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{{publication
| 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
}}
Modern quantitative methods of risking fault seal properties have established an empirical relationship between the observed sealing behavior of faults and the inferred sand–shale content of the fault zone.<ref name=ch10r7>Bouvier, J., D., Kaars-Sijpesteigen, C., H., Kluesner, D., F., Onyejekwe, C., C., Vander Pal, R., C., 1989, Three-dimensional [[seismic interpretation]] and fault sealing investigations, Nun River field, Nigeria: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 73, no. 11, p. 1397–1414.</ref><ref name=ch10r3>Allard, D., M., 1993, Fault leak controlled trap fill, rift basin examples (abs.), in Ebanks, J., Kaldi, J., Vavra, C., eds., Seals and Traps: A Multidisciplinary Approach: AAPG Hedberg conference, Crested Butte, Colorado, June 21–23.</ref><ref name=ch10r40>Jev, B., I., Kaars-Sijpesteign, C., H., Peters, M., P., A., M., Watts, N., W., Wilkie, J., T., 1993, Akaso field, Nigeria: use of integrated 3-D seismic, fault-slicing, clay smearing and RFT pressure data on fault trapping and dynamic leakage: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 77, no. 8, p. 1389–1404.</ref><ref name=ch10r73>Skerlec, G., M., 1997a, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the North Sea/Norwegian Sea: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 3948 p.</ref><ref name=ch10r74>Skerlec, G., M., 1997b, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the Gulf Coast: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 4356 p.</ref><ref name=ch10r97>Yielding, G., Freeman, B., Needham, D., T., 1997, Quantitative fault seal prediction: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
==Importance of quantitative analysis==
Quantitative fault seal analysis lets us predict fault seal behavior. Fault seal behavior is rarely random. Once we understand the pattern of seal behavior in existing fields, we can risk seal behavior in untested prospects.
==See also==
* [[How fault zones affect seal]]
* [[Quantitative fault seal analysis]]
* [[Limitations of quantitative fault seal analysis]]
* [[Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==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
}}
Modern quantitative methods of risking fault seal properties have established an empirical relationship between the observed sealing behavior of faults and the inferred sand–shale content of the fault zone.<ref name=ch10r7>Bouvier, J., D., Kaars-Sijpesteigen, C., H., Kluesner, D., F., Onyejekwe, C., C., Vander Pal, R., C., 1989, Three-dimensional [[seismic interpretation]] and fault sealing investigations, Nun River field, Nigeria: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 73, no. 11, p. 1397–1414.</ref><ref name=ch10r3>Allard, D., M., 1993, Fault leak controlled trap fill, rift basin examples (abs.), in Ebanks, J., Kaldi, J., Vavra, C., eds., Seals and Traps: A Multidisciplinary Approach: AAPG Hedberg conference, Crested Butte, Colorado, June 21–23.</ref><ref name=ch10r40>Jev, B., I., Kaars-Sijpesteign, C., H., Peters, M., P., A., M., Watts, N., W., Wilkie, J., T., 1993, Akaso field, Nigeria: use of integrated 3-D seismic, fault-slicing, clay smearing and RFT pressure data on fault trapping and dynamic leakage: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 77, no. 8, p. 1389–1404.</ref><ref name=ch10r73>Skerlec, G., M., 1997a, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the North Sea/Norwegian Sea: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 3948 p.</ref><ref name=ch10r74>Skerlec, G., M., 1997b, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the Gulf Coast: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 4356 p.</ref><ref name=ch10r97>Yielding, G., Freeman, B., Needham, D., T., 1997, Quantitative fault seal prediction: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
==Importance of quantitative analysis==
Quantitative fault seal analysis lets us predict fault seal behavior. Fault seal behavior is rarely random. Once we understand the pattern of seal behavior in existing fields, we can risk seal behavior in untested prospects.
==See also==
* [[How fault zones affect seal]]
* [[Quantitative fault seal analysis]]
* [[Limitations of quantitative fault seal analysis]]
* [[Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==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]]