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==Importance of dip-sealing faults==

==Importance of dip-sealing faults==

[[file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-9.png|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Oil and gas trapped against the fault and have not leaked up the fault zone.]]

Dip-sealing faults are important because they can create purely fault-dependent [[trap]]s. 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 [[:file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-9.png|Figure 1]], both oil and gas are trapped against the fault and have not leaked up the fault zone.

Dip-sealing faults are important because they can create purely fault-dependent [[trap]]s. 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 [[:file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-9.png|Figure 1]], 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|left|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Oil and gas trapped against the fault and have not leaked up the fault zone.]]

==See also==

==See also==