Frontier reconnaissance techniques and tools
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Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps | |
Series | Treatise in Petroleum Geology |
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Part | Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps |
Chapter | Exploring for structural traps |
Author | R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra |
Link | Web page |
Store | AAPG Store |
These are some links for techniques that are primarily scoping in character and are frequently applied to large geographical areas. They often require little in monetary expenditure and are most appropriate for frontier basins. However, they can also be useful to companies seeking an entry position in a basin with established production and a competitive business environment.
- Plate tectonic studies
- Potential fields
- Remote sensing
- Cross section
- Structural maps and cross sections
- Regional maps and cross sections
- Structural geology fieldwork
- Natural analogs
- Case history: frontier basin analysis (Amazon Basin, Colombia)