Quantitative fault seal analysis
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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 | Evaluating top and fault seal |
| Author | Grant M. Skerlec |
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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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Skerlec, G., M., 1997a, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the North Sea/Norwegian Sea: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 3948 p.
- ↑ Skerlec, G., M., 1997b, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the Gulf Coast: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 4356 p.
- ↑ Yielding, G., Freeman, B., Needham, D., T., 1997, Quantitative fault seal prediction: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.
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