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The term deep water has been used in two different ways. It applies in a geological context to deep-water systems that have been transported by [[gravity]] flow processes in a marine setting.<ref name=WeimerandSlatt>Weimer, P., and R. M. Slatt, 2004, Petroleum systems of deep-water settings: SEG/EAGE (Society of Exploration Geophysicists/European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers) Distinguished Instructor Series 7, 465 p.</ref> Deep water is also defined as present-day sea depths in excess of 500 m (1640 ft) deep.

The term deep water has been used in two different ways. It applies in a geological context to deep-water systems that have been transported by [[gravity]] flow processes in a marine setting.<ref name=WeimerandSlatt>Weimer, P., and R. M. Slatt, 2004, Petroleum systems of deep-water settings: SEG/EAGE (Society of Exploration Geophysicists/European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers) Distinguished Instructor Series 7, 465 p.</ref> Deep water is also defined as present-day sea depths in excess of 500 m (1640 ft) deep.

Since 1984 there has been an intensive effort in exploring for reservoirs located in present-day deep water with numerous prolific discoveries.<ref>Pettingill, H. S., and P. Weimer, 2001, Global deep-water exploration: Past, present and future frontiers, in R. H. Fillon, N. C. Rosen, P. Weimer, A. Lowrie, H. W. Pettingill, R. L. Phair, H. H. Roberts, and B. Van Hoorn, eds., Petroleum systems of deep-water basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico experience: GCS-SEPM Foundation, p. 1–22.</ref> Deep-water exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and west Africa is targeting and finding a large number of hydrocarbon pools in deep-water marine-sand systems. Only about 20% of these reservoirs had been developed to 2004.<ref name=WeimerandSlatt />

Since 1984 there has been an intensive effort in exploring for reservoirs located in present-day deep water with numerous prolific discoveries.<ref>Pettingill, H. S., and P. Weimer, 2001, Global deep-water exploration: Past, present and future frontiers, in R. H. Fillon, N. C. Rosen, P. Weimer, A. Lowrie, H. W. Pettingill, R. L. Phair, H. H. Roberts, and B. Van Hoorn, eds., Petroleum systems of deep-water basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico experience: GCS-SEPM Foundation, p. 1–22.</ref> Deep-water exploration in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], Brazil, and west Africa is targeting and finding a large number of hydrocarbon pools in deep-water marine-sand systems. Only about 20% of these reservoirs had been developed to 2004.<ref name=WeimerandSlatt />

==Deep-water marine reservoirs can be prolific reservoirs==

==Deep-water marine reservoirs can be prolific reservoirs==