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==Subregional pressure compartments==
 
==Subregional pressure compartments==
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formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-26.png|{{figure number|1}}Example of a subregional compartment contained within the regional pressure compartment of the Anadarko basin. From Al-Shaieb et al.;<ref>Al-Shaieb, Z., J. O. Puckette, A. A. Abdalla, and P. B. Ely, 1995b, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir61/ch05/0069.htm Three levels of compartmentation within the overpressured interval of the Anadarko basin], in P. J. Ortoleva, ed., Basin Compartments and Seals: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=748 AAPG Memoir 61], p. 69–83.</ref> courtesy AAPG.
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formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-25.png|{{figure number|2}}Pressure–depth plot of a well through the Anadarko regional pressure compartment. Modified from Al-Shaieb et al.;<ref>Al-Shaieb, Z., J. O. Puckette, A. A. Abdalla, and P. B. Ely, 1995a, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir61/ch04/0055.htm Megacompartment complex in the Anadarko basin], in P. J. Ortoleva, ed., Basin Compartments and Seals: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=748 AAPG Memoir 61], p. 55–68.</ref> courtesy AAPG.
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[[:file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-26.png|Figure 1]] is an example of a subregional compartment contained within the regional pressure compartment of the [[Anadarko basin]] of [[:file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-25.png|Figure 2]].
 
 
[[:file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-26.png|Figure 1]] is an example of a subregional compartment contained within the regional pressure compartment of the [[Anadarko basin]] of Figure 5-25.
 
  
 
==Local pressure compartments==
 
==Local pressure compartments==
  
[[file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-27.png|thumb|{{figure number|2}}See text for explanation.]]
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[[file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-27.png|400px|thumb|{{figure number|3}}Porous bioherm completely encased in shale.]]
  
The fluids in a [[Porosity#Carbonate pore systems|porous]] [[bioherm]] completely encased in shale (as shown in [[:file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-27.png|Figure 2]]) are virtually isolated from the nearby fluid systems outside the bioherm. The bioherm, then, is a pressure compartment that may or may not be abnormally pressured. Other geological features that may form local pressure compartments are fault blocks, sand lenses, and sand wedges developed in [[growth fault]]s.
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The fluids in a [[Porosity#Carbonate pore systems|porous]] [[bioherm]] completely encased in shale (as shown in [[:file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-27.png|Figure 3]]) are virtually isolated from the nearby fluid systems outside the bioherm. The bioherm, then, is a pressure compartment that may or may not be abnormally pressured. Other geological features that may form local pressure compartments are fault blocks, sand lenses, and sand wedges developed in [[growth fault]]s.
  
 
==See also==
 
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* [[Pressure compartment seals]]
 
* [[Pressure compartment seals]]
 
* [[Applying pressure compartment concepts to exploration]]
 
* [[Applying pressure compartment concepts to exploration]]
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 17 February 2022

Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
Series Treatise in Petroleum Geology
Part Critical elements of the petroleum system
Chapter Formation fluid pressure and its application
Author Edward A. Beaumont, Forrest Fiedler
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Subregional or local (second- and third-order) pressure compartments can be found within normal pressure regimes or regional pressure compartments.

Subregional pressure compartments

Figure 1 is an example of a subregional compartment contained within the regional pressure compartment of the Anadarko basin of Figure 2.

Local pressure compartments

Figure 3 Porous bioherm completely encased in shale.

The fluids in a porous bioherm completely encased in shale (as shown in Figure 3) are virtually isolated from the nearby fluid systems outside the bioherm. The bioherm, then, is a pressure compartment that may or may not be abnormally pressured. Other geological features that may form local pressure compartments are fault blocks, sand lenses, and sand wedges developed in growth faults.

See also

References

  1. Al-Shaieb, Z., J. O. Puckette, A. A. Abdalla, and P. B. Ely, 1995b, Three levels of compartmentation within the overpressured interval of the Anadarko basin, in P. J. Ortoleva, ed., Basin Compartments and Seals: AAPG Memoir 61, p. 69–83.
  2. Al-Shaieb, Z., J. O. Puckette, A. A. Abdalla, and P. B. Ely, 1995a, Megacompartment complex in the Anadarko basin, in P. J. Ortoleva, ed., Basin Compartments and Seals: AAPG Memoir 61, p. 55–68.

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