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The first order of seal analysis cannot be separated from identifying the juxtaposition of the reservoir in all fracture planes by using layers of interpretation results that have been defined on the fracture plane<ref name=Yieldingetal_2010 />. It is seen in [[:file:GumelarFigure3.jpg|Figure 3]] that in several ways that hydrocarbon fluids can escape. In the top illustration, there is a juxtaposition seal, which means that there is a barrier which is a concern for rocks with low permeability and reservoir. The middle illustration shows that sand to sand juxtaposition which can occur due to the nature of relatively similar permeability. The bottom illustration shows the reactivation of a fault, so that it can become a hydrocarbon migration pathway. Because faults can form porosity which results in the opening of a new fault plane.
 
The first order of seal analysis cannot be separated from identifying the juxtaposition of the reservoir in all fracture planes by using layers of interpretation results that have been defined on the fracture plane<ref name=Yieldingetal_2010 />. It is seen in [[:file:GumelarFigure3.jpg|Figure 3]] that in several ways that hydrocarbon fluids can escape. In the top illustration, there is a juxtaposition seal, which means that there is a barrier which is a concern for rocks with low permeability and reservoir. The middle illustration shows that sand to sand juxtaposition which can occur due to the nature of relatively similar permeability. The bottom illustration shows the reactivation of a fault, so that it can become a hydrocarbon migration pathway. Because faults can form porosity which results in the opening of a new fault plane.
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[[file:GumelarFigure4.jpg|thumb|300px|[[figure number|4}}Allan Mapping Principles<ref name=Allan_1989 />. (a) Fault displacement can provide a cross-fault seal by juxtaposing impermeable units against potential reservoir units. (B) In three dimensions, the interactions of juxtaposed units on the fault surface can be complex. (c) Allan's Mapping technique resolves the fault surface into a flat plane and maps the position of the footwall and hanging-wall. The trap and spill point can then be determined from the alignment of the lithology units.]]
    
==Allan diagram==
 
==Allan diagram==
    
Allan<ref name=Allan_1989>Allan, U. S. 1989, Model for hydrocarbon migration and entrapment within faulted structures: AAPG Bulletin, v. 73, p. 803–811.</ref> developed a graphic technique to map the relative position of the lithology cut-offs on both the footwall and the hanging-wall. This methodology is often called Allan Mapping. Using this approach, cross-fault spill points and hydrocarbon flow path potential can be determined from the lithological alignment (juxtaposition), based on the assumption that the fault itself does not have sealing properties and that it is not an open channel for flow. Allan's mapping relies on the construction of the fault surface section ([[:file:GumelarFigure4.jpg|Figure 4]]) which is defined as the appearance of the stratigraphic geometry that touches across the fault by removing the hanging-wall<ref name=Allan_1989 />. The representation of a part of the fault surface is often a vertical or planar surface. The lithology of the footwall and hanging-wall fault blocks is projected onto the surface portion of the fault and is used to determine where the reservoir lithology of one fault block is juxtaposed with the non-reservoir lithology of the opposite fault block.
 
Allan<ref name=Allan_1989>Allan, U. S. 1989, Model for hydrocarbon migration and entrapment within faulted structures: AAPG Bulletin, v. 73, p. 803–811.</ref> developed a graphic technique to map the relative position of the lithology cut-offs on both the footwall and the hanging-wall. This methodology is often called Allan Mapping. Using this approach, cross-fault spill points and hydrocarbon flow path potential can be determined from the lithological alignment (juxtaposition), based on the assumption that the fault itself does not have sealing properties and that it is not an open channel for flow. Allan's mapping relies on the construction of the fault surface section ([[:file:GumelarFigure4.jpg|Figure 4]]) which is defined as the appearance of the stratigraphic geometry that touches across the fault by removing the hanging-wall<ref name=Allan_1989 />. The representation of a part of the fault surface is often a vertical or planar surface. The lithology of the footwall and hanging-wall fault blocks is projected onto the surface portion of the fault and is used to determine where the reservoir lithology of one fault block is juxtaposed with the non-reservoir lithology of the opposite fault block.
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