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  • ...969. For future and current events, use phrases such as as of January 2014 or since the beginning of 2010 to signal the time-dependence of the informatio If you must give information or data which will go stale in the future, please use the {{tl|update after}}
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  • ...[economics]] and technologies change, yesterday's dry hole may be revived (or a twin to it may be drilled) to yield today's successful well.
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  • ...ic log, usually in units of μs/ft or μs/m. It is also seen as ''delta t'' or ''Δt''.
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  • ...r methanogenic) biodegradation during migration or while in the reservoir, or at surface seeps, typically at temeraptures approximately less than 80°
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  • When making an edit or creating a new page on '''{{SITENAME}}''', contributors agree to these uses ...loads, for the purposes of tracking usage volume, diagnosing access issues or problems with the wiki server, and to administer the website.
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  • ...y and permeability. For instance, burrows filled with sand grains in a mud or clay unit could be conduits for fluid flow if connected. Bioturbation can o
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  • ...ot contain oil or gas. Accumulations, or pools, are traps that contain oil or gas.<ref name=Vincelette>Vincelette, R. R., E. A. Beaumont, N. H. Foster, 2 ...s smaller than the carrier bed. The seal pore throat breakthrough pressure or the distance to the spill point of the trap, whichever is less, determines
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  • ...lly written as N25E, to distinguish it from dip, which is written 4S, 4SE, or 4 65SE.
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  • ;Privacy policy: What one may or may not do with a user's data or behaviour. ;Copyrights: or '''Licensing''' — how people can use the content.
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  • ...hores), differences between two seismic events or reflections (isochrons), or any variables that can be mapped.
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  • #REDIRECT [[Seismic data: two- or three-dimensional interpretation]]
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    ...can be used to pick likely fault planes in wells. Changes in dip amplitude or azimuth can indicate that a fault is present. Drag patterns may also be see
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  • File:Geological-heterogeneities fig2.png
    ...ermeability profiles of (a) fining- or thinning-upward and (b) coarsening- or thickening-upward sequences. ''Fining'' and ''coarsening'' refer to average
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  • ...remaining oil consists of saturates, aromatics, and nitrogen, sulfur, and/or oxygen (NSO) compounds.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David
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    ...ce strata type: basinal marine (includes calcareous and marly lithologies) or basinal shale. Volumes of oil and gas in-place, estimated ultimate recovera
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  • File:M106Ch12Table2.jpg
    ...ce strata type: basinal marine (includes calcareous and marly lithologies) or basinal shale. Volumes of oil and gas in-place, estimated ultimate recovera
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  • File:M106Ch12Table2a.jpg
    ...ce strata type: basinal marine (includes calcareous and marly lithologies) or basinal shale. Volumes of oil and gas in-place, estimated ultimate recovera
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  • File:M106Ch12Table2c.jpg
    ...ce strata type: basinal marine (includes calcareous and marly lithologies) or basinal shale. Volumes of oil and gas in-place, estimated ultimate recovera
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  • ...h static web content, but is more akin to the AAPG's nascent blog channel, or its membership engagement functions. ...ted, content-oriented, and technical. They don't have to be a geoscientist or even a petroleum professional, but it would help.
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  • ...write it more simply and concisely by using the {{tlc|tlc}}, {{tlc|tld}}, or {{tlc|tlf}} templates. ...name use {{tlx|tl}} or {{tlx|tlx}}, and then use {{tlc|tlc}}, {{tlc|tld}} or {{tlc|tlf}} thereafter.
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  • ...tion (look-ahead seismic profiles). Data can be transmitted to the surface or stored for later retrieval.
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  • ...m. It produces water only. Zero [[buoyancy pressure]] exists at this level or below.
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  • ...e you mis-spelt it, or because it is missing from [[Template:Next period]] or [[Template:Period start]].</span>|{{Ma|{{{1|{{PAGENAME}} }}}|{{period start
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  • File:1024px-WaveRipple.JPG
    Wave ripple or symmetric ripple, from Permian rocks in Nomgon, Mongolia. Photo by Matt Aff
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  • ...ured (e.g., [[resinite]], [[sporinite]], or [[cutinite]]) and unstructured or amorphous liptinites, sometimes called [[amorphinite]], can occur.<ref name
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  • The proposed classification scheme divides [[trap]]s into three main groups or systems, based on the controlling geologic element that created the trap: ...ure|syndepositional]] [[deformation]] or displacement of [[reservoir]] and/or [[seal]]ing units
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  • ...of the Content and shall not have any liability whatsoever for any direct or consequential damages resulting from the use of any information obtained th ...this Web site or cited, used or discussed in AAPG copyrighted publications or in presentations at events associated with AAPG.
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  • File:Using-and-improving-surface-models-built-by-computer fig8.png
    Cross sections showing that surfaces that intersect due to (a) baselap or (b) truncation will incorrectly cross one another.
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  • ...entionally or may occur accidentally. A [[multilateral well|multilateral]] or [[multilevel well]] will have multiple intentional sidetracks drilled to pr
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  • This term refers to a vertical measure of the reservoir or trap containing hydrocarbons.
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    ...thin toward the structural high. Growth strata are generally folded in one or more limbs of the structure. In this seismic section, growth strata thin on
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  • ...ows definitions and examples for the classes and subclasses of these traps or trapping elements. ...ne or more sides by normal faults. Rotation traps hydrocarbons along edges or in corners.
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  • File:Reservoir-quality fig1.png
    ...raphic image of sandstone. Dark areas are pores and light areas are grains or cement.
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  • ...pture of details in sedimentary features for analysis away from the field, or for use in teaching.
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  • File:Checkshots-and-vertical-seismic-profiles fig3.png
    The source position (A or B) should be chosen so that the travel path to each receiver is as nearly v
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  • ...deasphalting is achieved by adding light hydrocarbons, such as [[pentane]] or [[hexane]], to the oil. A similar process can occur in nature when [[methan
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  • ...ned [[sandston]]e might be classified as having intergranular mesoporosity or a [[limestone]] as having vuggy macroporosity. |Mega/macro || Clean, coarse sandstone or [[carbonate]] [[grainstone]] ||
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  • [[Diagenesis|Diagenetic]] traps occur in two basic categories: early or near-surface traps and late-burial traps. Early or near-surface diagenetic traps are created by the following:
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  • File:M91Figure162.JPG
    ...encountered with landing a horizontal well if the target zone is too high or too low compared to what is predicted. From Chapter 28, AAPG Memoir 91, by
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  • A break or discontinuity in a process. An [[unconformity]] is the physical representa
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  • Fluid-composition traps are controlled by the physical or chemical properties of the trapped fluids themselves. The [[Wikipedia:Solub ...[[asphalt]], [[tar]]) or solid hydrocarbons ([[albertite]], [[gilsonite]], or [[grahamite]]). || ''Tar Seals'' || ''Bacterial degradation;'' Updip tar se
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  • ...ts such as tilting or faulting, among others, a fold should have its crown or crest as the [[anticline]] and the trough of its structures as the syncline ...olded. This is the best term used to describe it rather than “downward arc or trough of a fold” this is because due to events when strata has been over
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  • File:M91Figure161.JPG
    ..., with the intent of keeping the well within a specific reservoir interval or hydrocarbon zone. From Chapter 28, AAPG Memoir 91, by Mike Shepherd
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  • ...[[uplift]]. Folds are expressed in [[seismic reflection profile]]s as one or more regions of dipping reflections ([[dip]] domains) that correspond to in ...hether or not the thickness of stratigraphic layers changes in dip domains or across axial surfaces.
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  • ...leum system. An oil or gas seep, a show of oil or gas in a well, or an oil or gas [[accumulation]] demonstrates the presence of a petroleum system.
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  • ...al geology, and various university departments and E&P companies favor one or another in their courses and approaches to problem-solving. The major appro * Detailed geometric and/or kinematic studies
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  • ...l analysis of clastic depositional systems#Shoreline deposits|shorelines]] or [[reef]]s. Mapping thickness of reservoir-quality rocks is also useful for ...ial for containing reservoir rocks, i.e., [[Third-order sequences|lowstand or highstand]], using biostratigraphic markers and regional correlation surfac
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  • ...tratigraphic correlation and age determination|biostratigraphic analysis]] or in a geographic array for [[Paleoenvironmental analysis|evaluating paleoenv * Records of species present or absent
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  • [[file:1024px-WaveRipple.JPG|thumb|300px|Wave ripple or symmetric ripple, from Permian rocks in Nomgon, Mongolia. Photo by [https:/
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  • Time interval (or isotime or isochron) maps are commonly used for interpreting changes in thickness betw
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  • ...is article is unnecessary and can either be collapsed into another article or deleted entirely.[[User:Cwhitehurst|Cwhitehurst]] ([[User talk:Cwhitehurst|
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    ...of braided channel deposits (letters on the vertical section refer to core or outcrop photographs). From Deltaic environments of deposition, 1981, Colema
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  • ...]], in which the well path is designed to change orientation from vertical or high-angle to horizontal.
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  • ...and the second (optional) one is a value for the first example parameter, or (if the first {{tl|para}} parameter is empty) an unnamed example parameter. ...lue (appearance as in example 3). When illustrating hypothetical, variable or user-definable values, use <tt><nowiki><var>value</var></nowiki></tt> (appe
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  • ...ough the bend (curve) from vertical or high-angle to the desired low-angle or horizontal attitude.
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  • ...e or on the relative or absolute abundance of specific molecules in an oil or a [[source rock]] extract. ...can be obtained. In addition to correlating an oil directly to another oil or to a source rock extract, certain molecular parameters can be used to estim
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  • File:Porosity fig3.png
    ...osity groups: fabric selective, not fabric selective, and fabric selective or not. (After Choquette and Pray, 1970.)
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  • Basement is rock below a sedimentary cover, often [[igneous]] or metamorphic. It is generally not of interest in exploration for oil and ga
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  • ...ale]] sequences. It is not applicable to massive [[carbonate]], [[chert]], or sandstone reservoirs. It has yet to be tested in interbedded shale–carbon ...th which a seal can be risked is thus much greater in a production setting or mature basin than it is in a frontier setting.
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  • ...refers to wells restricted to a platform or pad (because of environmental or economic contraints) that are attempting to access reserves at a significan
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  • ...erences, journals or ability to cut and paste an equation macro into excel or other applications *'''Printing''' - make it easy to print entire articles or selected subsets
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  • ...eologic element || Dominant control of the trap—structural, stratigraphic, or fluidic. ...sses? If the trap is fluidic, was closure formed by pressure, temperature, or chemical processes?
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  • File:M91Ch13FG82.JPG
    ...ed sections can be seen in a vertical well drilled through a reverse fault or with a highly deviated well penetrating a normal fault. From Shepherd, M.,
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  • A unique designation or name is important to identify a person, place, item, or idea. As geologists, we name rock units, fossils, uplifts, and basins. The | A positive [[Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation|oil-source rock]] or gas-source rock correlation
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  • ...he structural system because fractures are a result of [[deformation]] and/or displacement and therefore are structural in nature. ...ractured rock or by change from open, permeable fractures to cement-filled or narrow-aperture, low-permeability fractures.
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  • ...into clusters. The results of the cluster analysis show faunal groupings, or ''biofacies'', which are often characteristic of specific environments. [[: ...r geologic data to determine or evaluate specific paleoenvironmental zones or settings.
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    ...tive points, SP deflections are calculated and redisplayed as a baselined (or “static”) SP.
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  • Buoyancy is the tendency for a body (or a drop of immiscible fluid) to float or rise when submerged in a fluid of greater [[density]]. Where two immiscible ...re#Capillary pressure concepts|capillary effect]]s—such as a bottle, lake, or cave—the different fluids exhibit a sharp, flat interface.
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  • ...er area, to high-grade previously defined exploration leads and prospects, or to determine the type of petroleum (i.e., oil vs. gas) likely to be encount ...cal methods have previously been used successfully in the area of interest or in a geologic analog area?
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  • Fossil assemblages, or faunal assemblages, are simply groups of fossils found together in strata.
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  • ...xploration for petroleum is the search for chemically identifiable surface or near-surface occurrences of hydrocarbons and their alteration products, whi * Hydrocarbon seepage can be active or passive and is visible (macroseepage) or only detectable analytically (microseepage).
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    The cell is centered on the grid node and lies either inside or outside the polygon. The cell's area is multiplied by its z value (thicknes
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  • File:M31F25.jpg
    ...m between shot points and vertical scale is 10 milliseconds per time line, or 7.6 m (25 ft). Coleman, J. M., and D. B. Prior, 1981, Deltaic environments
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  • ...very real and can significantly affect the [[economics]] of an exploration or development program, the user must be aware of limitations associated with * False seep anomalies can be caused by reworked [[hydrocarbon]]s and/or reworked [[source rock]]s.
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  • ...g stubs into fuller articles. Very short stubs should be either built upon or deleted — if there is no real content, then links to the article should '''Introductory or definition''' material goes here. The name of the article should appear clo
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    ...million years or so. Continents can grow when two plates collide, welding, or accreting, the two pieces together. Continents also grow when oceanic crust
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  • ...rocarbon migration|Migration]] to the surface, either from a [[reservoir]] or [[source rock]]. Also called dismigration.
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  • * '''Trap seal'''—an impediment or barrier that interferes with hydrocarbon [[migration]] from the reservoir. ...en reservoir and seal, or (2) boundaries between fluids, such as oil–water or gas–water contacts. Temperature can also control a trap boundary as displ
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  • ...ee common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 93, issue 3, pp. 341-356.</ref>]] ...in thermally immature rocks; dominated by organic matter that was recycled or extensively oxidized during deposition. Sometimes the type IV pathway is no
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  • ...p. 219-235.</ref> || rowspan = 2 | ''Local anticline'' || ''Fault bounded or cross faulted'' || ''Relief, symmetry, internal faulting, internal geometry ...rom the horizontal in one direction only and are not a part of a anticline or syncline.<ref name=ch02r11>Rittenhouse, G., 1972, [http://archives.datapage
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  • ...ect, regardless of local structural style, level of structural complexity, or exploration maturity: ...tratigraphic thickness variation or has behaved in a [[Ductility|ductile]] or compactive manner during [[deformation]].
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  • ...hic, structural, or fluidic traps. But many traps are a combination of two or three geologic elements. In these traps, basic trapping elements occur in c
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  • ...-D pore system geometries found in intergranular, intercrystalline, vuggy, or fractured rocks. ...-D pore system geometries found in intergranular, intercrystalline, vuggy, or fractured rocks. Copyright: Coalson et al.;<ref>Coalson, E. B., S. M. Gools
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    ...on in areas with thick delta sequences and mobile substrates such as shale or salt. This example is from Upper Triassic deltaic sediments exposed in the
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  • ...h. Basin-fill analysis is looking for [[Stratigraphic trap|stratigraphic]] or [[combination trap]]s by combining [[paleogeography]] with the results of t
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