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• How different structural philosophies govern techniques
  ...proaches to problem-solving. The major approaches can be grouped into four major categories:
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• Sandstone porosity and permeability prediction
  ...New York, Springer-Verlag, 438 p. Summarizes reservoir characteristics of major sandstone depositional environments, especially with respect to sand body g
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• Sediment thickness and field location maps: Gulf of Mexico example
  Sedimentary-basin-analysis fig4-4.png|{{figure number|2}}Major sand influxes into the northern Gulf of Mexico from Late Cretaceous to Rece ==Map of major sand influxes==
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• Structural fairway prospectivity
  ...ve structural fairway, the structural history, [[trap]] configuration, and major elements of the hydrocarbon system combine to present a likely scenario for If the structural fairway has most, if not all, of the major components needed for a viable hydrocarbon system, the next step is to iden
  3 KB (340 words) - 18:50, 3 February 2022
• Reservoir system quality prediction
  | Influence of [[diagenesis]] || Minor to major || Usually major
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• Reservoir system
  ...r-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-1.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Major components of a conventional reservoir system.]] ...rvoir-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-1.png|Figure 1]] illustrates the major components of a conventional reservoir system.
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• Carbonate diagenetic stages
  Three major geologic stages determine the [[porosity]] of carbonate rocks:<ref name=ch0 ...ny other substage. Eogenetic processes are generally fabric selective. The major porosity change is reduction through carbonate or [[evaporite]] mineral pre
  6 KB (727 words) - 19:06, 6 April 2022
• Siliceous microfossils
  There are three major groups of siliceous microfossils: radiolarians, diatoms, and silicoflagella ...and also are useful in the upper [[Cenozoic]]. These microfossils can be a major rock-forming group, forming sedimentary rock (diatomites) consisting primar
  5 KB (626 words) - 15:18, 31 January 2022
• Paleogeography
  ...or [[Source rock|source]] [[lithofacies]] by establishing the location of major geographic features, such as [[Lithofacies and environmental analysis of cl
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• Maps of hydrocarbon types: Gulf of Mexico example
  ...s, thermally mature source-rock distribution, hydrocarbon occurrences, and major structural features, the regional elements of the [[petroleum system]](s) b
  5 KB (633 words) - 20:02, 18 February 2022
• Economics: global supply and demand
  ...among others affect the supply of oil. The economic challenges are also a major hindrance to the supply of oil globally which are also emphasised. The cont ...rd oil shock of 1986 led to the collapse in oil prices in 1986 following a major change in Saudi Arabia’s oil policy, which brought about over flooding of
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• Carbonate sedimentary rocks classification
  In oil and gas industry, classifying carbonate rocks is a major step in core and thin section description. Two classification systems have ...lochems (sediment grains): framework component of the rock. There are four major types of allochems in Folk system: intraclasts, oolites, fossils, and pelle
  16 KB (1,986 words) - 14:09, 19 December 2023
• Hydrocarbon accumulation: the seven critical elements
  * Fault trends: major and minor * Major faults vs. minor faults
  5 KB (636 words) - 21:47, 1 February 2022
• Tectonic setting
  * Major tectonostratigraphic terranes
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• Deltaic environments
  ...ancient rock sequences, only faunal evidence can be used to separate these major components. The upper plain is commonly the continuation of an [[alluvial v ...e rock deposits and often do not form in structure settings that result in major trapping characteristics of the deposits.
  9 KB (1,310 words) - 19:47, 12 January 2016
• Pressure prediction: analysis of well-log and seismic data
  ...composition, and fluid distribution. That leaves only [[porosity]] as the major variable within shale sections. Because porosity is related to compaction, ...ht on bit, rotary speed, mud properties, pump pressure, and bit type), the major remaining variable that affects [[rate of penetration]] in shale is porosit
  5 KB (733 words) - 17:57, 17 February 2022
• Seismic interpretation
  ...uch as reefs, shelf breaks, and major sequence boundaries. While scanning, major faults can be picked as a guide to establishing the dominant structural sty
  10 KB (1,520 words) - 18:48, 21 January 2022
• Libya hydrocarbon provinces
  ...ure number|1}}Map of Libya, showing location, the surface geology, and the major tectonic elements (modified after Rusk<ref name=Rusk_2001>Rusk, D. C., 2001 ...is, Murzuq, and Tripolitania Basins, collectively containing the country’s major 320 producing oil fields. The total reserves exceed 44 billion barrels of r
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• Structural exploration: thrust belt example
  ...[[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-6.jpg|Figure 3]]. Individual major thrust sheets were defined across the belt as well as their change in chara ...fig20-7.png|{{figure number|4}}Satellite image showing the location of the major thrust sheets in the Wyoming thrust belt. From Dixon<ref name=Dixon_1982>Di
  14 KB (1,897 words) - 20:01, 3 February 2022
• Abnormal hydrostatic pressure
  The table below shows the generally accepted major causes of abnormal fluid pressure.
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