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• Dry hole
  ...'s dry hole may be revived (or a twin to it may be drilled) to yield today's successful well.
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• Water saturation
  ...equation?|Archie equation]] is the most widely used method of determining S_w. :<math>\text{Hydrocarbon saturation } (\text{S}_\text{h}) = 1 - \text{S}_\text{w}</math>
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• Compensated neutron log
  * [http://www.spec2000.net/07-neutronlog.htm Crain's Petrophysical Handbook]
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• Carbonate classification
  ...of words describing the grains and words describing the cements. Dunham's classification is based on the depositional fabric of the rock.
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• Reef
  ...717</ref> and modified from Balch and Hart.<ref>Hart, B. S., and Balch, R. S., 2000, Approaches to defining reservoir physical properties from 3-D seism ...ll and M. E. Monaco, 2009, Shallow-Water Ben­ thic Habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 96. Silver Spring, MD.
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• AAPG Wiki:Contact us
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• San Juan basin
  ...sinUSGS.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of San Juan Basin, Colorado-New Mexico, USA. U.S. Geological Survey.]] ...n Juan basin and vicinity], in C. E. Turner-Peterson, E. S. Santos, and N. S. Fishman, A Basin Analysis Case Study: Morrison Formation, Grants Uranium R
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• Water saturation distribution in a reservoir
  ...roat-size distribution]], and [[Reservoir quality|pore geometry]]. Mapping S_w distribution in a reservoir helps us predict trap boundaries. ...mber|2}}Hypothetical example of an S_w–depth plot with estimated S_w distribution curves for several flow units for a hydrocarbon-be
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• Regression
  ...com/understandingearth5e/content/cat_120/08120-01.htm?v=chapter&i=08120.01&s=08000&n=00120&o=|11000| Animation. with a sample seismic line]
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• Stratum
  * [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stratum Webster's definition]
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• Transgression
  ...com/understandingearth5e/content/cat_120/08120-01.htm?v=chapter&i=08120.01&s=08000&n=00120&o=|11000| Animation. with a sample seismic line]
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• Ammonite
  ...Ammonitida.jpg|thumb|300px|A variety of ammonite forms, from Ernst Haeckel's 1904 Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms of Nature).]]
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• Midale water saturation and pore geometry
  ==Log response and S_w== ...metry have the expected effect on log responses and [[water saturation]]s (S_w). The Midale vuggy beds in a cored field well consist of interb
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• Oil as an energy source
  ...geria, Indonesia, Libya, Nigeria, and Venezuela, produced 40% of the world's oil and contained 79% of the oil reserves. [[:file:St54Ch3Figure19.jpg|Figu
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• Pickett plot construction
  ...54–62.</ref> and therefore is a powerful graphic technique for estimating S_w ranges within a reservoir. All that is needed to make a Pickett # Plot the 100% S_w line.
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• Relative permeability
  ...of a reservoir system by definition contains water as a single phase (100% S_w). The [[permeability]] of that rock to water is absolute permea ...b>w</sub> of the rock. In other words, as [[buoyancy pressure]] increases, S_w decreases and the effective size of the pore throat for oil or
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• Pore system fundamentals
  ...vuggy, or fractured rocks. Copyright: Coalson et al.;<ref>Coalson, E. B., S. M. Goolsby, and M. H. Franklin, 1994, Subtle seals and fluid-flow barriers ...s (connections) per pore. Four critical elements of the geometry of a rock's pore system are
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• AAPG Wiki:About
  ...fessional conduct, still guides the Association today. Currently the world's largest professional geological society with over 30,000 members, AAPG prov ...pecial:MyPage|your User page]]''' — you can do whatever you like there, it's your personal page.
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• Structural geology fieldwork
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra ...the Sage and Kemmerer 15-Minute Quadrangles, Lincoln County, Wyoming: U., S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 855, 18 p.
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• Determining water saturation
  ...Petroleum Transactions of AIME 146: 54–62.</ref> which is less expensive. S_w can also be estimated using a graphical representation of the A
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• Forensic geology
  Sherlock Holmes is considered to be the world's first forensic geologist: the first person to use geology in the investigat
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• AAPG Wiki:Scope and strategy
  * To develop AAPG's reputation as a thought-leader and authority in petroleum. * To be part of AAPG's experimentation with new media.
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• Botucatu Formation
  ...otucatu_1.jpg|Figure 1]]), formed in a desert environment similar to today’s Sahara Desert, during the Jurassic to Cretaceous on the Gondwana superconti ...lso shows inverse grading.<ref name=Scherer_et_Golberg_2007>Scherer, C. M. S., and K. Goldberg, 2007, Palaeowind patterns during the latest Jurassic–e
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• Migration rate calculation
  ...mation for flow in rocks with high percentages of [[clay]]s, like [[shale]]s, due to the platey grain shape of the clays. The [[Wikipedia:Kozeny–Carma Use the version of Darcy's law presented below to calculate the rate of migration for oil or gas:
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• Selling a structural play
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra * Appropriate physical and/or mechanical models that clarify the structure's development
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• Pc curves and saturation profiles
  * An estimate of [[buoyancy pressure]]s required to enter the pore throats of flow units. ...ts into [[Cross section#Structural cross section|structural cross section]]s shows their position with respect to the [[free water level]] and buoyancy
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• Capillary pressure (Pc) curves: pore throat size determination
  ...least one 10μ pore throat radius or larger and represent 10% of the sample's pore volume. This procedure is repeated several more times at different pre ...h'') within a reservoir system. From a capillary pressure curve at a given S_w, we read the capillary pressure and multiply it by a factor tha
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• Pore system shapes
  ...ically complex '''non-Archie porosity'''. In most cases, water saturation (S_w) of rocks with Archie porosity can be predicted from log analys :<math>\mbox{S}_{\rm w} = \left(\frac{1}{\Phi^{\rm m}} \times \frac{\mbox{R}_{\rm w}}{\mbo
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• China Shale Gas & Liquids - Songliao and Junggar Basins
  ...China and the most important oil source rocks in the Junggar Basin. China's oldest continental shale is in the Permian strata of the Junggar Basin, whi ...019b>Yang, Z., C. Zou, L. Hou, S. Wu, S. Lin, X. Luo, Z. Zhao, J. Cui, and S. Pan, 2019b. Division of fine-grained rocks and selection of “sweet secti
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• Predicting hydrocarbon recovery
  ...place before [[drilling a well]] is a matter of predicting pore volume and S_w. Recovery of hydrocarbons depends on the efficiency of the [[Re ...= \frac{7758 \times \text{A} \times \text{h} \times \Phi \times (1 - \text{S}_\text{w})}{\text{B}_\text{oi}}</math>
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• 3-D seismic data: proportional slices and volume visualization
  :<math>S = H_{1} + R \times (H_{2} - H_{1})</math> * ''S'' = the intermediate surface
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• Gravity data processing
  [[Gravity]] data as measured must be corrected for the earth's field.<ref name=ch15r2>Chapin, D. A., 1996a, [http://library.seg.org/doi/ab ! Key Input Parameter(s)
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• Sorrento field: water saturation
  ...the Morrow Sandstone in Sorrento field, Cheyenne County, Colorado, ''in'' S. A. Sonnenberg, L. T. Shannon, K. Rader, W. F. von Drehle, and G. W. Martin ...saturation]]s. One convenient way to do this is to plot water saturation (S_w) against structural elevation while differentiating [[Pore and
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• Tectonic setting
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra The play concept envisioned is determined by the tectonic setting(s) in which the play can be pursued, from a structural as well as source and
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• Mohorovicic discontinuity
  A zone that separates the Earth's [[crust]] from the underlying [[mantle]]. The Moho typically occurs approxi
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• Structural analogies
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra * Soule, G. S., Spratt, D. A., 1996, En echelon geometry and two-dimensional model of the
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• AAPG Wiki:Users
  [[User:Matt]]'s experience is that having too many roles is difficult to manage and results ...Single sign-on || Yes || Edit-plus || The editors, reviewers, [[moderator]]s, SMEs
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• Setting and structure of the Sorrento field
  ...the Sorrento field. From Sonnenberg.<ref name=Sonnenberg_1985>Sonnenberg, S. A., 1985, Tectonic and sedimentation model for Morrow sandstone deposition ...ells represent Marmaton wells; triangles, Mississippian wells; and large X's, study wells. The rest of the oil wells produce from the Morrow. Each unit
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• Well planning
  * What target(s) will be evaluated? * How will the well(s) be drilled to reach those target(s)?
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• Gas hydrates
  ...?id=77 AAPG Memoir 74], p. 85-108.</ref><ref name=Collett_2002>Collett, T. S., 2002, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir74/m74ch07/m74ch ...[http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1570 The future of energy gases]: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1570, p. 299-311.</ref> that 183 bcf
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• Fracture analysis
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra * Laubach, S. E., 1997, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/04apr/0604/060
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• Hydrocarbon expulsion, migration, and accumulation
  ...er gradient. From Coalson et al.<ref name=Coalsonetal_1994>Coalson, E. B., S. M. Goolsby, and M. H. Franklin, 1994, Subtle seals and fluid-flow barriers ...b>wr</sub> model can be developed from capillary pressure profiles because S_wr is a function of the profile of pore throat sizes and height a
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• Carbonate facies
  An interplay of hydrologic and biologic factors produces [[carbonate]]s in place. Deposition of carbonate sediments is limited to water that is war ...., 1988, Carbonate sequence stratigraphy, in Wilgus, C., K., Hastings, B., S., Kendall, C., G. St. C., Posamentier, H., W., Ross, C., A., Van Wagoner, J
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• Douglas K. Strickland
  ...Field. The fields comprise a 100-million-barrel province in an area the U.S. Geological Survey had deemed without any petroleum potential, and which wa ...erine Gas & Oil to get his central Utah prospects drilled. After Wolverine’s discovery of the Covenant Field in Utah, Strickland founded Jayden Consulti
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• Natural-gas liquids
  Figures for the world's production of NGL are not consistently reported and are, therefore, not eas ...ficulty for obtaining figures for NGL production, the volumes of the world's total NGL production shown in [[:file:St54Ch3Figure21.jpg|Figure 1]] had to
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• Surficial geochemical case history 3: Predrill–postdrill comparison
  ...detail.aspx?id=75 AAPG Memoir 66], p. 431–439.</ref> summarize one company's experience with a soil gas geochemical method. Their exploration program in ...reservoired hydrocarbons and 76% were completed as producers. This company's experience is fairly typical and documents that integration of [[seismic da
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• Balanced cross sections
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra Balanced [[cross section]]s honor all available data and are constructed and analyzed to ensure they ar
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• Traps in a framework of sequence stratigraphy
  | author = John C. Dolson, Mike S. Bahorich, Rick C. Tobin, Edward A. Beaumont, Louis J. Terlikoski, Michael ...F., 1988, Carbonate sequence stratigraphy, in Wilgus, C. K., Hastings, B. S., Posamentier, H. M., Van Wagoner, J., Ross, C. A., Kendall, G. C. St. C.,
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• Seismic data: analyzing individual reflectors
  | author = John C. Dolson, Mike S. Bahorich, Rick C. Tobin, Edward A. Beaumont, Louis J. Terlikoski, Michael ...g paleogeomorphology and faults.<ref name=ch21r4>Bahorich, M., S., Farmer, S., L., 1995, 3-D seismic discontinuity for faults and stratigraphic features
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• EMD Coal Committee
  ...ov/fecm/office-fossil-energy-and-carbon-management US Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management]
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• Waterflooding
  ...reducible_water_saturation interstitial (irreducible) water saturation] (''S''_wi): * ''S''_or = saturation of residual oil (fraction)
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• Barnett shale play
  ...mary drilling method until 2002 when seven experimental [[horizontal well]]s were drilled. The excellent success of these wells prompted many operators ...APG Bulletin, v. 91, no. 4, pp. 475-499.</ref> Montgomery,<ref>Montgomery, S. L., D. M. Jarvie, K. A. Bowker, & R. M. Pollastro, 2005, [http://archives.
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• Full waveform acoustic logging
  ...e Stoneley wave] traveltime; and P, S, and Stoneley wave amplitudes. P and S wave traveltimes and amplitudes provide information about the lithology and ...itudes of these waves are affected by a combination of the formation P and S wave attenuation and that of the borehole fluid. The Stoneley wave travels
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• What is permeability?
  ...e equation for calculating permeability (using an integrated form of Darcy's law) is ==Limitations of darcy's equation==
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• Petrofabrics
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra ...lly at the grain scale. The most commonly studied features are [[fracture]]s (distribution, morphology, and orientation), [[twinning]], [[Reservoir_qual
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• AAPG Wiki:Converting content
  ...s to push collected items through a processing flow. It starts from a book's base URL, follows chapter links, and collects the page content. It also has <nowiki>re.sub("\(([a-zA-Z ]*[,] (in press)*[0-9]{4})\)",r"<ref>\1</ref>",s)</nowiki>
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• Tmax
  ...ea under the curve represents the amount). The temperature at the time the S₂ peak is recorded during pyrolysis is T_max, given in
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• Sequence stratigraphy analysis
  | author = S. R. Jacobson ...goner, J. C., H. W. Posamentier, R. M. Mitchum, P. R. Vail, J. F. Sarg, T. S. Loutit, and J. Hardenbohl, 1988, An overview of the fundamentals of sequen
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• Heel
  ...e end of the [[bend (curve)]] and the beginning of the [[lateral]] section(s) of a [[horizontal well]].
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• Horizontal well
  ...ive interval of exposure in the wellbore. The horizontal [[Lateral|lateral(s)]] can go beyond true 90&deg; horizontal and actually drill upward.
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• Archie equation
  ...equation to calculate, from well log parameters, the [[water saturation]] (S_w) of the uninvaded zone in a formation next to a borehole. The A :<math>\mbox{S}_{\rm w}{}^{\rm n} = \frac{\mbox{R}_{\rm w}}{(\Phi^{\rm m} \times \mbox{R}_
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• Magnetics: total intensity and residual magnetic maps
  | author = Edward A. Beaumont, S. Parker Gay ...ensity is the measurement from the magnetometer after a model of the earth's normal magnetic field is removed. It is generally a reflection of the avera
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• AAPG Wiki:Wikification
  | || Add '''External links''' (other technical papers, Wikipedia, SEG's wiki) * It's all about the reader.
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• Hydrocarbon
  ...rmed into sediment as a result of the great heat and pressure in the earth's [[crust]]. They are used as fuels, burnt to release heat and other forms of ...s are tetrahedrally bonded with a bond angle ranging from 109.28° and 25% S-orbital character and 75% P-orbital character. They are made up of a single
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• Seismic survey components
  To transmit energy into the subsurface, a shot is fired on the earth's surface. Many seismic receivers record the resulting echoes from underlying ...trace]]s are sorted into groups associated with one midpoint on the earth's surface. The 3-D seismic data are sorted into discrete areas called bins. A
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• Petrophysical analysis of lithofacies
  | author = John C. Dolson, Mike S. Bahorich, Rick C. Tobin, Edward A. Beaumont, Louis J. Terlikoski, Michael # On structural [[cross section]]s, plot intervals that …
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• Plate tectonic studies
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra * Pindell, J. L., and S. F. Barrett, 1990, [http://www.tectonicanalysis.com/site/downloads/Pindell9
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• Diagenesis: information from petrology
  | author = John C. Dolson, Mike S. Bahorich, Rick C. Tobin, Edward A. Beaumont, Louis J. Terlikoski, Michael ...d before the formation of [[quartz]] cements, which degraded the reservoir's quality. From Rick Tobin, unpublished data.]]
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• Parana-Etendeka CBP
  ...rovince represents one of the major volcanic events on Earth’s history. It's characterized by a fissural volcanism that occurred in the Early Cretaceous ...olcanology and facies architecture of flood basalts, ''in'' M. A. Menzies, S. L. Klemperer, C. J. Ebinger, and J. Baker, eds., Magmatic rifted margins:
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• True resistivity determination
  ...uration]] [S_w] = 100%) or [[formation water]] and hydrocarbons (S_w < 100%). Using a valid R_t is fundamental when analy
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• Structural interpretation techniques and tools
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra ...dies]] to microscopic examination of [[Petrofabrics|grain-scale structure]]s and from [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrop] studie
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• Petrophysical analysis of Sorrento field wells
  ...the Morrow sandstone in Sorrento field, Cheyenne County, Colorado, ''in'' S. A. Sonnenberg, L. T. Shannon, K. Rader, W. F. von Drehle, and G.W. Martin, ...dia:Mesoporous material|mesoporous]] and are at immobile water saturation (S_w = 45%). This is verified by the well testing about 100 bo/d and
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• Coal
  ...] dominated by [[Thermal maturation#Vitrinite|vitrinite]] group [[maceral]]s. Thermal [[maturation]] transforms peat to lignite, bituminous coal, and th ...http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/27447/anthracite anthracite coal]s. As this transformation occurs, the moisture content and the volatile matte
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• Using analogs to identify critical elements
  The analog method is the most effective method, in the author's opinion. It closely follows the scientific method: establishing the critica ...geological societies publish field studies that can serve as analogs. AAPG's 11-volume ''Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Atlas of Oil and Gas Fields'' is
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• Agglutinated microfossils
  ...e forms may include silt or sand grains, [[glauconite]], [[sponge spicule]]s, or even other foraminiferal tests. Some species are highly selective in th ...ated foraminifera as indicators of organic carbon flux, in M. A. Kaminski, S Geroch, and M. A. Gasiński, eds., Proceedings of the Fourth International
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• Energy: historical sources
  ...renewable ([[oil]], [[natural gas]], [[coal]], [[tar sands]], [[oil shale]]s) and renewable ([[nuclear power|nuclear]], [[hydroelectric power|hydroelect ...uring the second half, and as of 2005, gas provided about 22% of the world's consumption of energy. The energy supplied by running water has been used f
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• Fracture threshold in the real world
  ==Stress and Poisson's ratio variation== ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson%27s_ratio%20Poisson's%20ratio Poisson's ratio] depend on lithology and bed geometry as well as depth and compaction
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• Morrow lithofacies and pore types: Sorrento field
  ...[Pore and pore throat sizes|pore-throat sizes]], and [[capillary pressure]]s. In addition, the depositional environment of these sandstones ([[Lithofaci ...|{{figure number|1}} From Sonnenberg.<ref name=Sonnenberg_1985>Sonnenberg, S. A., 1985, Tectonic and sedimentation model for Morrow sandstone deposition
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• Total organic carbon (TOC)
  ...ount of organic carbon present in a rock is a determining factor in a rock's ability to generate hydrocarbons. ...controls the amount of organic carbon contained in a rock. [[Source rock]]s are generally associated with areas where high organic productivity is comb
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• Formation water density
  ...\mbox{T}_{\rm s} + \mbox{D}_{\rm f} \left(\mbox{BHT} - \frac{\mbox{T}_{\rm s}}{\mbox{TD}}\right)</math> #*::: T_s = average surface temperature (°F)
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• Reservoir system analysis
  # Select a key well(s) for detailed petrophysical analysis (see [[Petrophysical analysis of litho # Subdivide the reservoir in the key well(s) into flow units (see [[Flow units for reservoir characterization]]).
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• Basin-fill and trap analysis
  | author = John C. Dolson, Mike S. Bahorich, Rick C. Tobin, Edward A. Beaumont, Louis J. Terlikoski, Michael ...is looking for [[Stratigraphic trap|stratigraphic]] or [[combination trap]]s by combining [[paleogeography]] with the results of the [[Geometrical analy
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• Fault seal-conduit studies
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra These data are important in [[trap]]s where faults play an important role in the critical [[seal]]. The analysis
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• Gravity applications: examples
  ...16/S0899-5362(89)80029-6].</ref> and Millegan<ref name=ch15r8>Millegan, P. S., 1990, Aspects of the interpretation of Mesozoic rift basins in northern S ...rom Grow et al.<ref name=Growetal_1988>Grow, J. A., K. D. Klitgord, and J. S. Schlee, 1988, Structure and evolution of Baltimore Canyon Trough, ''in'' R
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• Buckles plot
  A Buckles plot is a plot of water saturation (S_w) vs. [[porosity]]. Contours of equal bulk volume water (BVW) ar
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• History of oil
  ...United States as oil producers, and by the turn of the century, the world's production had reached 350 million bbl per year. Production of oil reached ...mely interesting history of the oil industry can be found in Daniel Yergin's [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Prize.html?id=WiUTwBTux2oC The Pri
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• Frontier reconnaissance techniques and tools
  | author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra
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• Static hydrocarbon pressure gradients
  ...[[Dip|downdip]] [[hydrocarbon column]] length by plotting a [[reservoir]]'s static hydrocarbon pressure gradient vs. its [[Normal hydrostatic pressure
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• Predicting preservation and destruction of accumulations
  Some petroleum [[accumulation]]s are likely to persist for hundreds of millions of years with relatively lit .../natural_gas.aspx gas] has been diluted or altered so that [[accumulation]]s are no longer economic.
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• Gravity basics
  ...0 ppm of the total field. Several corrections are made to remove the earth's field from the total measurement to image these anomalies. For petroleum ex ...ravity measurement, extra care must be taken to keep track of the platform's position. The resulting gravity is usually not as accurate as land data.
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• AAPG Wiki:Governance documents
  ;Privacy policy: What one may or may not do with a user's data or behaviour.
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• Seismic inversion
  ...seismic method is that coverage can be made over large areas of the earth's surface. This is especially true of the large three-dimensional surveys tha As an example of inversion applied to real data, let's consider a 3-D case study that was done in the Taber area of southern Alber
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• Magnetics
  | author = Michael S. Reford ...med, and ''induced magnetism'', which is proportional to the present earth's field and the magnetic susceptibility of the rocks. The magnetization disap
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• Surficial geochemical survey objectives
  ...elated with known oils and gases to identify the specific petroleum system(s) present. Seepage data allow the explorationist to screen large areas quick ...other seepage detection methods in exploring frontier basins, in Hansjien, S., ed., Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation in Norway: NPF Special Public
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• Type IIS kerogen
  ...16/0146-6380(86)90049-5.</ref> type IIS pathway on [[Van Krevelen diagram]]s.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kac
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• Basin-centered gas systems: historical development and classification
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• Macroseepage vs. microseepage in surficial geochemistry
  ...AAPG Bulletin, vol. 36, p. 1505–1541.</ref><ref name=ch18r23>Macgregor, D. S., 1993, Relationships between seepage, tectonics, and subsurface petroleum ...roleum Geology Bulletin, vol. 9, p. 208–221., 10., 1016/0264-8172(92)90092-S</ref>
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• Pore and pore throat sizes
  ...re number|1}}From Coalson et al.<ref name=Coalsonetal_1994>Coalson, E. B., S. M. Goolsby, and M. H. Franklin, 1994, Subtle seals and fluid-flow barriers ...pore throat sizes for a sample. Erlich et al.<ref name=ch09r17>Erlich, R., S. J. Crabtree, K. O. Horkowitz, and J. P. Horkowitz, 1991, [http://archives.
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• Spontaneous potential logs in water resistivity calculation
  ...f} = \mbox{T}_{\rm s} + \mbox{D}_{\rm f} \frac{\mbox{BHT} - \mbox{T}_{\rm s}}{\mbox{TD}}</math> * T_s = average surface temperature
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• East Breaks petroleum geology
  ...specially the occurrence of probable [[source rock]], [[migration pathway]]s, and [[reservoir]]. ...and local [[minibasin]] history. Fault and salt-wall [[migration pathway]]s provide vertical avenues for migration. [[Lithofacies_and_environmental_ana
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