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  • Basement fault blocks and fault block patterns
    The [[basement]] fault block pattern in sedimentary basins was formed in multiple tectonic and met ...crust. Copyright: Gay;<ref name=Gay1995>Gay, S.P., Jr., 1995, The basement fault block pattern: its importance in petroleum exploration, and its delineation
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  • Growth fault
    ...lt along which movement occurs as sediments are deposited on and above the fault scarp. Continued movement and sedimentation over an extended period of time ...e was originally level, but has since been displaced by movement along the fault. Note thickening of sedimentary layers on the downthrown side. This indicat
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  • Thrust fault
    * [http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1XWW6_copper-creek-thrust-fault Good pictures and diagram]
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  • Reverse fault
    * [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reverse+fault Definition] ...Explanation with pictures: normal, '''reverse''', and strike-slip faults; fault scarp]
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  • Fault seal–conduit studies
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  • Fault seal behaviour
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  • Fault seal behavior
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Cross-leaking fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal A cross-leaking fault allows [[lateral]] communication of hydrocarbons between juxtaposed reservo
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  • Cross-sealing fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal A cross-sealing fault prevents communication of hydrocarbons between juxtaposed sands (reservoirs
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  • Strike-slip fault
    ...Aerial-SanAndreas-CarrizoPlain.jpg|thumb|300px|Aerial photo of San Andreas Fault looking northwest onto the Carrizo Plain with Soda Lake visible at the uppe * [http://www.answers.com/topic/transcurrent-fault Definition of transcurrent fault]
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  • Dip-sealing fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal A [[dip]]-sealing fault traps hydrocarbons against the fault plane.
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  • Dip-leaking fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...the fault plane. Dip-leaking faults can be identified by the presence of a fault plane leak point (FPLP).
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  • Fault plane profile
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...d sand/shale juxtaposition, establish seal relationships, define potential fault-dependent [[Trap leakage|leak points]], and help assess [[hydrocarbon volum
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  • Fault trap regime
    ...ield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=wrench%20fault wrench fault]]. The outline below shows definitions and examples for the classes and sub ...re form all or part of lateral closure by sealing the reservoir. || Tilted fault block; Block of rock bounded on one or more sides by normal faults. Rotatio
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  • Quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Fault seal-conduit studies
    ...hin section analysis]], and construction of [[Fault plane profile analysis|fault-plane maps]] to determine the juxtaposition of rock types along faults. ...eal–conduit behavior and potential [[hydrocarbon column]] height, based on fault morphology and [http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/gougezone.html gouge]
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  • Fault seal breakdown during production
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ..., no. 2, p. 363–374.</ref><ref name=ch10r10>Buck, S., Robertson, G., 1996, Fault seal behavior at Beryl field, UK North Sea: observations from 20 years of p
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  • Fault plane profile analysis
    #REDIRECT [[Fault plane profile]]
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  • Fault plane profile construction
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...d sand/shale juxtaposition, establish seal relationships, define potential fault-dependent [[Trap leakage|leak points]], and help assess [[hydrocarbon volum
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  • How fault zones affect seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ons of the fault zone seal. Given the complex structure and composition of fault zones and the many factors that could affect a seal, it has been surprising
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  • Top and fault seal evaluation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...atural hydraulic fracturing]]. Both [[top seal]] and [[Fault seal behavior|fault seal]] are fundamental to prospect and play assessment as well as to produc
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  • Fault seal analysis example: Gulf Coast
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...from a field in the Gulf Coast and demonstrates the application of routine fault seal analysis.
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  • Fault seal and migration pathways
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...tems: structural, stratigraphic, and fluidic|trap]]. [[Fault seal behavior|Fault seals]] control not only whether a trap retains hydrocarbons but also the v
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  • Fault control on hydrocarbon distribution
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ..._of_success#Probability_of_geological_success|Risking percent fill]] using fault seal analysis helps avoid needless wells.
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  • Evaluating top and fault seal
    #REDIRECT [[Top and fault seal evaluation]]
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  • Constructing a fault plane profile
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  • Limitations of quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal Quantitative fault seal analysis is a proven tool in numerous basins. There are, however, limi
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  • Fault seal analysis for reservoir development
    ...–307.</ref><ref name=Knipe_1992>Knipe, R. J., 1992, Faulting processes and fault seal, ''in'' R. M. Larsen, H. Brekke, B. T. Larsen, and E. Talleraas, eds., * Clay smear, where the clay enters the fault plane and puts high pressure.
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  • Avoiding pitfalls of fault plane profile analysis
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  • Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast
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  • Fault-dependent leak points, continuity, and charge
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...[[top seal displacement pressure|displacement pressure of top seals]] but fault-dependent leak points, the [[lateral]] continuity of seals, and [[Calculati
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
    ...ct the likely [[Fault seal behavior|sealing behavior]] of each part of the fault system. ...away from the source bed and the compound nature of the clay smear in the fault zone. (No scale on original figure.)
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, , shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
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  • Strike-slip fault
    ...Aerial-SanAndreas-CarrizoPlain.jpg|thumb|300px|Aerial photo of San Andreas Fault looking northwest onto the Carrizo Plain with Soda Lake visible at the uppe * [http://www.answers.com/topic/transcurrent-fault Definition of transcurrent fault]
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  • Dip-sealing fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal A [[dip]]-sealing fault traps hydrocarbons against the fault plane.
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  • Cross-sealing fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal A cross-sealing fault prevents communication of hydrocarbons between juxtaposed sands (reservoirs
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  • Fault seal behaviour
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  • Cross-leaking faults
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  • Cross-sealing faults
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  • Dip-leaking faults
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  • Dip-sealing faults
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  • Fault plane profile analysis
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  • Avoiding pitfalls of fault plane profile analysis
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  • Fault seal–conduit studies
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  • Constructing a fault plane profile
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  • Fault seal and migration pathways
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...tems: structural, stratigraphic, and fluidic|trap]]. [[Fault seal behavior|Fault seals]] control not only whether a trap retains hydrocarbons but also the v
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  • Evaluating top seal integrity
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  • Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast
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  • Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Hydrocarbon distribution
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  • Migration pathway map construction
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ral [[contour]]s. However, migration pathway maps must also define those [[Fault trap regime|faults]] and those parts of faults that juxtapose sand with san
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  • Smear-gouge ratio
    | title = Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction ...ome critical portion of the fault plane.<ref>Skerlec, G. M., 1996, Risking fault seal in the Gulf Coast (abs.): AAPG Annual Convention Program and Abstracts
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  • Reservoir simulations and field unitization
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ility]], nor areas of sand/sand juxtaposition are constant over the entire fault surface.
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  • Limitations of quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal Quantitative fault seal analysis is a proven tool in numerous basins. There are, however, limi
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  • How fault zones affect seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ons of the fault zone seal. Given the complex structure and composition of fault zones and the many factors that could affect a seal, it has been surprising
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  • Seal capacity
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ition, a number of other factors—depth, hydrocarbon phase, seal thickness, fault-dependent leak points—affect the height of trapped [[hydrocarbon column]]
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  • Seal and hydrocarbon yield estimates
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...s spilled across a fault-dependent leak point and migrated updip. If these fault-dependent leak points are not identified and we assume the trap contains al
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  • Fault seal breakdown during production
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ..., no. 2, p. 363–374.</ref><ref name=ch10r10>Buck, S., Robertson, G., 1996, Fault seal behavior at Beryl field, UK North Sea: observations from 20 years of p
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  • Growth fault
    ...lt along which movement occurs as sediments are deposited on and above the fault scarp. Continued movement and sedimentation over an extended period of time ...e was originally level, but has since been displaced by movement along the fault. Note thickening of sedimentary layers on the downthrown side. This indicat
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  • Shale gouge ratio
    | title = Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction ...ure 1a]] illustrates how this would be calculated, at a given point on a [[fault]] surface, for explicit shale beds (Equation 1):
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  • Fault control on hydrocarbon distribution
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ..._of_success#Probability_of_geological_success|Risking percent fill]] using fault seal analysis helps avoid needless wells.
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  • Fault trap regime
    ...ield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=wrench%20fault wrench fault]]. The outline below shows definitions and examples for the classes and sub ...re form all or part of lateral closure by sealing the reservoir. || Tilted fault block; Block of rock bounded on one or more sides by normal faults. Rotatio
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  • Fault seal analysis example: Gulf Coast
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...from a field in the Gulf Coast and demonstrates the application of routine fault seal analysis.
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  • Reverse fault
    * [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reverse+fault Definition] ...Explanation with pictures: normal, '''reverse''', and strike-slip faults; fault scarp]
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  • Fault seal behavior
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Percent fill: controlling factors
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal * Fault seal capacity
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  • Fault plane profile construction
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...d sand/shale juxtaposition, establish seal relationships, define potential fault-dependent [[Trap leakage|leak points]], and help assess [[hydrocarbon volum
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  • Seal capacity and two-phase hydrocarbon columns
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...<ref name=ch10r92>Watts, N., L., 1987, Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single and two-phase hydrocarbon columns: Marine and Petroleum Ge
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  • Shale smear factor
    | title = Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction ...hy, J. J. Walsh, and J. Watterson, 1993, Outcrop studies of shale smear on fault surfaces: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication
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  • Seal failure prediction
    ...y of surrounding rocks, and timing. Note these characteristics to evaluate fault-associated leakage: ...re. The higher the shale content of the fault fill, the less the chance of fault-plane leakage.
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  • Structural trap system
    ...ntains three regimes: [[Fold trap regime|fold traps]], [[Fault trap regime|fault traps]], and [[fracture traps]]. The classification of structural traps at * [[Fault trap regime]]
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, , shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
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  • How faults control trap fill and migration pathways
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...act as a barrier for hydrocarbon [[migration]] into [[trap]]s beyond that fault. In addition, faults can act as baffles by deflecting [[hydrocarbon]]s alon
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  • Top and fault seal evaluation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...atural hydraulic fracturing]]. Both [[top seal]] and [[Fault seal behavior|fault seal]] are fundamental to prospect and play assessment as well as to produc
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  • Fault seal-conduit studies
    ...hin section analysis]], and construction of [[Fault plane profile analysis|fault-plane maps]] to determine the juxtaposition of rock types along faults. ...eal–conduit behavior and potential [[hydrocarbon column]] height, based on fault morphology and [http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/gougezone.html gouge]
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  • Cross-leaking fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal A cross-leaking fault allows [[lateral]] communication of hydrocarbons between juxtaposed reservo
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  • Magnetic field: local variations
    ...overwhelm the magnetic response of elevation changes in basement caused by fault throws or basement highs unless basement is deep (> [[length::5 km]], appro ==Elevation change due to a fault==
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  • Dip-leaking fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...the fault plane. Dip-leaking faults can be identified by the presence of a fault plane leak point (FPLP).
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  • Fault plane profile
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...d sand/shale juxtaposition, establish seal relationships, define potential fault-dependent [[Trap leakage|leak points]], and help assess [[hydrocarbon volum
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  • Fault-dependent leak points, continuity, and charge
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...[[top seal displacement pressure|displacement pressure of top seals]] but fault-dependent leak points, the [[lateral]] continuity of seals, and [[Calculati
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  • Natural hydraulic fracturing example, North Sea
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-44.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Pore pressure is close to
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  • Trap geometry: changes
    ...n of the trap remains approximately fixed relative to the footwall and the fault bend. ==Change in a fault trap==
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  • Strain analysis of top seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...0r71>Skerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Although fr
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  • Quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Fracture traps
    ...ason for including [[Fold trap regime|fold traps]] and [[Fault trap regime|fault traps]] in the structural system may be obvious, but the reason for includi ...Theoretical displacements add stresses near fractures with applications to fault, joints, veins, dikes, and solution surfaces, in B. K. Atkinson, ed., Fract
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  • Overpressure and hydrocarbon distribution, Gulf Coast
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-45.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Distribution of oil and ga
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  • How capillary properties control seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[Category:Evaluating top and fault seal]]
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  • Intact top seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...,<ref name=ch10r92>Watts, N. L., 1987, Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single and two-phase hydrocarbon columns: Marine and Petroleum Ge
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  • Seal thickness
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...lumn is especially true since many hydrocarbon columns are controlled by [[fault]]-related [[spill point]]s that are independent of top seal thickness.
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  • East Breaks trap formation
    ...|salt]] and minibasins formed as a succession of southward-stepping growth-fault/[http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/agl/pubs/Withdrawal.pdf salt-withdrawal * as fault-dependent closure at [[growth fault]]s,
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
    ...ct the likely [[Fault seal behavior|sealing behavior]] of each part of the fault system. ...away from the source bed and the compound nature of the clay smear in the fault zone. (No scale on original figure.)
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  • Trap systems: structural, stratigraphic, and fluidic
    ...[Fold trap regime|anticline]]/[[Fault trap regime|fault]] trap, and tilted fault-block/[[Erosional trap regime|unconformity truncation]] trap, with the prim
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  • 3-D seismic data views
    * Fault slices ...to depth. Fault slices require very high-quality data with clear, mappable fault surfaces. Both are rarely encountered.
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  • Displacement pressure estimation
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  • Structural maps and cross sections
    ...lane profile construction|Fault-surface maps]] (structural contours on the fault plane), made for all faults critical to closure at the top of the reservoir * Integrate the contours of reservoir tops and fault surfaces to honor vertical separation along faults.
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  • Seal capacity variation with depth and hydrocarbon phase
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...<ref name=ch10r92>Watts, N., L., 1987, Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single and two-phase hydrocarbon columns: Marine and Petroleum Ge
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  • East Breaks hydrocarbon accumulation model
    ==Impact of growth-fault movement== ...jacent rocks could enhance the [[migration]] conduit. [[Migration]] up the fault would have provided [[Calculating charge volume|petroleum charge]] into the
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  • Structural domains
    * Fault–fold relationships * Fault spacing and interaction
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  • Structural styles: data and techniques for evaluation
    ...ult]]s, large asymmetric [[hanging wall]] folds, and late listric [[normal fault]]s. These features are arranged to form an overall arcuate deformed belt. T | [[Rift]]s and [[detached normal fault]] systems || 2, 8, 10, 12, 15
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  • Tectonic inversion
    A process where extensional normal [[fault]]s are reactivated by [[compression]] (positive inversion), or where revers
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  • Seal capacity: pitfalls and limitations of estimation
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  • Top seal integrity: Central Graben example
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[:file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-39.png|Figure 1]] is an example of evaluating, or risking, top s
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  • Seal capacity of breached and hydrocarbon-wet seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-54.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Fill history of a trap wit
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  • Fold
    | title = Seismic Interpretation of Contractional Fault-Related Folds: An AAPG Seismic Atlas ...bends or flexures of layered rock that form in response to motion along [[fault]]s, [[diapirism]], [[compaction]], and regional subsidence or [[uplift]]. F
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  • Recognizing stacked depositional sequences in seismic profiles
    ...f name=Arm1993>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEP ...ed as a shelf-margin delta prograding into this outer-shelf to upper-slope fault-bounded basin as shown by the presentday sea floor profile. The seven progr
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  • Magnetics: petroleum exploration applications
    * Developing the [[basement]] fault block pattern from the magnetic data ==Interpreting fault location in seismic sections==
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  • Saturations required for hydrocarbon flow
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  • Minibasin
    ...t define the East Breaks 160-161 minibasin, which is bound on the north by fault A, on the east by faults B and C, and on the south by a salt-cored high. ...own to the north bounding fault A′. Fault A′ splays southwest off regional fault A ([[:file:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-42.png|Figure 1]]).<ref name=ch0
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  • Top seal ductility estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-35.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Ductility of shale. Data f
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  • Measuring displacement pressure using mercury injection
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-48.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Typical mercury capillary
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  • Molyneux:sandbox
    * [[Fault]] * [[Fault seal]]
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  • Fracture
    ...Theoretical displacements add stresses near fractures with applications to fault, joints, veins, dikes, and solution surfaces, in Atkinson, B. K., ed., Frac
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  • Magnetics: interpreting residual maps
    ...gnetic maps is the configuration (in plan view) of the underlying basement fault block pattern. ==Interpreting fault throw==
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  • Displacement pressure: theory vs. reality
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-53.png|300px||thumb|{{figure number|1}}Top seal and oil accumula
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  • Fracture trap regime
    | rowspan = 2 | Fault-related fracture traps; Fractures are intimately associated with or control ...h the fractures are associated, e.g., normal-fault fracture trap or wrench-fault fracture trap.
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  • Fault seal analysis for reservoir development
    ...–307.</ref><ref name=Knipe_1992>Knipe, R. J., 1992, Faulting processes and fault seal, ''in'' R. M. Larsen, H. Brekke, B. T. Larsen, and E. Talleraas, eds., * Clay smear, where the clay enters the fault plane and puts high pressure.
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  • Ductility
    ...ives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch10/ch10.htm Evaluating top and fault seal], in E. A. Beaumont and N. H. Foster, Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps:
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  • East Breaks petroleum system
    ...] source beds and more normally pressured reservoirs. Oil accumulated in [[fault]]ed [[rollover]] anticlinal traps with slightly overpressured [[mudstone]]
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  • Structural lead and prospect delineation
    ...of seals (continuity and integrity of top seal; integrity and capacity of fault seals) * Heterogeneity (local enhancement or degradation; fault isolation or compartmentalization)
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  • Top seal strain estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...0r71>Skerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Koch et al.
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  • Fracture threshold in the real world
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...10r71>Skerlec, G. M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref><ref name=ch
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  • Top seal displacement pressure
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...><ref name=ch10r92>Watts, N. L., 1987, Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single and two-phase hydrocarbon columns: Marine and Petroleum Ge
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  • Subsurface team
    ...ismic data]] to define the reservoir [[structure]] and [[Fault trap regime|fault]] distribution. Where the seismic data allow, [[depositional environments]]
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  • Fold trap regime
    ...PG Memoir 60], p. 219-235.</ref> || rowspan = 2 | ''Local anticline'' || ''Fault bounded or cross faulted'' || ''Relief, symmetry, internal faulting, intern ...''Structural drape fold''; Form over a deeper structural feature such as a fault block.
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  • Seal capacity of different rock types
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-50.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Range of seal capacities o
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  • Growth strata
    | title = Seismic Interpretation of Contractional Fault-Related Folds: An AAPG Seismic Atlas ...ft ratio. In this article, we describe common patterns of growth strata in fault-related folds that are imaged in seismic reflection data.
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  • Seismic data: two- or three-dimensional interpretation
    ...the strong amplitude reflections from the west are dipping. Top Rotliegend fault blocks are also evident. By using motion (e.g., rotation around the time ax ...ne on vertical sections that are oriented between +/–20° of the trend of a fault. As a result, if you are only interpreting vertical seismic sections, you w
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  • Hydrocarbon column: calculation of maximum height
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  • Subregional and local pressure compartments
    ...ments are fault blocks, sand lenses, and sand wedges developed in [[growth fault]]s.
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  • East Breaks deep-water exploration strategy
    ...t impose development problems. Construction of detailed seismic facies and fault pattern maps, preferably using 3-D seismic reflection volumes, results in a ...carbon expulsion from active source-rock volumes in communication with the fault.
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  • Potential fields
    * Basement fault trends and fault block boundaries
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  • Trap leakage
    ...m escapes a trap through the sealing lithology. Escape of petroleum up a [[fault]] which cuts the sealing lithology is also leakage. Leakage along faults ca ...<ref name=ch11r38>Watts, N., L., 1987, Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single- and two-phase hydrocarbon columns: Marine and Petroleum G
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  • Basement fault blocks and fault block patterns
    The [[basement]] fault block pattern in sedimentary basins was formed in multiple tectonic and met ...crust. Copyright: Gay;<ref name=Gay1995>Gay, S.P., Jr., 1995, The basement fault block pattern: its importance in petroleum exploration, and its delineation
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  • Critical elements application: Niobrara example
    * [[Normal fault]] cutting through area of maximum bed curvature ...rmation is a first step to locate areas of maximum bed curvature. [[Normal fault]]s should then be mapped from subsurface well control, [[Remote sensing|pho
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  • Displacement pressure estimation from sedimentary facies and well logs
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-49.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Range of seal capacities f
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  • Gravity in petroleum exploration
    ...surveys made with a [[borehole gravity]] meter are effective in locating [[fault]]s and geologic structures with density contrasts to their surroundings. Th
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  • Covenant field
    ...b uplift; MU = Monument uplift; WF = Waterpocket fold; A = Absaroka thrust fault. (c) Covenant field locality map of central Utah. From Parry, et. al<ref na ...is related to movement along the Gunnison-Salina thrust and Paxton thrust fault and part of the larger Utah thrust belt province, this is outlined in great
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  • Using a tectonic history model for petroleum system analysis
    ...faults and a second associated with depositional strike-oriented [[growth fault]]s, provide vertical avenues for [[migration]] of hydrocarbons from deeply
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  • East Breaks seal rock
    ...Armentrout1993>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEP ...fault movement with consequent dilation of [[fracture]] networks along the fault.
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  • Interpreting gravity measurements
    ==Interpreting fault location==
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  • Hydrodynamic flow and pressure transients
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  • Seal ductility
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  • Seismic interpretation
    ...s, faulting, and stratigraphic geometries may exist. The interpretation of fault styles, structural geometries, and facies patterns must be consistent with ...vide information on the presence and proximity of faulting and the size of fault blocks.
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  • Combination trap
    ...ee structural trap regimes: [[Fold trap regime|fold]], [[Fault trap regime|fault]], and [[Fracture trap regime|fracture]]. The Buck Peak field shown in [[:f
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  • Structurally complex reservoirs: evaluation
    ...orientation of the cutoffs of key beds on both sides of the faults. Also, fault blocks must be accurately delineated since they can effectively compartment ...olation between these points is carried out using a half grid spacing. (b) fault trajectory reconstruction by the Groshong<ref name=Groshong_1989b /> method
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  • Buoyancy pressure
    [[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-47.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Pressure-depth plot throug [[:file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-47.png|Figure 1]] is a pressure-depth plot through an oil column
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  • East Breaks hydrocarbon migration model
    ...fault-drilled-seen-as-oil-gas-migration-pathway.html Gulf of Mexico growth fault drilled, seen as oil, gas migration pathway]: Oil & Gas Journal, 6 June 199 Once the petroleum has migrated up the fault to the porous and permeable sandstone, it could move laterally up-structure
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  • Erosional trap regime
    ...sional surface || Sequence-boundary unconformity || Postcompressional fold-fault unconformity || Multiple truncated marine sandstones || Superunconformity m
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  • Trap classification levels
    ** [[Fault trap regime|Fault Regime]]
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  • Magnetics: total intensity and residual magnetic maps
    ...(B). Copyright: Gay;<ref name=Gay1995>Gay, S. P., Jr., 1995, The basement fault block pattern: its importance in petroleum explo- ration, and its delineati ...le the residual map and would be of limited value for delineating basement fault blocks.
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  • Seismic attributes
    ...[[Horizon attribute]]s were first used in the mid-1980s for interpreting [[fault trace]]s on reservoir horizons. Since then there has been an explosion in t ...nd Thomas<ref name=ch13r1>Brede, E., C., Thomas, S., W., 1986, Interactive fault mapping: a case study: The Leading Edge, vol. 5, no. 9, p. 1262–1272., 10
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  • Seismic data preparation for mapping
    ...key horizons are marked. The data panel was copied, then moved across the fault and adjusted until a satisfactory fit was made at B. Note the apparently co ...fault throw, while yellow lines are events used for [[dip]] calculations. Fault numbers indicate relative age (1 = most recently active, etc.). Red arrows
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  • Suggested pages
    ** [[Strike-slip fault]]
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  • How to plot the strike data to the Rosette diagram
    ...the rock. Strike is direction of the line formed by the intersection of a fault, bed, or other planar feature and a horizontal plane. Strike indicates the
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  • Main Central Thrust
    ...in Central Thrust''' is one of the north-dipping and NW—SE strike [[thrust fault]]s along the [[Himalaya]]<ref>Upreti, B. N., 1999, An overview of the strat ...ts of India and Asia. It is structurally dominated by three north-dipping, fault—bound units stacked by, from north to south, the [[Southern Tibetan Detac
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  • Structural play geology
    ...e|faults]], which can result in structural traps, including anticlines and fault closures. ...he play in three dimensions, including relative attitudes of formation and fault surfaces
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  • East Breaks reservoir rock
    ...n]]ous salt and formation of local depocenters between downloaded [[growth fault]] sediment prisms and differentially displaced salt-cored anticlines. ...es (2). Neither the isochron nor the seismic facies is mapped north of the fault due to poor data quality.
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  • Hydrocarbon accumulation: the seven critical elements
    * Fault juxtaposition * Fault trends: major and minor
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  • Structural geology
    ==Growth fault== ...jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}} Sketch showing a well-developed growth fault and accompanying structures.]]
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  • East Breaks critical moment
    ...t define the East Breaks 160-161 minibasin, which is bound on the north by fault A, on the east by faults B and C, and on the south by a salt-cored high. Co ...fter deposition of the reservoir and seal during which subsequent [[growth fault]] movement formed the anticlinal trap and accumulation of migrating hydroca
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  • Selling a structural play
    ...seal quality are consistent with current mechanical models of [[fold]] and fault generation or with current knowledge of structural styles. || Provides a c ...er position of control and interpretive “picks” and consistency of dipping fault plane and axial surfaces between mapped horizons. One mistake can destroy t
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  • Making regional structural cross sections
    ...and differentially loading the plastic salt, causing diapirs and [[growth fault]]s to develop.<ref name=ch04r98>Trippet, A. R., 1981, Characteristics of di ...tial loading of the salt formed deeply rooted diapirs and shallow [[growth fault]]s as a result of sediment downbuilding and consequent displacement of salt
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  • Structural exploration: thrust belt example
    exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-8.png|{{figure number|5}}Contoured fault-plane map at two different scales for the Absaroka thrust, the major thrust ...e:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-8.png|Figure 5]] is a [[contour]]ed fault-plane map at two different scales for the Absaroka thrust, the major thrust
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  • Seismic data
    * Map and [[contour]] fault surfaces critical to closure. * Integrate fault and horizon contours.
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  • Hydrocarbon migration
    ...ondary migration]] moves petroleum through a coarse-grained carrier bed or fault to a reservoir or seep. [[Tertiary migration]] occurs when petroleum moves * What is the role of [[fault]]s in transporting and trapping hydrocarbons?
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  • Displacement pressure estimation from pore size
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  • Borehole imaging devices
    ...and reservoir engineers in determining [[lithofacies]] types, [[fold]]s, [[fault]]s, and [[fracture]]s influencing reservoir compartmentalization, extent, a | Bedding types; fracture detection (orientation and width); fault detection (orientation)
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  • South Pass 62 field
    ...m is defined by a large, pressure-changing, north-dipping, counterregional fault. The north flank is defined by a series of arcuate, regional, south-dipping ...flow, despite sandstone-on-sandstone juxtaposition across each respective fault.
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  • South Viking Graben
    ...r, more accurate depictions of the [[structure]], particularly the western fault-bounded [[margin]] and the internal [[structure]] of the graben fill, are n ...[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 significant l
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  • 2021 Middle East Wiki Write Off
    * Alfian Gilang Gumelar [[Fault seal analysis for reservoir development]]
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  • Pressure prediction: reconstructing burial history
    In the case of a sand body carried deeper by a [[growth fault]], first plot the [[Normal hydrostatic pressure gradients|normal gradients]
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  • Arecuna field
    ...hwest-south-southeast and dips mostly southwest. Although highly variable, fault throw is generally 3-15 m (10-50 ft), but locally can be as much as 30 m (1 ...ovides evidence of right-lateral shear caused by extensional forces at the fault bend ([[:File:Methods14ch08f14.jpg|Figure 14]]). Several of the small norma
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  • Using and improving surface models built by computer
    ...the block edge. (d) When displayed, contours are constrained to inside the fault block polygon and all models are displayed on the same map.<ref name=pt08r1 ...s are constructed for the faults and for each surface on each side of each fault. Operations between surface models prevent them from projecting past one an
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  • Hammerfest basin
    ...gas fields of the decade 1978-1988: AAPG Memoir 54, p. 349–370.</ref>), [[fault]] reactivation (Larsen et al., 1993<ref name=Larsenetal1993>Larsen, R. M., ...is in a natural long-term carbon sequestration analogue: Little grand wash fault, Utah: M. S. thesis, University of Texas, Austin, TX.</ref>). As distinctio
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  • Geologic mapping (UB)
    ...with its contacts as well as an indication of the geological structures ([[fault]]s, folding) ...w geological formation boundary at depth,and can also be used to display a fault, cleavage and surface folds on the map.
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  • Gravity applications: examples
    ...ield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=wrench%20fault wrench fault] system can be seen, as well as the active spreading center within the Anda ...Beaumont, and N. H. Foster, eds., Structural Traps III: Tectonic Fold and Fault Traps: AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Atlas of Oil and Gas Field 3, p.
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  • Natural hydraulic fracturing of top seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...10r71>Skerlec, G. M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref><ref name=ch
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  • 3-D seismic data: proportional slices and volume visualization
    ...e]] approach can be made to accommodate situations where there is [[growth fault|growth]], or differential deposition, in an interval between two interprete
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  • Barmer basin
    ...day of ca. 3 km and have not been significantly inverted. The large, deep fault northwest of the [[Vandana]] area is a major hinge line, controlling deposi ...name=Bladonetal2015a />, 2015<ref name=Bladonetal2015b />). The resulting fault network provides [[fluid migration]] pathway linkages across long distances
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  • Identifying depositional sequences in seismic sections
    ...Armentrout1993>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEP ...) cut through the clinoforms. These growth faults are part of the regional fault system bounding the shelf edge and upper slope salt-withdrawal basins in th
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  • Fluvial input through time: Gulf of Mexico example
    ...ng|Figure 2]]). Formation of [[diapir]]s and tectonic movement of [[growth-fault]] systems has already being discussed as it relates to sediment loading. Fl
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  • Reservoir modeling for simulation purposes
    | Sealing fault || • || • || || || | Semi-sealing fault || × || • || • || ||
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  • Austin Chalk, onshore U.S. Gulf Coast
    ...012). Accordingly, exploration had been focused on the naturally fractured fault zones (these major fractures oriented parallel to the Lower Cretaceous shel ...ses; Male and Zahm (2021) investigated the productivity of wells linked to fault distribution in Karnes Trough area.
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  • Tectonic modeling
    ...0046/0046.htm Three-dimensional visualization of salt walls and associated fault systems]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 46–61. * Storti, F., Salvini, F., McClay, K., 1997, Fault-related folding in sandbox analogue models of thrust wedges: Journal of Str
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  • Magnetics
    ...r [[volcanics]] within the sediments. Basement depths are determined and [[fault]]s are interpreted from disruptions in the magnetic patterns. Such applicat * [[Basement fault blocks and fault block patterns]]
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  • Wiki write off
    * [[Growth fault]]
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  • Sedimentary basin analysis
    ...to petroleum source and reservoir rocks. A history of progressive [[growth fault]]ing and salt mobility controls the formation of potential traps, the locus
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  • Cross section
    ...over developing [[fold]]s or the thickening of the section across [[growth fault]]s. The following elements of cross section design are presented as if they ...schematic because stratigraphic and well log variations across a number of fault blocks are the main features of interest and the details of lateral variati
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  • Plate tectonics and basin formation
    ...undary is also known as transform fault. The most common type of transform fault occurs along [[fracture]] zones and connect two divergent plate boundaries ...th American mainland plate which resulted the formation of the San Andreas Fault which extends along approximately 1,200 km from San Francisco in the north
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  • Seismic data: analyzing individual reflectors
    * Fault identification
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  • Fluid contacts
    ...contacts 3 and 4. The gas column is not thick enough to invade across the fault.]] .../article/pii/0264817287900080 10.1016/0264-8172(87)90008-0].</ref> Whereas fault or mineralized fracture compartmentalization is not readily recognized with
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  • Identifying depositional sequences from biostratigraphic data
    ...ef name=ch04r8>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEP
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  • Petrofabrics
    * [[Fault seal-conduit studies]]
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  • Kingfisher field
    ...range of geological structures when compared to the more classical rotated fault blocks of the North Viking Graben Brent province. ...etaceous unconformity (BCU) can be envisaged as being related to synrift [[fault]] growth and linkage instead of the result of structural inversion.
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  • East Breaks petroleum geology
    ...rom both regional [[depocenter]] patterns and local [[minibasin]] history. Fault and salt-wall [[migration pathway]]s provide vertical avenues for migration
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  • Plate tectonics: setting and history maps
    ...gion as it looked approximately 130 Ma. Note the spreading and [[transform fault]] systems separating the North American, Atlantic, Farallon, and Caribbean
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  • Surface geochemical exploration: assumptions
    ...as fact, and the close association of surface geochemical anomalies with [[Fault control on hydrocarbon distribution|faults]] and [[fracture]]s is well know
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  • Relationship between porosity and permeability on fractured basement reservoir
    ...re can appear as a long micro rock separation in micrometer or continental fault until thousands of kilometers. It can be limited by a rock formation or a l ...|8}}The frequency of occurrences of naturally occurring fractures near the fault. (Pirson, 1970)]]
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  • Faults: structural geology
    ...ogist analyzes the structures from core and log data. Having established a fault framework for a field, it is important to know whether or not fluid flow co ...here is a high density of such features or where knowledge of the detailed fault or fracture pattern is important for reservoir development.
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  • Influence of mechanical stratigraphy on deformation styles
    ...r soft and ductile layers. Additionally, strong rigidity contrast promotes fault termination, for example, bed-contained joint develop when (μ: shear modul ...s indicate contrast between beds is not too high and will not enhance more fault and joint propagation in the future. While bed-contained joints formed when
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  • Structural restoration
    ...ck but also that in the footwall block.‎<ref>Erslev, E. A., 1991, Trishear fault-propagation folding: Geology, v. 19, no. 6, p. 617-620.</ref> Three-dimensi # fault restoration,
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  • Subsurface maps
    ===Fault planes=== ...opriately described as [[cross section]]s. (For details of construction of fault plane maps, see [[Conversion of well log data to subsurface stratigraphic a
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  • Structural analogies
    * Erslev, E. A., Mayborn, K., R., 1997, Multiple geometries and modes of fault-propagation folding in the Canadian thrust belt: Journal of Structural Geol
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  • Dipmeter
    ...g5.png|{{figure number|5}}Simple dip model for the description of a normal fault with drag. ...r a normal fault with drag, is adequate to describe the geometry of such a fault. [[:file:dipmeters_fig6.png|Figure 6]] shows a more complicated arrow plot
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  • Cuba: Geology and regional setting
    ...uba's [[Pinar del Rio]]. Carbonates exist in the highly deformed [[Motagua fault zone]], in central [[Guatemala]], but similarity to carbonates found in Cub ...phiolites] are common throughout the Caribbean and extend from the Motagua fault zone, between the Maya and Chortis block, to [[Puerto Rico]]. They also for
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  • Risk: expected value and chance of success
    ...at we do not require an actual "structure," such as a domal anticline or a fault closure, only that prospect maps and sections accurately depict the structu #: If the map shows an antithetic fault closure, then what is the probability that such a structural configuration
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  • 3-D seismic data: the data cube
    * Much better areal mapping of [[fault]] patterns and connections and delineation of [[reservoir]] blocks
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  • Fracture analysis
    * [[Fault seal-conduit studies]]
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  • Thelma field
    ...of conglomerate characterize proximal fan areas adjacent to the boundary [[fault]] system, which pass [[basin]]ward into [[sandstone]]-dominated [[turbidite ...assic]] rocks in the[[ footwall]] for the [[updip]] [[seal]], or a sealing fault ([[:file:M115CH11FG04.jpg|Figure 4]]; Kerlogue et al., 1994<ref name=Kerlog
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  • Pressure compartment seals
    ...ea graben. It correlates tectonic activity with pressure leakage caused by fault reactivation and hydraulic fracturing of the top seal.
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  • Geological fieldwork benefits
    ...t of the time. A perfect example of this is the concept of the “state-line fault,” resulting when two different geologists mapping two adjacent areas disa
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  • Cuba: Geologic history
    ...omingo* thrust, as well as by the presence of large Maastrichtian [[Thrust fault|thrust]] sheets of [https://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/ ...2.JPG|Figure 8]]). Early in the Eocene, the large-scale low-angle [[Thrust fault|thrust sheets]], or gravity [[nappe]]s, that first moved in the Maastrichti
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  • Migration pathway
    # Locate other geologic features that could influence flow pathways, e.g., fault segments, fractures,[[Unconformity|unconformities]], boundaries of intrusio
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  • Strain partitioning
    ...or shear zones) and an arc normal component (accommodated through [[thrust fault]]s).<ref name=Platt93>Platt, J.P. (1993). "Mechanics of Oblique Convergence ...enNorsk /> Strain may be partitioned by the development of a [[strike slip fault]] or [[shear zone]] across the actively deforming region.<ref name=TyesTik
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  • Types of wells
    ...clear which stratigraphic interval has been found on the other side of the fault. The geologist monitoring the well may not know if the target is above or b ...xit the target zone. Problems also occur if the well crosses an unexpected fault.]]
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  • Guará Formation
    ...xposed in western Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, bounded on the northeast by a fault system northwest–southeast ([[:file:Guara_01.jpg|Figure 1]]); it extends
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  • Contouring geological data with a computer
    ...discontinuous terranes with somewhat more success without the inclusion of fault traces or zero contour lines. ...polation does not consider these factors when contouring faulted terranes. Fault mapping procedures that consider geometric implications of the type of faul
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  • Well types
    ...xit the target zone. Problems also occur if the well crosses an unexpected fault.<ref name=Shepherd_2009>Shepherd, Mike, 2009, Types of wells, ''in'' M. She ...clear which stratigraphic interval has been found on the other side of the fault. The geologist monitoring the well may not know if the target is above or b
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  • Geologic mapping (UGM)
    ...o draw a lineament that estimate the geological structures such as faults. Fault is marked by the change of contour line patterns drastically or shifted in # The place where the common structure (fault, stocky, folds, etc.)
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  • Oil correlation case history: Zala basin, Hungary
    The Zala basin consists of various Eocene fault blocks, unconformably overlain by a Middle and Upper Miocene section and un
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  • Picking horizons in 3-D data
    ...s. If this assumption is violated between control points (e.g., there is a fault between the interpreted lines), then the results will be poor.
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  • Tectonostratigraphic history
    ...ng in [[deformation]] by both salt mobility and down-to-the-basin [[growth fault]]ing along the shelf-slope break.<ref name=ch04r24>Bruce, C., H., 1973, [ht
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  • Three-dimensional seismic method
    ...means for interpretation of the sheer volume of 3-D migrated seismic data. Fault correlations, horizon tracking, horizon flattening, and some image processi
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  • Biostratigraphy in sequence stratigraphy
    ...] or [[Basic open hole tools|well log]] picks. Correlation across [[growth fault]]s, where stratal thickness and character can vary greatly from the high to
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  • Delta plain, subaqueous
    ...significant geological importance is arcuate rotational slump and [[growth fault]]. This type commonly occurs on the outer continental shelf in front of the ...ease with depth, and thickness of these beds increases abruptly across the fault.
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  • Amplitude (seismic)
    ...uniformity of data where the data is not uniform can indicate patterns of fault.
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  • Balanced cross sections
    * Groshong, R. H., Jr., 1990, Unique determination of normal fault shape from hanging-wall bed geometry in detached half grabens: Ecologae Geo
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  • Llanos basin
    ...responds to the former Early [[Cretaceous]] basin edge is the [[Guaicaramo fault]] (Bayona et al., 2008<ref name=Bayonaetal2008 />), but some [[thrust]]s an A regional [[fault]] system oriented mainly northeast–southwest is defined based on the [[se
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  • In-situ stress characterization and applications
    ...uires lower mud weight and lower cost. Whereas, in a strike-slip or thrust fault system, the preferred drilling direction for inclined or horizontal wells i ...1-Tayyib-Figure21.png|center|framed|{{Figure number|21}}Different types of fault systems due to in-situ stresses (from Zhang<ref name=Zhang />).]]
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  • Tethys region
    | Eastern Tethyan Margin (Countries approximately east of Dead Sea fault zone; including Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Turkey) || 194 || 47 | Western Tethyan Margin (Countries approximately west of Dead Sea fault zone) || 45 || 2
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  • Petroleum basins of Turkey
    ...n, H., Görür, N., Le Pichon, X., and Rangin, C., 2005, The North Anotolian fault: A new look: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 33, p. 37–1 The Thrace Basin is a SE-NW trending trough controlled by fault systems, and the sediment fill reaches about 9000 m (29,527 ft).<ref name=S
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  • Two-dimensional geophysical workstation interpretation: generic problems and solutions
    ...of display items; (2) ribbon or [[contour]] display of a horizon; and (3) fault contours, heaves, or polygons. A similar array of options are available for
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  • FWhitehurst sandbox
    * wrench fault http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filte
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  • Surficial geochemistry and hydrocarbon detection methods
    ...egraded] oils can also be found, particularly where migration occurs along fault and [[fracture]] pathways. These different manifestations have led to the d
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  • Israel petroleum systems
    ...uthern Israel, the Sinai-Negev dextral, strike-slip faults, and the normal fault system of the Galilee. Numbers refer to oil fields and hydrocarbon shows de
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  • Relating traps to paleogeography
    ...t define the East Breaks 160-161 minibasin, which is bound on the north by fault A, on the east by faults B and C, and on the south by a salt-cored high. Co
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  • Hydrocarbon reservoirs associated to layered intrusive bodies
    ...weakness such as a stratigraphic unconformity, anisotropy of the medium as fault planes, hinges of [[fold]]s, etc ([[:File:IMAGEN 3.png|Figure 3]]).
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  • Prudhoe Bay field
    ...uthward structural [[dip]]; intersecting east-west and northwest-southeast fault trends), and field-scale geology. Interbedded conglomerates, sandstones, an
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  • Carbon dioxide (CO2) storage
    ...olute.2C_effective.2C_and_relative_permeability|relative permeability]], [[fault]]s and [[fracture]]s, pressure and temperature conditions, mineralogical co ...ter flow direction and rate), and the integrity of the reservoir and seal (fault and fracture stability and maximum sustainable pore fluid pressures). Poten
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  • Seismic migration
    ...ing, reflections from ''the faults themselves'' are absent. Details of the fault reflections seen on the DMO-processed result can be diagnostic of sealing a
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  • Age model chart
    ...rmentrout;<ref>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEP
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  • Chromatography
    * [[Fault seal analysis for reservoir development]]
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  • Systems tracts identification
    ...ef name=ch04r8>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEP
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  • Electrical methods
    ...ffecting ''in situ'' average resistivity are the total porosity, including fault and fracture porosity, and the resistivity of the fluids present within the
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  • Subduction zone
    ...] of mantle wedge. The contact between oceanic and continental crust along fault plane creates frictional force. On the other hand, when subducted slab ente ...tric thrust dipping towards the arc. As subduction progresses, the listric fault has increasing dip and rotation towards the arc. An good analogy of accreti
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  • Pressure detection
    ...iana. Well A had normal pressure. Well B, 2000 ft away and across a growth fault, showed a sudden decrease in resistivity of shale (increase in conductivity
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  • Dolomite and dolomitization: Implications for reservoir characterization
    ...ion includes organogenic/microbial, hydrothermal, geothermal, hydrofrigid, fault-controlled and fracture-related dolomitization (Machel and Lonnee, 2002; Sc ...Sizun, J.P., Vergés, J., Corbellae, M., Stafford, S.L., Alfonso, P., 2015. Fault-controlled and stratabound dolostones in the Late Aptian- earliest Albian B
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  • Condensate banking effect
    * [[Fault seal analysis for reservoir development]]
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  • Jordan petroleum geology
    ...l of Geophysical Research, v. 98, no. B12, p. 877–894.</ref> Its transform fault shows up to 107 km (66 mi) of left [[lateral]] displacement.<ref name=Marte
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  • Reservoir quality
    ...the direction perpendicular to the fracture. Brecciation along fracture or fault zones may occur due to shearing or dissolution and collapse. Except where m
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  • Fluid inclusions: analysis and applications
    * [[Fault seal analysis for reservoir development]]
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  • The Neuquén Basin: Sequence Stratigraphy of Vaca Muerta Formation
    ...tern margin, this part of Gondwana was characterized by large transcurrent fault systems. This led to extensional tectonics whitin the basin and the evoluti
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  • Reservoir fluids
    ...r with the downward flow of water blocked by a sand pinch-out or a sealing fault. Local synclinal areas flanked by sealing faults can also retain water.<ref
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  • Iraq petroleum geology
    | 97 || Ubaid || Oil || Arabian Platform || Basement-involved fault || Fault trap || || || || || || || || || || || || Show
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  • Geology workstation
    ...tatus, elevation, and [[API gravity]]), deviation surveys, formation tops, fault cuts, results of drill stem tests and production tests, core data, and a ho
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  • Utilization of the industrial revolution 4.0 in oil and gas exploration
    * [[Fault seal analysis for reservoir development]]
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  • Appalachian Basin Marcellus gas play
    ...land Dome, a structural closure associated with a left-lateral strike-slip fault system. The 1 Renz Unit well was drilled in 2003, targeting the Lower Devon ...ermal maturity patterns. In addition to the observed influence of basement fault patterns, the Marcellus Shale play in northeastern Pennsylvania appears to
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  • Wattenberg field
    ...y mature source beds, thickness, geothermal gradients, pressure gradients, fault-bounded reservoir compartments, GORs, and sufficient reservoir quality (phi ...rmation, Silo Field, Wyoming: Fracturing associated with a possible wrench fault system: The Mountain Geologist, v. 30, no. 2, p. 39–53.</ref><ref name=Ba
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  • Vaca Muerta play
    ...ir; AG = Agrio fold-and-thrust belt; CH = Chihuidos High; EL = Entre Lomas fault system; HU = Huincul High (modified from Howell et al.<ref> Howell, J. A., ...Formation, and strike-slip faults, (4) the northwestern area where normal fault families are affected by Cenozoic volcanic systems.
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  • Three-dimensional modeling of clinoforms in shallow-marine reservoirs
    ...e subsurface data set from the deltaic Jurassic Sognefjord Formation, in a fault-bounded sector of the Troll Field, offshore Norway. The clinoform-modeling ...onstruct a model of the Upper Jurassic Sognefjord Formation reservoir in a fault-bounded sector of the Troll Field, offshore Norway ([[:File:BLTN13190fig12.
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  • Iran petroleum systems
    ...1400 km (875 mi) from the Iran-Iraq border in the northwest to the Zendan fault, East of Bandar Abbas, in the southeast. It is limited to the northeast by
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  • Super basins
    * [[Fault seal analysis for reservoir development]]
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  • Basin-centered gas systems: evaluation and exploration strategies
    ...J. C., and T. H. Mroz, 1999, Natural fracturing in horizontal core near a fault zone: The Rock Island Unit 4-H well, Green River basin, Wyoming: Integratin
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  • Meandering fluvial reservoirs
    Small faults can create vertical connections across the fault plane between sand bodies in high net-to-gross intervals. Where low net-to-
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  • Deltaic reservoirs
    | Growth faults common || - || Numerous sealing fault compartments
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  • West Texas Super Basin
    ...> work. These include Antelope Field, fracture development over a basement fault/flexure, Nesson anticline structure; Elm Coulee, a stratigraphic pitchout t ...urbidites that later slumped into the western Midland Basin slope as large fault blocks. Between the more distal carbonate debris and turbidite flows, organ
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  • Medical geology
    ...meteoric waters ‘picked up’ fluoride from easily dissolved minerals at the fault and incorporated it into the flow. Fluoride was also injected into the Colo
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