New High-Resolution Oil-Based Mud Borehole Imaging for Improved Interpretation of Deepwater Sediments

Anish Kumar, Robert J. Laronga, George R. Kear, Wesley Cantwell

GCAGS Transactions

..., while exhibiting considerable variability in azimuth. This shows a basin with a lot of energy. Figure 9 shows a closer view of part of the example...

Quantitative Seismic Reservoir Characterization of an Oligocene Miocene Carbonate Buildup: Malampaya Field, Philippines

Dietmar Neuhaus, Jean Borgomano, Jean-Claude Jauffred, Christophe Mercadier, Sam Olotu, Jrgen Grtsch

AAPG Special Volumes

... has not been penetrated by any Malampaya wells and is likely to have a subseismic scale of only a few tens of meters wide (Grtsch and Mercadier, 1999...

Differentiation of Glacier Environments by Sediment Characteristics: Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada

Hugh H. Mills

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... for striations at each of 22 sites. The azimuth and dip of the long axes of 50 stones longer than 20 mm and ith a:b ratios equal to or greater than 1.4...

Comparison of Quartz and Carbonate Shallow Marine Sandstones, Fredericksburg Cretaceous, Central Texas

C. H. Moore, Jr. , K. G. Martin

AAPG Bulletin

... wide which projects 35-40 miles south of the main body of the formation. Significant stratigraphic relations are illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. 1...

Variations in vertical stress in the Permian Basin region

Katie M. Smye, Peter H. Hennings, and Elizabeth A. Horne

AAPG Bulletin

... Basin of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico is a prolific petroleum-producing region that is more than 300 mi long and 250 mi wide. The region...

Chapter 2: The Ribbon Continent of South America in Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela

Armando Altamira, Kevin Burke

AAPG Special Volumes

... Oceanic Plateau (CCOP) and then with the Andean Margin of South America. By 70 Ma a ca 200-km(124.2-mi)-wide Ribbon Continent consisting of fragments...

Delaware Basin Leonard Reservoir Characterization, New Mexico and Texas

Sarah Rittenhouse, Yamin Li, Kate Hughston-Kennedy, Joanna Fritz, Jess Pritchard, Lauren Cassel, Valentina Baum, Sarah Liem, Tom Mooney

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... c ed he GO OM. URTeC 2668602 12 URTeC 2668602 13    Geophysics The study area is covered by good quality modern wide-azimuth 3D seismic data...

Origin and Evolution of Keathley Canyon, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Chapter 20: Sea-Level and Seismic Stratigraphic Studies

Gwang H. Lee , Joel S. Watkins, William R. Bryant

AAPG Special Volumes

... of a broad reentrant or an embayment in the slope (Figure 2). The upper canyon is 4 to 10 km wide and has a relief of as much as 560 m (Figure 3...

Uncertainty Analysis in a Mature Field: Dibi Field Case Study

Djuro Novakovic, Joy Roth

AAPG Special Volumes

... a visually perceived discrepancy of the orientation of the azimuth from the SGS semivariogram with MPS channel sinuosity. A variable azimuth field...

Integrated reservoir characterization and simulation of a shallow, light-oil, low-temperature reservoir: Umiat field, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska

Catherine L. Hanks, Grant Shimer, Iman Oraki Kohshour, Mohabbat Ahmadi, Paul J. McCarthy, Abhijit Dandekar, Joanna Mongrain, Raelene Wentz

AAPG Bulletin

... (12.9-km)-long, 2-mi (3.2-km)-wide, thrust-related anticline related to a detachment in the underlying Torok shale (Figures 2, 6). The Nanushuk topset...

On the Origin of Paleocurrent Complexity Within Deep Marine Channel Levees

Ian A. Kane, William D. McCaffrey, Jeff Peakall

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., a fairly wide spread in flow direction azimuth, from NNW in the lowest bed to approximately ENE in the overlying sample. The youngest sample, A, from...

Exploration potential of the Falher G shoreface conglomerate trend: evidence from outcrop

John-Paul Zonneveld,, Thomas F. Moslow

CSPG Bulletin

... in the Falher shoreface trends. They occur in a broad band 30 to 50 km wide, extending roughly from just south of Chetwynd, British Columbia...

Using Structure-From-Motion Photogrammetry to Recognize Lateral Versus Forward Accretion Bedforms in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, NE Alberta, Canada

Derek A. Hayes, Eric R. Timmer, Michael J. Ranger, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, Murray K. Gingras

CSPG Bulletin

... azimuth and dip. Overall, this allows for accurate measurements to be recorded by eliminating large-error measurements resulting from the lack...

Tan-Lu fault system and its significance in oil accumulation in the central Liaodong Bay subbasin, Bohai Bay Basin, China

Changyu Teng, Fang Hao, Huayao Zou, Xinhuai Zhou, and Changgui Xu

AAPG Bulletin

..., indicating a likely slip azimuth that is between the two orientations, i.e., 30°–35°. The strike-slip began at the middle stage of deposition of the Shahejie...

Geomechanical restoration as a tool for fractured reservoir characterization: Application to the Permian Basin, west Texas

Joseph M. Stockmeyer, John H. Shaw, Lee T. Billingsley, Andreas Plesch, Michael Wales, Leore C. Lavin, Ray Knox, and Luke Finger

AAPG Bulletin

... well 3a and drilling horizontally at an east–northeast azimuth, targeting the Montoya reservoir, directly below the Devonian Thirtyone. After well 3b...

Assessing and processing three-dimensional photogrammetry, sedimentology, and geophysical data to build high-fidelity reservoir models based on carbonate outcrop analogues

Ahmad Ramdani, Pankaj Khanna, Gaurav Siddharth Gairola, Sherif Hanafy, and Volker Vahrenkamp

AAPG Bulletin

... with polycrystalline diamond compact “scratched” the entire length of the intact core, creating continuous 1-cm-wide and 5-mm-deep flat grooves. Acoustic...

CSPG/CSEG/CWLS GeoConvention 2013, May 6-12, 2013 Calgary TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; - Abstracts, #90187 (2014).

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Super basin thinking: Methods to explore and revitalize the world’s greatest petroleum basins

Charles A. Sternbach

AAPG Bulletin

... and signal-to-noise ratio. Wide-azimuth acquisition surveys enhance seismic imaging. By delineating internal flow units and possible fault disruptions...

Observations on Joint Zones in Moravia, Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Plicka

Utah Geological Association

... large areas and long distances; vertical extent is likewise large. The joint zones of any given system (azimuth) occur repeatedly at distances of a few...

Polygonal Fault System in the Paleogene of the Magallanes Foreland Basin, Southern Chile

Jesús A. Pinto, Danilo L. González, Ángel P. González, Ricardo A. Zapata, Pablo E. Mella

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and their formation is dependent, among other factors, on grain-size and lithology, they are useful as a basin-wide correlation tool. The PFS apparently...

Trend and Genesis of Lowermost Sandstone Unit of Eagle Sandstone at Billings, Montana

John W. Shelton

AAPG Bulletin

... of the Yellowstone River is wide. Most of the city of Billings is located below a prominent scarp, popularly known as "the rimrock," on the northern side...

Morpho-Tectonic Studies Around Svalbard and the Northernmost Atlantic

Yoshihide Ohta

CSPG Special Publications

... of Spitsbergen (Harland et al., 1974). The linear depression of Hinlopenrenna trends N30°W, is about 11 - 12 km wide and 300 m deep, and is the major...

The Effects of Accretion-package Geometry On Lithofacies Distribution in Point-bar Deposits

Cynthia A. Hagstrom,, Stephen M. Hubbard, Dale A. Leckie, Paul R. Durkin

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...: uniform width, wide at apex, narrow at apex, downstream wedge, and upstream wedge. Each of the three point bars was characterized by a breadth...

Abstract: Province-wide engagement of youth in the minerals industry: a New Brunswick gemstone contest

Tom H.A. Healy, Jennifer J. Day

Atlantic Geology

...Abstract: Province-wide engagement of youth in the minerals industry: a New Brunswick gemstone contest Tom H.A. Healy, Jennifer J. Day Province-wide...

Problem of Crooked Holes

Frederic H. Lahee

AAPG Bulletin

... projections of the mapped course of the hole onto vertical planes fixed in azimuth, on the one hand, and diagrammatic sketches of the recorded angles...