

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Petroleum Systems Analysis in the Santos Basin: New Risks in the Extension of the Pre-Salt Play?

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The Petroleum Prospectivity of the Otway Basin

V P St John

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... graben as the early rifting increased in intensity, and comprises the reservoir and seal units of this petroleum system This group, over 2000 m thick...

Abnormal Pressure Evaluation of the Recent Pliocene and Miocene Gas Discoveries from the Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt, Using 2D and 3D Seismic Data

Philip D. Heppard and Martin L. Albertin

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

..., and that the top seal is breached possibly by hydraulic fracture. In the Ras El Barr area, a model for the generation and migration of gas has been...

Natural Beta Activity of Oils and Host Rocks of the Lelyakov Field

G. P. Shkrebta

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... to some geologists it occurs in the central graben of the depression; according to others it is in the area transitional between the central graben...

Norway: The North Sea Super Basin Story Continues

Marit Stokke Bauck, Jaswinder Mann-Kalil, Idar A. Kjørlag, Anna Rumyantseva, Thomas Latter, CGG

GEO ExPro Magazine

... of the petroleum provinces and structural elements, from the Stord Basin across the eastern Utsira High to the Northern Viking Graben. An example of the latest...

Subsurface Structure and Hydrocarbon Occurrence, Cretaceous Rocks of Maxie and Pistol Ridge Fields, Southeastern Mississippi

Songqiao Luo, Maurice A. Meylan

GCAGS Transactions

... structure and hydrocarbon occurrence, Heidelberg-Sand Hill graben system, southern Mississippi: GCAGS Trans., v. 36, p. 31-58. Cagle, J. W., and M...

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

... RTD-81-20. Jacobsen, F., 1982, Triassic: in Michelsen, O. ed., Geology of the Danish Central Graben, Danmarks Geologiske Undersgelse, Serie B, No. 8, p...

Abstract: Exploring the DHI led Bampo sandstone gas play in the Andaman II block, Offshore Aceh, Indonesia

Nick Comrie-Smith, Fauzan Arif, David Jessup, Damion Rudd

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... the regional top seal to the underlying clastics. The overlying Belumai, Baong and Keutapang Fms comprise the remaining part of the post-rift megasequence...

New Insights into the Petroleum Potential of the Onshore Otway Basin, Victoria Australia

Lucas McLean-Hodgson, Bruce McConachie

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... frequency anomalies and gas chimneys to predict charge, seal and leak potential. The study is focused on the Central Portland Trough area...

Vertical Pressure Distribution in the Central Nam Con Son Basin, Vietnam

Hoang Ngoc Dang, Jan Rafdal, Chris Sladen

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... until the top seal becomes effective. High subsurface temperatures in the central Nam Con Son Basin can be considered as an important additional factor...

Northwest Shelf of Australia

B. P. Butcher

AAPG Special Volumes

.... In Wilcox No. 1, for example, 14 m of claystone acts as the seal for highly pressured, gas-bearing sands. Reservoirs are also sealed by faults, although...

Reservoir vs. Seal Pressure Gradients: Calculations and Pitfalls; #41298 (2014)

Selim Simon Shaker

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...: positions between the hydrodynamic system (B) and the confined geopressured system (D) and represents the top seal of the entire section below...

Sequential vertical gas charge into multilayered sequences controlled by central conduits

M. Foschi, J. A. Cartwright, and C. W. MacMinn

AAPG Bulletin

.... The study area is located in the Dutch sector and within blocks (A, B). It lies at the western flank of the Dutch central graben (DCG) and on the Step graben...

Characteristics of Reservoirs, Traps, and Pools of Hydrocarbons in Pre-Jurassic Rocks of West Siberia

O. O. Abrosimova, S. V. Ryzhkova

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... in text. These pools and shows are associated with various kinds of rocks. For example, in well 4 of the Mezhov high a flow of gas was recovered at 1.5...

Detection and Analysis of Structurally Controlled Sweet Spots in the Bakken/Three Fork Oil Shale Play of the Williston Basin and the Exshaw/Big Valley Oil Shale Play of the Foreland Basin of Southern Alberta and Northern Montana; #10694 (2014)

Zeev Berger, Martin Mushayandevu

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... the development of highly fractured zone along the edges of a graben feature. Figure 2. Example of data set that was used to identify the key geological...

Regional Structure and Development of the Peace River Arch, Alberta: A Paleozoic Failed-Rift System?

Douglas J. Cant

CSPG Bulletin

... that has a central low area between two uplifted areas, and is therefore interpreted as a horst-graben system. The graben, which parallels the axis...

Characteristics of Surface Faults in the Paradox Basin

Catherine A. Kitcho

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... in the areas of Shay Graben and Lockhart Basin. Data from the area shown on Figure3 were then compared with published data from two other structural areas...

Exploring Shallow Prospects in the Iliran Basement High, South Sumatra Basin

Didit A. Firmansyah, Aziz Rifai, Sinto Yudho, Asril Kamal, R.M.I. Argakoesoemah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... because of fractured top seal since the structural crest play is developed adjacent to the large Kluang-Iliran Fault. Conversely, it is also possible...

Cambrian to Holocene Structural and Burial History of Nashville Dome

Richard G. Stearns, Arthur L. Reesman

AAPG Bulletin

... petroleum provinces of the United States--their geology and potential: AAPG Memoir 15, v. 2, p. 1165-1218. Buschbach, T. C., 1984, Top of Precambrian...