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Loss of top seal integrity by high strain and fracturing is an important cause of dry holes and partially filled traps.<ref name=ch10r70>Skerlec, G., M., 1982, Risking top seals in the Central Graben: Exxon Production Research Company internal report.</ref><ref name=ch10r71>Skerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Although fracturing is commonly predicted from stress, the advantage of strain analysis is that it provides a practical, predrill tool for evaluating prospects using [[seismic data]].

Loss of top seal integrity by high [[strain]] and [[Fracture|fracturing]] is an important cause of dry holes and partially filled traps.<ref name=ch10r70>Skerlec, G., M., 1982, Risking top seals in the Central Graben: Exxon Production Research Company internal report.</ref><ref name=ch10r71>Skerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Although fracturing is commonly predicted from [[stress]], the advantage of strain analysis is that it provides a practical tool prior to drilling for evaluating prospects using [[seismic data]].

==Rates of leakage==

==Rates of leakage==