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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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• Hydrocarbon accumulation: the seven critical elements
  * Fault trends: major and minor * Major faults vs. minor faults
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• Abnormal hydrostatic pressure
  The table below shows the generally accepted major causes of abnormal fluid pressure.
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• Underpressure causes
  The major factor causing underpressure is the cooling of [[Petroleum reservoir fluid
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• Quartz
  ==Major characteristics==
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• Sandstone diagenetic processes
  ...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 processes
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• Fracture traps
  Fractures can be divided into three major groups: extension, shear, and complex.
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• Fluid-composition trap regime
  ...kipedia:Density|density]] contrasts between [[hydrocarbon]]s and water are major factors that allow hydrocarbons to concentrate into subsurface accumulation
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• Structural styles: data and techniques for evaluation
  ...structures that often occur together due to a common origin. For example, major [[foreland thrust belt]]s usually contain a mixture of [[listric]], [[rever
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• Trap leakage
  Five major seal failure mechanisms form the basis for this section's discussion on sea
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• Fluvial input through time: Gulf of Mexico example
  sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|{{figure number|1}}Major sand influxes into the northern Gulf of Mexico from Late Cretaceous to Holo
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• Pore systems
  Rocks can be classified on the basis of their pore geometry into four major pore categories that can be divided into ten subcategories. Extensive exper
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• Example: mapping depocenters through time
  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 Louisiana
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• Natural gas occurrence
  ...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 but
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• EMD Tight Oil & Gas Committee 2019-20 Annual Report
  [[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 repo
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• Magnetics: interpreting residual maps
  ...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 hi
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• Magnetotellurics
  MT differs from an inductive electric log in three major ways:
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• Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS): limitations
  [[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 con
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• Fault control on hydrocarbon distribution
  ...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, whi
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• Making regional tectonic maps
  ...important tectonic elements are shown, such as specific [[fold]] belts and major faults. * Several major structural features
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• Seepage activity and surficial geochemistry
  ...rare. Anomalous levels of hydrocarbon seepage may only be detectable near major leak points or below the zone of maximum disturbance.
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• Using a tectonic history model for petroleum system analysis
  * Within the GOM rift basin, major areas of [[transitional crust]] formed between [[continental crust]] and La
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• Basin framework
  ...hic map using total sediment thickness as the primary control. We then map major regional structural features. If postdepositional [[deformation]] has resul
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• Sandstone
  ==Characterisics Of Major Classes Sandstones==
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• Oil correlation
  ...enetically related. In some cases, the discrepancy may consist of a single major difference (e.g., presence of an important source-related biomarker in one
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• Structural lead and prospect delineation
  A structural lead becomes a prospect once we determine that the major components of the hydrocarbon system have sufficient probabilities of succe
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• Source rock
  Source rocks can be divided into at least four major categories:
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• Flow units for reservoir characterization
  ...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 availab
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• Diagenetically complex reservoir evaluation
  ...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 contro
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• Fault-dependent leak points, continuity, and charge
  In many basins the major control on hydrocarbon column heights is not the [[top seal displacement pr
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• Systems tracts and trap types
  ...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 bas
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• Silurian Qusaiba shales
  ...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 Pa
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• Ellesmerian(!) petroleum system
  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, elevation
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