Structural exploration workflow
| Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps | |
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| Series | Treatise in Petroleum Geology |
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| Part | Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps |
| Chapter | Exploring for structural traps |
| Author | R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra |
| Link | Web page |
| Store | AAPG Store |
This section suggests a flow of tasks to help explorationists define a drill location, moving from the regional scale to the drill site. The discussion is from the perspective of a full-cycle exploration play, where we have a play concept and are looking for a drill location to test it.
The workflow
We begin by envisioning a structural play concept based on the thrust belt play of the U.S. Rocky Mountain area. The following workflow discussion tracks this play concept from inception to drill location through a “normal” structural exploration process, as shown in Figure 1.
Effects of scale
The technical tasks we identify are often related to the scale of our observation, from regional to microscopic. Figure 2 summarizes where the different techniques and tools described in section B can be applied. This sequence of tasks, in varying degrees, applies to any structural play.
See also
- Tectonic setting
- Structural domains
- Prospective structural fairways
- Lead and prospect delineation
- Location selection
- Thrust belt example
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