Subnormal Reservoir Saturation, South Mayes Field, Chambers County, Texas: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

O. L. Brace

AAPG Bulletin

..., the contours rising north within the L-shaped sector, formed by the 90-foot Wallis fault and the major east-west fault, create the undeveloped trap...

Gulf Coast Giant and Super-Giant Fields (Onshore and Offshore): Analogs to Help us Find More

Charles A. Sternbach, Richard S. Bishop

GCAGS Transactions

..., incomplete fault gauge, non-associated saturated oils, and preferential oil preservation by gas leakage indicate that GoM giant fields are trap limited...

When 3-D Seismic Is Not Enough: Improving Success by Integrating Hydrocarbon Microseepage Data with 3-D Seismic Data, #40556 (2010)

Dietmar Schumacher, Daniel Hitzman, Brooks Rountree, Luigi Clavareau

Search and Discovery.com

... are unsurpassed for imaging trap and reservoir geometry, however, in many geological settings seismic data yield no information about whether a trap is charged...

Big Oil from Gas-ProneŽ Source Rocks and Leaking Traps: Northwest Borneo; #10465 (2012)

Sam Algar

Search and Discovery.com

...  Fluid type/proportion controlled by:  Burial depth  Column height  Overpressure  Leaky trap required for significant oil accumulation! Conclusions...

Calibration of Charge and Retention Models for the Gidgealpa Oilfield: Implications for Seal Potential in the Eromanga Basin

L. Johnson, M. Lisk, A. Gartrell, P. Boult

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... an existing trap integrity model proposed for the Hutton-Birkhead reservoir-seal couplet. Conventional oil show data have been supplemented with grains...

ABSTRACT: Paleotectonics‐Based Classification Of SE Asia Miocene Coalbed Methane Systems “Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something New”

R.M. Flores, T.A. Moore, M. Friederich

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

...   to   be   considered   in   order  to  understand  the  whole  system,  from  source  to  trap.     One   approach   to   understand...

Secondary Migration of Oil: Experiments Supporting Efficient Movement of Separate, Buoyant Oil Phase Along Limited Conduits: GEOLOGIC NOTE

Harry Dembicki, Jr., Michael J. Anderson

AAPG Bulletin

... until it reaches the trap and begins to accumulate. Depending on the area of the original oil saturation at the bottom of the reservoir unit...

The Role of Petroleum Geochemistry in Basin Modeling of the Oseberg Area, North Sea: Chapter 6: PETROLEUM GENERATION AND MIGRATION

B. Dahl, A. Yukler

AAPG Special Volumes

...-generating components, and source rock thickness. In addition, this stage provides the timing of oil and gas volumes generated in relation to trap formation...

Design and Function of Oil and Gas Traps

W. H. Roberts

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Moreover, it honors all factual observations made around oil and gas d posits. Very simply, the most important function of a trap is to leak water...

An oil and gas resource reassessment of the Bonaparte Basin, northwest shelf of Australia

Wang Zhixin, Zhu Guanghui, Pang Lin’an, Tang Wenlian

CSPG Bulletin

... such as the Laminaria High and Flamingo High exist, they are cut by numerous faults, sharply decreasing their trap capacity. Leakage along...

Trekulu-1: The Successful Drilling of an Untested HPHT Play in the Mahakam Area

Jacques-Antoine Dal, Jerome Guyon, Baginda Saragih, Marc-Olivier Spencer, Jocelyn Dufour, Nabiel Oemar, Mukhlis Taufik, Andre Wiharja, Aubin Lecomte, Sylvain Josserand

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... equivalent reservoirs could be explained by, -1- an insufficient charging of the trap, due to limited quantity and quality of organic matter in the turbiditic...

Using Buoyancy Pressure Profiles to Assess Uncertainty in Fault Seal Calibration

Peter Bretan, Graham Yielding

AAPG Special Volumes

... by capillary leakage revisited: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 18, p. 251257.Freeman, B., G. Yielding, D. T. Needham, and M. E. Badley, 1998, Fault seal...

Unravelling the Complex Structural History of the Penola Trough - Revealing the St George Fault

P. Boult, P. Lyon, B. Camac, S. Hunt, H. Zwingmann

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

.... These have in turn controlled source rock location, reservoir development, trap formation and preservation of petroleum accumulations...

Hysaw Field, Karnes County, Texas

Wilford Lee Stapp, Laurie A. Dutton

South Texas Geological Society Special Publications

... of this sand with the Atkinson sand, which produced in a stratigraphic trap across a broad structural nose in Atkinson Field, according to Richard Sams...

A Decade of Exploration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, #30383 (2014).

David Mackertich, Adnan I. Samarrai

Search and Discovery.com

... it fuelled concerns about trap leakage. Against this background, a number of entrepreneurial companies negotiated Production Sharing Contracts...

Diagenetic Traps in Sandstones

Douglas J. Cant

AAPG Bulletin

... cementation, which may allow sandstones to retain large hydrocarbon columns. Formation of a diagenetic trap requires that parts of the sandstone unit react...

Remote sensing detection of heavy oil through spectral enhancement techniques in the western slope zone of Songliao Basin, China

Guifang Zhang, Lejun Zou, Xiaohua Shen, Shanlong Lu, Changjiang Li, Hanlin Chen

AAPG Bulletin

... to identify anomalous areas caused by hydrocarbon leakage in Fula'erji in the western slope of Songliao Basin, China. Three image enhancement techniques...

Using Gas Chimneys in Seal Integrity Analysis: A Discussion Based on Case Histories

Roar Heggland

AAPG Special Volumes

..., 1998, Physical constraints on hydrocarbon leakage and trapping revisited: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 4, p. 237239.de Groot, P. F. M., 1999a, Seismic...

Controls of the Pre-Existing Structures on the Post-Jurassic Deformation of the Porcupine Basin, Offshore West Ireland; #11051 (2018)

Muhammad Mudasar Saqab, Efstratios Delogkos, Conrad Childs, John Walsh

Search and Discovery.com

... structures with both negative and positive implications for trap integrity and charge. This study focuses on the control of pre-existing Jurassic rift faults...

Carbon Storage Feasibility Assessment of the Vermilion Leasing Block, Central Gulf of Mexico, USA: Opportunities for Depleted Field and Saline Reservoir Storage

Lars Koehn, Matthew Tascione, Abduljeleel Ajibona, Ethan Conley, Salman Karim, John Ogunleye, Uzezi Orivri, Akash Talapatra

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

... tons of CO2 primarily utilizing structural and stratigraphic trapping. We determined that the greatest risks at this site are in leakage through...

Reservoir Engineering Aspects in Site Characterization, Short-Term Modeling, and Long-Term Fate of CO2 in Carbon Dioxide Geosequestration

Josh Qiang Xu, Geoff Weir, Lincoln Paterson, Sandeep Sharma

AAPG Special Volumes

..., Norway.Pruess, K., 2004, Numerical simulation of CO2 leakage from a geologic disposal reservoir, including transitions from super- to subcritical conditions...

Resolving the Structural Complexities in the Deepwater Niger-Delta Fold and Thrust Belt: A Case Study from the Western Lobe, Nigerian Offshore Depobelt, #10289 (2010)

Olabode S. Matthew, Jason Won, George Udoekong, Olaoluwa O. Ibilola, Dolapo Dixon

Search and Discovery.com

... that in terms of trap and retention capacity, structures south of the wrench fault are highly favourable, while acreages located to the north of the major...

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A Review of Geochemical Exploration

Paul Oman

Bulletin of South Texas Geological Society

...% of their total production was from those specific leases, including the 15 million bbl., 63 well, Sojourner Field, a stratigraphic trap in Haskell...

Greenpeace Slams CO2 Storage as Legislation is Drafted

PESA Staff

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... to monitor the behaviour of the gas. The researchers found that the C0 2 dissolved some of the mineral that helps trap the gas . No leakage occurred...