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| Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps | |
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| Series | Treatise in Petroleum Geology |
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| Part | Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps |
| Chapter | Predicting preservation and destruction of accumulations |
| Author | Alton A. Brown |
| Link | Web page |
| Store | AAPG Store |
Leakage occurs when petroleum escapes a trap through the sealing lithology. Escape of petroleum up a fault which cuts the sealing lithology is also leakage. Leakage along faults can occur by the same mechanisms which control leakage through top seals.
See also
This section covers the following topics.
- Leakage mechanisms
- Intact membrane seal leakage
- Fractured membrane seal leakage
- Hydrofractured seal leakage
- Micropermeable seal leakage
- Diffusive seal leakage
- Predicting overall seal failure
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