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==Classes and families==
 
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The classes and families of the temperature trap regime are outlined below.
 
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'''Regime:''' Temperature traps
 
'''Regime:''' Temperature traps

Revision as of 20:49, 10 November 2014

Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
Series Treatise in Petroleum Geology
Part Traps, trap types, and the petroleum system
Chapter Classification of exploration traps
Author Richard R. Vincelette, Edward A. Beaumont, Norman H. Foster
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Temperature traps are those in which trap boundaries are created or controlled by subsurface temperatures. Both low temperatures and high temperatures can create trapping conditions for hydrocarbons.

Classes and families

The classes and families of the temperature trap regime are outlined below.

Regime Class Family Subfamily
Temperature traps Gas hydrate traps Low-temperature traps; Accumulations in which hydrocarbon gases occur as a solid, ice-like compound of gas and water, formed under conditions of extreme low temperature and high pressure.
Basin-center gas; Accumulations typically found in deep, hot basin centers in which all available pore space is saturated with gas. High-temperature traps Generative traps; High temperatures result in maturation of source rock, which generates and expels sufficient volume of hydrocarbons to saturate pore space of all nearby reservoirs.


Regime: Temperature traps

Class: Gas hydrate traps
Family: Low-temperature traps
Accumulations in which hydrocarbon gases occur as a solid, ice-like compound of gas and water, formed under conditions of extreme low temperature and high pressure.
Class: Basin-center gas
Accumulations typically found in deep, hot basin centers in which all available pore space is saturated with gas.
Family: High-temperature traps
Subfamily: Generative traps
High temperatures result in maturation of source rock, which generates and expels sufficient volume of hydrocarbons to saturate pore space of all nearby reservoirs.

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