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| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
| frompg = 10-1
| topg = 10-94
| author = Grant M. Skerlec
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch10/ch10.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
A dip-sealing fault traps hydrocarbons against the fault plane.
==Importance of dip-sealing faults==
Dip-sealing faults are important because they can create purely fault-dependent traps. No independent structural closure is required for entrapment. Where independent structural closure does exist, as in the figure below, a dip-sealing fault can trap additional volumes of oil against the fault. Dip-sealing faults can trap hundreds of meters of oil without independent closure. In the following figure, both oil and gas are trapped against the fault and have not leaked up the fault zone.
[[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-9.png|thumb|{{figure number|10-9}}See text for explanation.]]
==See also==
* [[Fault seal behavior]]
* [[Fault seal behavior basics]]
* [[Cross-leaking faults]]
* [[Cross-sealing faults]]
* [[Dip-leaking faults]]
* [[Controls on percent fill]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch10/ch10.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Evaluating top and fault seal]]
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
| frompg = 10-1
| topg = 10-94
| author = Grant M. Skerlec
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch10/ch10.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
A dip-sealing fault traps hydrocarbons against the fault plane.
==Importance of dip-sealing faults==
Dip-sealing faults are important because they can create purely fault-dependent traps. No independent structural closure is required for entrapment. Where independent structural closure does exist, as in the figure below, a dip-sealing fault can trap additional volumes of oil against the fault. Dip-sealing faults can trap hundreds of meters of oil without independent closure. In the following figure, both oil and gas are trapped against the fault and have not leaked up the fault zone.
[[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-9.png|thumb|{{figure number|10-9}}See text for explanation.]]
==See also==
* [[Fault seal behavior]]
* [[Fault seal behavior basics]]
* [[Cross-leaking faults]]
* [[Cross-sealing faults]]
* [[Dip-leaking faults]]
* [[Controls on percent fill]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch10/ch10.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Evaluating top and fault seal]]