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- ...proaches to problem-solving. The major approaches can be grouped into four major categories:3 KB (422 words) - 20:17, 3 February 2022
- ...New York, Springer-Verlag, 438 p. Summarizes reservoir characteristics of major sandstone depositional environments, especially with respect to sand body g2 KB (300 words) - 20:29, 5 April 2022
- 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==5 KB (753 words) - 19:58, 18 February 2022
- ...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 iden3 KB (340 words) - 18:50, 3 February 2022
- | Influence of [[diagenesis]] || Minor to major || Usually major3 KB (425 words) - 17:11, 5 April 2022
- ...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.4 KB (579 words) - 14:34, 1 April 2022
- 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 pre6 KB (727 words) - 19:06, 6 April 2022
- 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 primar5 KB (626 words) - 15:18, 31 January 2022
- ...or [[Source rock|source]] [[lithofacies]] by establishing the location of major geographic features, such as [[Lithofacies and environmental analysis of cl2 KB (242 words) - 15:48, 1 March 2022
- ...s, thermally mature source-rock distribution, hydrocarbon occurrences, and major structural features, the regional elements of the [[petroleum system]](s) b5 KB (633 words) - 20:02, 18 February 2022
- ...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 of9 KB (1,388 words) - 15:38, 14 March 2019
- 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 pelle16 KB (1,986 words) - 14:09, 19 December 2023
- * Fault trends: major and minor * Major faults vs. minor faults5 KB (636 words) - 21:47, 1 February 2022
- * Major tectonostratigraphic terranes2 KB (309 words) - 18:48, 3 February 2022
- ...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
- ...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 porosit5 KB (733 words) - 17:57, 17 February 2022
- ...uch as reefs, shelf breaks, and major sequence boundaries. While scanning, major faults can be picked as a guide to establishing the dominant structural sty10 KB (1,520 words) - 18:48, 21 January 2022
- ...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 r17 KB (2,361 words) - 16:19, 30 January 2017
- ...[[: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>Di14 KB (1,897 words) - 20:01, 3 February 2022
- The table below shows the generally accepted major causes of abnormal fluid pressure.3 KB (426 words) - 14:51, 16 February 2022
- The major factor causing underpressure is the cooling of [[Petroleum reservoir fluid3 KB (390 words) - 16:23, 16 February 2022
- ==Major characteristics==8 KB (1,127 words) - 20:21, 23 January 2019
- ...mal gradient]], depths to these zones can vary. The table below summarizes major diagenetic processes and their impact on pore geometry. ! rowspan = 2 | Zone || rowspan = 2 | Temperature || colspan = 2 | Major diagenetic processes7 KB (870 words) - 20:30, 5 April 2022
- Fractures can be divided into three major groups: extension, shear, and complex.3 KB (461 words) - 16:04, 13 April 2022
- ...kipedia:Density|density]] contrasts between [[hydrocarbon]]s and water are major factors that allow hydrocarbons to concentrate into subsurface accumulation3 KB (402 words) - 16:31, 13 April 2022
- ...structures that often occur together due to a common origin. For example, major [[foreland thrust belt]]s usually contain a mixture of [[listric]], [[rever3 KB (420 words) - 20:13, 3 February 2022
- Five major seal failure mechanisms form the basis for this section's discussion on sea3 KB (445 words) - 16:58, 1 February 2022
- sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|{{figure number|1}}Major sand influxes into the northern Gulf of Mexico from Late Cretaceous to Holo3 KB (406 words) - 17:03, 22 February 2022
- Rocks can be classified on the basis of their pore geometry into four major pore categories that can be divided into ten subcategories. Extensive exper3 KB (442 words) - 13:52, 4 April 2022
- file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|{{figure number|1}}Major sand influxes into the northern Gulf of Mexico from Late Cretaceous to rece Between 2.5 and 2.0 Ma, the major northern GOM basin [[depocenter]] was focused offshore of western Louisiana11 KB (1,496 words) - 18:17, 22 February 2022
- ...the United States for at least a decade or two and will undoubtedly become major sources of energy in the decades to come. Not only in the United States but4 KB (556 words) - 22:10, 7 January 2015
- [[File:Figure2 2019-20 Comm Rept.jpg|thumb|200px|{{figure number|2}}Status of major U.S. tight oil plays. Data source: U.S. EIA, U.S. Tight oil production repo [[File:Figure3 2019-20 Comm Rept.jpg|thumb|200px|{{figure number|3}}Status of major U.S. tight gas plays. Data source: U.S. EIA, U.S. Tight gas production repo9 KB (1,373 words) - 20:57, 6 April 2021
- ...thern edge of the Canadian Shield. From LaBerge;<ref>LaBerge, G. L., 1976, Major structural lineaments in the Precambrian of central Wisconsin: Proceedings A major pitfall in interpreting magnetic residual maps is assuming that magnetic hi8 KB (1,109 words) - 17:41, 24 January 2022
- MT differs from an inductive electric log in three major ways:3 KB (486 words) - 17:53, 25 January 2022
- [[Biodegradation]], where severe, can also cause major changes in sterane and triterpane distributions. The ααα-20R steranes (r ...genetically related oils from Papua New Guinea, gives another example of a major difference in hopane distribution. This difference could erroneously be con8 KB (1,111 words) - 22:05, 15 February 2022
- ...r]] sands. At each mapped reservoir level, the field is divided into three major compartments (A, B, D) by faults. Compartment D is almost always empty, whi4 KB (515 words) - 21:31, 29 March 2022
- ...important tectonic elements are shown, such as specific [[fold]] belts and major faults. * Several major structural features8 KB (1,069 words) - 20:03, 18 February 2022
- ...rare. Anomalous levels of hydrocarbon seepage may only be detectable near major leak points or below the zone of maximum disturbance.4 KB (482 words) - 21:00, 31 January 2022
- * Within the GOM rift basin, major areas of [[transitional crust]] formed between [[continental crust]] and La4 KB (518 words) - 16:35, 22 February 2022
- ...hic map using total sediment thickness as the primary control. We then map major regional structural features. If postdepositional [[deformation]] has resul4 KB (518 words) - 16:42, 18 February 2022
- ==Characterisics Of Major Classes Sandstones==10 KB (1,508 words) - 15:44, 22 March 2019
- ...enetically related. In some cases, the discrepancy may consist of a single major difference (e.g., presence of an important source-related biomarker in one9 KB (1,313 words) - 22:06, 14 February 2022
- A structural lead becomes a prospect once we determine that the major components of the hydrocarbon system have sufficient probabilities of succe4 KB (511 words) - 18:50, 3 February 2022
- Source rocks can be divided into at least four major categories:4 KB (569 words) - 21:38, 4 February 2022
- ...its-for-reservoir-characterization_fig1.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Major types of geological and petrophysical data applied to flow unit zonation of * Identify the major lithofacies, vertical sequences, and depositional environments from availab16 KB (2,282 words) - 20:46, 19 January 2022
- ...and gas fields are controlled primarily by depositional factors. However, major inhomogeneities may also be produced by diagenetic alterations. These inhom A ''diagenetically complex reservoir'' is a reservoir in which the major inhomogeneities affecting fluid distribution and/or productivity are contro31 KB (4,171 words) - 18:22, 21 January 2022
- In many basins the major control on hydrocarbon column heights is not the [[top seal displacement pr4 KB (556 words) - 20:56, 31 March 2022
- ...es. An effective top seal for such a highstand system would require a very major transgression well landward of the updip end of the sandy facies of the pro ...e=ch04r112 />) compiles data on the depositional setting of more than 2000 major oil and gas fields in 200 transgressive and regressive wedges within 80 bas9 KB (1,239 words) - 16:58, 24 February 2022
- ...he [[Qusaiba Formation]] of the [[Qalibah Group]] in [[Saudi Arabia]], are major source rocks of the [[Paleozoic]] oil and gas accumulations in the [[Arabia ...[[Tethyan Petroleum System]]s of [[Saudi Arabia]] where they describe two major petroleum systems: the [[Paleozoic Petroleum System|PPS]] related to the Pa18 KB (2,569 words) - 22:50, 8 January 2019
- file:petroleum-systems_fig3-14.png|{{figure number|3}}Major structural-stratigraphic elements, the occurrence of oil fields, elevation ...petroleum system ([[:file:petroleum-systems_fig3-14.png|Figure 3]]) shows major structural-stratigraphic elements, the occurrence of oil fields, elevation10 KB (1,241 words) - 20:11, 25 January 2022
- ...stocene volcanics to the north ([[:file:M106Ch07Fig1.jpg|Figure 1]]). Four major basins exist in Jordan, including the Infracambrian Jafr rift basin in the ...rred along the Dead Sea that resulted in the creation of a series of three major west-stepping en-echelon faults with well defined pull-apart basins, that i16 KB (2,310 words) - 15:13, 19 January 2017
- ...of another and separated by interdistributary bay and marsh deposits. The major environmental sequences described consist of bay-fill deposits (interdistri M31F9.jpg|{{figure number|2}}Summary diagram illustrating the major characteristics of the bay-fill deposits in the lower delta plain.<ref name27 KB (4,229 words) - 16:41, 6 April 2016
- * Types of major structures expected in the play4 KB (601 words) - 18:22, 2 February 2022
- ...rities are also used in biological classification. For example, one of the major differences between plants and animals is that animals are mobile and can s5 KB (686 words) - 17:40, 12 April 2022
- ...ter was used in the generation of electricity that water started to make a major contribution to the world's supply of energy. Hydroelectric power is, as of ...enefits, they have often been the cause of disastrous social upheavals and major negative environmental impacts, and their construction has serious geograph10 KB (1,466 words) - 16:06, 11 January 2016
- ...dian Shield. Copyright: LaBerge;<ref name=LaBerge1976>LaBerge, G.L., 1976, Major structural lineaments in the Precambrian of central Wisconsin: Proceedings5 KB (617 words) - 19:55, 27 January 2022
- ...early on in a play to consider if [[Diagenesis|diagenetic]] changes play a major role in [[trap]] modification. [[Production testing|Test]], production, geo5 KB (611 words) - 21:06, 4 February 2022
- Indonesia is a country located between three major plates, there are Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australia Plate and Pacific Plate. E5 KB (747 words) - 18:47, 26 March 2019
- ...exploration had been focused on the naturally fractured fault zones (these major fractures oriented parallel to the Lower Cretaceous shelf edge and are link8 KB (1,200 words) - 21:22, 3 March 2022
- These advantages, however, are countered at present by major drawbacks, the most important of which is the serious environmental polluti5 KB (737 words) - 14:52, 15 August 2016
- ...their movement but, on a basinwide scale, the lateral flow component is of major concern.5 KB (658 words) - 22:04, 17 February 2022
- Two major types of tomographic surveys are in use today. These consist of single tomo ...ppropriate to show details such as reservoir heterogeneity within selected major velocity fields. Stratigraphic units such as formation tops and sedimentary14 KB (2,060 words) - 20:51, 19 January 2022
- ...range from very large [e.g., Ghawar, Saudi Arabia (560,000 ac)] to small [Major County, Oklahoma, U.S.A. (160 ac or less)].<ref>J. Coughlon, personal commu ...tions of hydrocarbon traps (black areas) most commonly associated with the major structural styles. After Harding and Lowell.<ref name=ch20r204 />]]18 KB (2,422 words) - 14:21, 2 February 2022
- ...Wyoming but also the second largest oil field. Today Pinedale has become a major part of America's energy supply, producing over 2% of the United States' de ...that benefit both industry and the environment. Pinedale became the first major greenfield development in the United States in an environmentally sensitive16 KB (2,521 words) - 17:13, 29 January 2016
- ...vel cycles (20–50 m) occurred when global climate was transitional between major continental glaciation (commonly but not necessarily icehouse times) and gr5 KB (674 words) - 21:22, 6 April 2022
- ...solution to maintain a favorable mobility ratio for the flood. One of the major problems with the injection of surfactants and other chemicals into reservo ...e oil reservoir and the [[economics]] of generating the energy. However, a major goal of all thermal methods is to reduce the viscosity of the in-place oil.12 KB (1,794 words) - 21:19, 19 January 2022
- Major paleogeographic and climatic shifts through the [[Phanerozoic]] have produc5 KB (668 words) - 18:11, 31 January 2022
- ...' sandstones. The top seal, which occurs above the log cross section, is a major mudstone condensed interval coincident with the ''Glob alt'' datum labeled5 KB (662 words) - 14:48, 19 December 2023
- ...za Creek Energy Energy acquiring HighPoint Resources. Other companies with major basin positions included EOG, Extraction Oil & Gas, Great Western, Whiting,9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:46, 3 March 2022
- ...oleum-exploration_fig15-3.png|Figure 1B]] shows the actual location of the major faults over the same gravity map.5 KB (725 words) - 18:00, 24 January 2022
- | Risk review panel (major company)5 KB (738 words) - 15:58, 2 February 2022
- ...The geology of the Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, India, and the origins of its major oil reservoir, the Fatehgarh Formation: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 15, p. 117 ...tly inverted. The large, deep fault northwest of the [[Vandana]] area is a major hinge line, controlling deposition through time and a pivot point north acr24 KB (3,528 words) - 22:50, 8 January 2019
- * Locating major faults and determining sense of motion on faults5 KB (720 words) - 17:59, 24 January 2022
- Major evolutionary changes in the biosphere have had geochemical expression. For5 KB (692 words) - 20:59, 31 January 2022
- ...termed [[Draupne Formation]] in Norway). The KCF-Draupne Formation is the major [[source rock]] and is the most significant [[seal]] for trapped Brae Play ...on 471, [https://doi.org/10.1144/SP471.9 doi:10.1144/SP471.9].</ref>). The major [[fault zone]] on the western side of the SVG can be defined by three signi23 KB (3,562 words) - 19:06, 17 January 2022
- ...form by mineralization that cuts across stratigraphic units. Top seals of major overpressured compartments are usually cemented by calcite. When unexpected5 KB (818 words) - 17:56, 17 February 2022
- ...ceous, greater than 6 km of sediment filled the basin over the course of 5 major tectonic stages ([[:file:EMD2020-VacaMuerta-Figure2.png|Figure 2]]). Much o ...uén basin including main reservoirs and source intervals, as well as the 5 major tectonic stages of the Mesozoic. Modified from Veiga et al., 2020]]11 KB (1,644 words) - 16:14, 11 May 2023
- ...) (see [[Laboratory methods]]). For simulation purposes, permeability is a major parameter, and estimating the permeability profile in noncored wells is of ...k for constructing simulation models is controlled by facies distribution, major permeability contrasts, and impermeable layers.<ref name=pt10r35>Weber, K.17 KB (2,234 words) - 21:21, 19 January 2022
- The Eagle Ford Group (or Shale) is a major oil, natural gas, and condensate/natural gas liquids play in southwest to c A major advantage shale plays like the Eagle Ford have over other oil producing reg10 KB (1,550 words) - 21:50, 3 March 2022
- A major part of the art of correlation is deciding whether an observed difference i5 KB (784 words) - 15:28, 15 February 2022
- ...st be pulled using a rig. This may be a routine operation, but it may be a major task if the equipment is stuck or has parted downhole. To recover parted or * The condition of the well equipment may be a major factor in what and how much is done in a particular workover. The toll take12 KB (1,834 words) - 15:25, 24 January 2022
- There are three major problems with the present tool.5 KB (720 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2022
- ...set policies and tools of administration to counter this strain by placing major checks and balances for instance in Uganda the setup of the Petroleum autho6 KB (926 words) - 19:38, 14 March 2019
- At present, there are two major types of commercial geothermal systems for the generation of electricity: w ...ntain building, and faulting principally localized along the boundaries of major Earth crustal [[Plate tectonics|plate]]s, belts where either new material f13 KB (1,918 words) - 18:12, 2 April 2019
- The hidden core catcher is both the major asset and major liability of this coring system. Since the core catcher is not exposed duri13 KB (1,885 words) - 20:49, 19 January 2022
- The major benefits of doing geological fieldwork include the following:5 KB (771 words) - 21:12, 1 February 2022
- ...from the Brooks Range to the Beaufort Sea illustrates the stratigraphy and major structural features of the North Slope. Prudhoe Bay field formed where the ...e number|4}}Generalized structure map on the top of the Sadlerochit Group. Major northwest-southeast- and west-east-trending faults and approximate fieldwid11 KB (1,634 words) - 16:34, 26 April 2016
- ...ecific problems arise in given instances, but we should recognize that the major problem (objective) of an exploration effort is to find large amounts of oi6 KB (808 words) - 15:30, 18 February 2022
- | Skin damage || Can be major error || Can be measured and corrected for6 KB (849 words) - 17:55, 17 February 2022
- ...ensity in target recognition. He states that undersampling is probably the major cause of ambiguity and interpretation failures involving surface geochemica6 KB (826 words) - 17:33, 25 January 2022
- There are two major classes of cross sections used in understanding petroleum reservoirs. Linear cross sections are preferably oriented perpendicular to the major structural trends (dip or transverse sections). Bends in the section can be20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:09, 24 January 2022
- There are three major types of periods during a typical DST:6 KB (997 words) - 17:55, 17 February 2022
- ...alysis indicates that these productive intervals can be subdivided into 11 major stratigraphic units, three in the Merecure Formation and eight in the Ofici ...loration: New York, Springer-Verlag, 423 p.</ref> were constructed for the major stratigraphic units, to interpret the depositional setting of the Arecuna r16 KB (2,381 words) - 19:03, 11 March 2019
- The only other major tar-sand deposits may be located in the former Soviet Union, but they are p7 KB (1,012 words) - 13:40, 18 March 2019
- ...ef name=TRC>Texas Railroad Commission, [http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/oil-gas/major-oil-gas-formations/barnett-shale-information/ Barnett Shale Information.]</ ...owly, and only 100 wells were completed between 1981 and 1990. In 1998, a major breakthrough in completion techniques occurred when water fracturing replac6 KB (909 words) - 19:24, 14 March 2019
- ...ures 3]] and [[:File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-33.png|4]] indicate a major increase in rate of sediment accumulation occurred 6 Ma, which would accele6 KB (929 words) - 19:41, 22 March 2022
- ...nificantly alter the ability of water to contain dissolved hydrocarbons. A major problem with micelles as a transport mechanism is the difficulty of separat6 KB (915 words) - 15:16, 14 February 2022
- ...the technique extremely useful for evaluating the magnitude and timing of major [[Unconformity|unconformities]] in an area of interest.7 KB (994 words) - 21:38, 4 February 2022
- Two major works integrate the geological and biological aspects of palynofacies resea6 KB (805 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2022
- ...ciety, v. 152, p. 225–228.</ref> found widespread cemented intervals below major flooding surfaces in the Upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation in Utah. The ...|thumb|300px|{{figure number|7}}Generalized map and cross sections showing major environments and facies associations of a barrier island-lagoonal system (f18 KB (2,607 words) - 15:33, 15 January 2024