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  • Seal capacity
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ck types. In addition, a number of other factors—depth, hydrocarbon phase, seal thickness, fault-dependent leak points—affect the height of trapped [[hyd
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  • Seal ductility
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal The most important mechanical property for evaluating seal integrity is [[ductility]]. Ductile rocks make good top seals; [[Brittlenes
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  • Seal thickness
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ntrolled by [[fault]]-related [[spill point]]s that are independent of top seal thickness.
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  • Weyburn seal capacity
    ...his retain, especially since superficially the seal doesn't appear to be a seal at all. Instead, it consists of rocks with appreciable [[porosity]], local ...600 ft (180 m). Could rocks of the porous mudstone facies act as a lateral seal for this much oil column? To calculate oil column height, we use the follow
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  • Fault seal behaviour
    #REDIRECT [[Fault seal behavior]]
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  • Intact top seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...that can be trapped can be calculated from the capillary properties of the seal pores system and the physical character of the hydrocarbons and pore fluids
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  • Hydrofractured seal leakage
    ...to [[fracture]] the rock. The result is natural hydraulic fracturing: the seal becomes hydrofractured and the petroleum leaks. Unlike other [[Fractured membrane seal leakage|fractured seals]], hydrofractures remain open only as long as [http
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  • Micropermeable seal leakage
    Micropermeable leakage is caused by a variety of seal failure mechanisms, as discussed in the following sections. ...t for a geologically significant amount of time if the permeability of the seal to petroleum is low enough. These seals most likely occur in young basins w
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  • Diffusive seal leakage
    ...water to a significant enough degree that diffusion through water in the [[seal]] rock can result in substantial loss of gas, given geological time. Becaus Only gas [[accumulation]]s can be destroyed by diffusive leakage. For most seal lithologies, loss by diffusion is very slow; so most gas accumulations are
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  • Seal failure prediction
    ...[Diffusive seal leakage]]). The most likely mechanism is controlled by the seal lithology and the geological history. ==Seal failure timing==
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  • Predicting overall seal failure
    #REDIRECT [[Seal failure prediction]]
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  • Fault seal behavior
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...es.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...es.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Top seal strain estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...kerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Koch et al., 199
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  • Intact membrane seal leakage
    ...column) exceeds the seal capillary [[displacement pressure]]. This type of seal does not [[fracture]] during [[deformation]]. ...of the seal. Under these conditions, the relative [[permeability]] of the seal to petroleum is zero. The [[accumulation]] remains preserved until one of t
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  • Fractured membrane seal leakage
    ...exceeds the [[displacement pressure]] of the fracture [[porosity]] in the seal. Many rock types with high capillary [[displacement pressure]]s rarely seal petroleum [[accumulation]]s. These rocks are often characterized by [[Britt
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  • Evaluating intact top seal
    #REDIRECT [[Intact top seal]]
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  • Example: evaluating top seal integrity
    #REDIRECT [[Top seal integrity: Central Graben example]]
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  • Top seal displacement pressure
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...placement pressure of a seal depends on both the physical character of the seal (pore throat radius and pore throat size distribution) and the physical cha
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  • Fault seal-conduit studies
    Fault seal–conduit studies predict fault seal–conduit behavior and potential [[hydrocarbon column]] height, based on fa ...portant in [[trap]]s where faults play an important role in the critical [[seal]]. The analysis involves blending data on fault [[deformation]] mechanisms
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  • Fault seal breakdown during production
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...2, p. 363–374.</ref><ref name=ch10r10>Buck, S., Robertson, G., 1996, Fault seal behavior at Beryl field, UK North Sea: observations from 20 years of produc
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  • East Breaks seal rock
    ...ncasing the ''Glob alt'' sandstones provide local top seal and [[lateral]] seal. ...From Armentrout;<ref name=Armentrout1993>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedi
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  • Evaluating top seal integrity
    #REDIRECT [[Top and fault seal evaluation]]
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  • Top seal ductility estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal The [[Seal ductility|ductility of a top seal]] can be estimated (1) by using laboratory data and log-derived density val
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  • Evaluating top and fault seal
    #REDIRECT [[Top and fault seal evaluation]]
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  • How fault zones affect seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...re and composition of fault zones and the many factors that could affect a seal, it has been surprising to find such a simple relationship, basin after bas
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  • Top seal integrity: Central Graben example
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...-seal_fig10-39.png|Figure 1]] is an example of evaluating, or risking, top seal integrity using two traps in the Central Graben, North Sea. One trap was [[
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  • How capillary properties control seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...sure of the seal, the seal leaks. For example, a shale top seal that could seal a 100-m column of oil might leak if the column increased to [[length::101 m
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  • Fault seal analysis example: Gulf Coast
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...field in the Gulf Coast and demonstrates the application of routine fault seal analysis.
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  • Fault seal and migration pathways
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...o a [[Trap systems: structural, stratigraphic, and fluidic|trap]]. [[Fault seal behavior|Fault seals]] control not only whether a trap retains hydrocarbons
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  • Seal capacity and trap type
    #REDIRECT [[Midale seal capacity and trap type]]
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  • Seal and hydrocarbon yield estimates
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal * [[Fault seal and migration pathways]]
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  • Seal capacity of different rock types
    {{merge|Seal capacity}} | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Top and fault seal evaluation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...commonly risked in an intuitive, qualitative manner. However, quantitative seal analysis, using those few techniques available, improves success ratios and
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  • Midale seal capacity and trap type
    ==Significance of r<sub>bt</sub> for seal capacity== ...he same facies as the Midale vuggy beds, analyzed here as a possible updip seal. This study shows the updip change in pore throat sizes could account for 2
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  • Limitations of quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal Quantitative fault seal analysis is a proven tool in numerous basins. There are, however, limitatio
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  • Fault seal analysis for reservoir development
    .../ref><ref name=Knipe_1992>Knipe, R. J., 1992, Faulting processes and fault seal, ''in'' R. M. Larsen, H. Brekke, B. T. Larsen, and E. Talleraas, eds., Stru ...es.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, no. 6, p. 897-917.</ref>. One method of
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  • Seal capacity: pitfalls and limitations of estimation
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  • Effect of seal on hydrocarbon yield estimates
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  • Pitfalls and limitations of estimating seal capacity
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  • Seal capacity variation with depth and hydrocarbon phase
    {{merge|Seal capacity}} | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast
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  • Seal capacity and two-phase hydrocarbon columns
    {{merge|Seal capacity}} | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Seal capacity of breached and hydrocarbon-wet seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ain seals. In practice, however, hydrocarbons continue to flow through the seal until there is no longer a continuous hydrocarbon filament. Although the pr
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  • Variation in seal capacity with depth and hydrocarbon phase
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
    ...utting a reservoir sequence, it is desirable to predict the likely [[Fault seal behavior|sealing behavior]] of each part of the fault system. ...erveld, R. C. M. W. Franssen, G. M. Ingram, and P. D. Richard, 1996, Fault seal processes, in Norwegian Petroleum Society, eds., Hydrocarbon seals-importan
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, , shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
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  • Ductility
    ...atapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch10/ch10.htm Evaluating top and fault seal], in E. A. Beaumont and N. H. Foster, Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps: [htt * [[Seal ductility]]
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  • Seal capacity
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ck types. In addition, a number of other factors—depth, hydrocarbon phase, seal thickness, fault-dependent leak points—affect the height of trapped [[hyd
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  • How capillary properties control seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...sure of the seal, the seal leaks. For example, a shale top seal that could seal a 100-m column of oil might leak if the column increased to [[length::101 m
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  • Seal capacity: pitfalls and limitations of estimation
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  • Fault seal behaviour
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  • Predicting overall seal failure
    #REDIRECT [[Seal failure prediction]]
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  • Evaluating intact top seal
    #REDIRECT [[Intact top seal]]
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  • Estimating ductility of top seals
    #REDIRECT [[Top seal ductility estimation]]
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  • Estimating strain in top seals
    #REDIRECT [[Top seal strain estimation]]
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  • Fault seal–conduit studies
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  • Fault seal and migration pathways
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...o a [[Trap systems: structural, stratigraphic, and fluidic|trap]]. [[Fault seal behavior|Fault seals]] control not only whether a trap retains hydrocarbons
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  • Seal capacity and two-phase hydrocarbon columns
    {{merge|Seal capacity}} | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Trap leakage
    ...or seal failure mechanisms form the basis for this section's discussion on seal leakage. ==Seal failure mechanisms==
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  • Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast
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  • Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Effect of seal on hydrocarbon yield estimates
    #REDIRECT [[Seal and hydrocarbon yield estimates]]
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  • Evaluating top seal integrity
    #REDIRECT [[Top and fault seal evaluation]]
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  • Example: evaluating top seal integrity
    #REDIRECT [[Top seal integrity: Central Graben example]]
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  • Seal capacity and trap type
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  • Variation in seal capacity with depth and hydrocarbon phase
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  • Pitfalls and limitations of estimating seal capacity
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  • Seal thickness
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ntrolled by [[fault]]-related [[spill point]]s that are independent of top seal thickness.
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  • Top and fault seal evaluation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...commonly risked in an intuitive, qualitative manner. However, quantitative seal analysis, using those few techniques available, improves success ratios and
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  • Limitations of quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal Quantitative fault seal analysis is a proven tool in numerous basins. There are, however, limitatio
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  • Saturations required for hydrocarbon flow
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...s, interconnected pathway of hydrocarbon-filled pore space. Flow through a seal occurs with saturations of 4.5–17% of the rock pore volume, averaging 10%
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  • Intact membrane seal leakage
    ...column) exceeds the seal capillary [[displacement pressure]]. This type of seal does not [[fracture]] during [[deformation]]. ...of the seal. Under these conditions, the relative [[permeability]] of the seal to petroleum is zero. The [[accumulation]] remains preserved until one of t
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  • Reservoir simulations and field unitization
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...l analysis]] are required for realistic reservoir simulations. Neither the seal behavior, [[transmissibility]], [[permeability]], nor areas of sand/sand ju
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  • Seal failure prediction
    ...[Diffusive seal leakage]]). The most likely mechanism is controlled by the seal lithology and the geological history. ==Seal failure timing==
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  • Fractured membrane seal leakage
    ...exceeds the [[displacement pressure]] of the fracture [[porosity]] in the seal. Many rock types with high capillary [[displacement pressure]]s rarely seal petroleum [[accumulation]]s. These rocks are often characterized by [[Britt
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  • Intact top seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...that can be trapped can be calculated from the capillary properties of the seal pores system and the physical character of the hydrocarbons and pore fluids
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  • Fault seal behavior
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...es.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • Seal capacity variation with depth and hydrocarbon phase
    {{merge|Seal capacity}} | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Hydrocarbon column: calculation of maximum height
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...''P''<sub>b</sub> is less than ''P''<sub>d</sub>, it would be possible to seal a greater column of hydrocarbons.
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  • Percent fill: controlling factors
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal * Top seal capacity/integrity
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  • Diffusive seal leakage
    ...water to a significant enough degree that diffusion through water in the [[seal]] rock can result in substantial loss of gas, given geological time. Becaus Only gas [[accumulation]]s can be destroyed by diffusive leakage. For most seal lithologies, loss by diffusion is very slow; so most gas accumulations are
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  • Seal capacity of breached and hydrocarbon-wet seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ain seals. In practice, however, hydrocarbons continue to flow through the seal until there is no longer a continuous hydrocarbon filament. Although the pr
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  • Smear-gouge ratio
    | title = Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction ...itical portion of the fault plane.<ref>Skerlec, G. M., 1996, Risking fault seal in the Gulf Coast (abs.): AAPG Annual Convention Program and Abstracts, v.
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  • Fault-dependent leak points, continuity, and charge
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ny basins the major control on hydrocarbon column heights is not the [[top seal displacement pressure|displacement pressure of top seals]] but fault-depend
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  • Strain analysis of top seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...kerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Although fractur
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  • Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, , shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
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  • Displacement pressure estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal In practice, the [[Top seal displacement pressure|displacement pressure]] (P<sub>d</sub>) is estimated
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  • Migration pathway map construction
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...seal]] or [[Cross-leaking faults|cross-leak]] and [[Dip-sealing faults|dip-seal]] or [[Dip-leaking faults|dip-leak]].
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  • Natural hydraulic fracturing example, North Sea
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...y hole]] and has less-than-sufficient [[strain]] to [[fracture]] the top [[seal]].
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  • Fault seal analysis example: Gulf Coast
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...field in the Gulf Coast and demonstrates the application of routine fault seal analysis.
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  • How fault zones affect seal
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...re and composition of fault zones and the many factors that could affect a seal, it has been surprising to find such a simple relationship, basin after bas
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  • Midale seal capacity and trap type
    ==Significance of r<sub>bt</sub> for seal capacity== ...he same facies as the Midale vuggy beds, analyzed here as a possible updip seal. This study shows the updip change in pore throat sizes could account for 2
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  • Displacement pressure: theory vs. reality
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...npublished abstract.</ref> Measured displacement pressures predict the top seal is capable of trapping 29–34 m (94–110 ft) of hydrocarbon. The actual c
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  • Seal ductility
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal The most important mechanical property for evaluating seal integrity is [[ductility]]. Ductile rocks make good top seals; [[Brittlenes
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  • Overpressure and hydrocarbon distribution, Gulf Coast
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...sk:_expected_value_and_chance_of_success#Probability_of_geological_success|seal risk]].<ref name=ch10r30>Fertl, W. H., and W. G. Leach, 1988, Economics of
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  • Fault control on hydrocarbon distribution
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...ccess#Probability_of_geological_success|Risking percent fill]] using fault seal analysis helps avoid needless wells.
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  • Dip-sealing fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal * [[Fault seal behavior]]
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  • Micropermeable seal leakage
    Micropermeable leakage is caused by a variety of seal failure mechanisms, as discussed in the following sections. ...t for a geologically significant amount of time if the permeability of the seal to petroleum is low enough. These seals most likely occur in young basins w
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  • Hydrofractured seal leakage
    ...to [[fracture]] the rock. The result is natural hydraulic fracturing: the seal becomes hydrofractured and the petroleum leaks. Unlike other [[Fractured membrane seal leakage|fractured seals]], hydrofractures remain open only as long as [http
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  • Hydrodynamic flow and pressure transients
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...not always static. Both hydrodynamic flow and pressure transients change [[seal capacity]].
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  • Pressure compartment seals
    A seal can be either a pressure seal, a capillary seal, or both. They are defined as follows: ...umn]]. Water can move through an interconnected pore system in a capillary seal.
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  • Accumulation
    ...ly or vertically, with pore throat sizes smaller than the carrier bed. The seal pore throat breakthrough pressure or the distance to the spill point of the
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  • Top seal strain estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...kerlec, G., M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref> Koch et al., 199
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  • Top seal ductility estimation
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal The [[Seal ductility|ductility of a top seal]] can be estimated (1) by using laboratory data and log-derived density val
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  • Seal and hydrocarbon yield estimates
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal * [[Fault seal and migration pathways]]
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  • Cross-sealing fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal Different pressures across a fault imply cross seal. In [[:file:evaluating-top-and-fault-seal_fig10-8.png|Figure 3]], wells 1 a
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  • Trap
    ...a geometric arrangement of permeable ([[reservoir]]) and less-permeable ([[seal]]) rocks which, when combined with the physical and chemical properties of * '''Trap seal'''—an impediment or barrier that interferes with hydrocarbon [[migration]
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  • Erosional trap regime
    ...th an unconformity. Top seal is provided by superunconformity beds; bottom seal is provided by sealing units beneath reservoir. ...rovided by topographic relief beneath an unconformity. || Buried hill; Top-seal closure created by positive erosional relief of reservoir beneath a sealing
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  • Stratigraphic trap seals
    ==Seal geometry== ...graphic]] and [[combination trap]]s require top, [[lateral]], and bottom [[seal]]s to retain a hydrocarbon [[accumulation]]. [[:file:exploring-for-stratigr
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  • Postprimary migration and compositional changes
    ...ective trapping of gas- and liquid-rich phases due to the quality of the [[seal]]. ==Seal leakage from traps with gas caps==
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  • Top seal displacement pressure
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...placement pressure of a seal depends on both the physical character of the seal (pore throat radius and pore throat size distribution) and the physical cha
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  • Top seal integrity: Central Graben example
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...-seal_fig10-39.png|Figure 1]] is an example of evaluating, or risking, top seal integrity using two traps in the Central Graben, North Sea. One trap was [[
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  • East Breaks seal rock
    ...ncasing the ''Glob alt'' sandstones provide local top seal and [[lateral]] seal. ...From Armentrout;<ref name=Armentrout1993>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedi
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  • Paleogeography
    ...eservoir]], [[The seven critical elements of hydrocarbon accumulation#Seal|seal]], or [[Source rock|source]] [[lithofacies]] by establishing the location o
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  • Fault seal breakdown during production
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...2, p. 363–374.</ref><ref name=ch10r10>Buck, S., Robertson, G., 1996, Fault seal behavior at Beryl field, UK North Sea: observations from 20 years of produc
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  • Seal capacity of different rock types
    {{merge|Seal capacity}} | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal
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  • Buoyancy pressure
    ...d by a [[Hydrocarbon column|column of hydrocarbons]] against the overlying seal is as follows: ...number|1}}Pressure-depth plot through an oil column trapped beneath a top seal.]]
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  • Pressure compartments
    ...accumulation]] of petroleum and the [[diagenesis]] of [[reservoir]]s and [[seal]]s. * [[Fracture|Fracturing]] of the top seal could be a key to primary and secondary hydrocarbon [[migration]] and locat
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  • Migration pathway
    ...continuity of both the carrier [[permeability]] network and the overlying seal. ...ructure [[contour]] map at the top of carrier beds or the base of regional seal. Highs focus flow; lows diffuse flow.
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  • Displacement pressure estimation from sedimentary facies and well logs
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...its to the amount of [[hydrocarbon]] that could be trapped beneath these [[seal]]s.
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  • Quantitative fault seal analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...es.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 6, p. 897–917.</ref>
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  • How faults control trap fill and migration pathways
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...fill or [[Calculating charge volume|charge]] risks, depending upon [[fault seal behavior]].
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  • Fracture threshold in the real world
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...Skerlec, G. M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref><ref name=ch10r21
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  • Paleogeography and prospect identification
    ...lowstand, rising, or highstand phases of sea level cycles? What about the seal facies? Is the trap the result of facies relationships that formed during a ...on gained in step 5, identify areas that may contain overlooked reservoir, seal, and [[source rock]]s in the same [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/isochronou
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  • Basin-centered gas systems
    ...'s definition, the elements include [[source rock]], [[reservoir rock]], [[seal rock]], and [[overburden rock]]. Relevant processes include trap formation ...igration]] distance || Reservoir pressure || Pressure mechanism || Seal || Seal quality || Nature of upper boundary || Thermal maturity top of BCGA || Occu
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  • Dip-leaking fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...Skerlec, G. M., 1990, SEALS: A short course for risking top seal and fault seal: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 600 p.</ref>
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  • Pressure prediction: analysis of mud weights
    ...presence of [[Abnormal hydrostatic pressure|abnormal pressure]] below the seal. In general, mud weight should be a clue to be confirmed by other evidence.
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  • Reservoir system
    ...o buoyancy pressure). It has one or more containers and is located below a seal. ...of a [[reservoir]], just below the [[Seal capacity of different rock types|seal]], if there is a decrease in the size of the pore throat radii of the reser
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  • Predicting preservation and destruction of accumulations
    | Lack of integrity of sealing lithology allows petroleum to leak through the seal. ...rvation is a function of tectonic setting, trap type, depth of burial, and seal type.<ref name=ch11r24>Mcgregor, D. S., 1996, Factors controlling the destr
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  • Diagenetic traps: criteria for recognition
    ...present [[Dip|updip]] from known production within a given facies (updip [[seal]] vs. downdip [[reservoir]]) ...e potential bottom seal of the Frobisher [[anhydrite]] and beneath the top seal of the Mesozoic section. If only these trapping geometries were used to loc
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  • Structural lead and prospect delineation
    | Seal || * Integrity of seals (continuity and integrity of top seal; integrity and capacity of fault seals)
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  • Fault plane profile
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...g so, they show areas of sand/sand and sand/shale juxtaposition, establish seal relationships, define potential fault-dependent [[Trap leakage|leak points]
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  • Regional pressure compartments
    ...authigenic minerals (usually calcite) fill the pore spaces. The '''bottom seal''' of regional compartments is usually a well defined lithostratigraphic un ...ured within the pressure compartment, then back to normal below the bottom seal. Many regional pressure compartments contain smaller subregional and local
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  • Hydrocarbon accumulation: the seven critical elements
    * [[Seal]] ===Seal===
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  • Seismic facies mapping
    ...that contain potential [[trap]]s, [[Seal capacity of different rock types|seal rocks]], [[Reservoir quality|reservoir rocks]], or [[source rock]]s.
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  • Fault plane profile construction
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...g so, they show areas of sand/sand and sand/shale juxtaposition, establish seal relationships, define potential fault-dependent [[Trap leakage|leak points]
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  • Shale smear factor
    | title = Quantitative Fault Seal Prediction ...erveld, R. C. M. W. Franssen, G. M. Ingram, and P. D. Richard, 1996, Fault seal processes, in Norwegian Petroleum Society, eds., Hydrocarbon seals-importan
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  • Weyburn field location and trap problem
    ...l for a 600-ft oil column, or must hydrodynamics be present to augment the seal quality of the Midale marly beds? * [[Weyburn seal capacity]]
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  • Measuring displacement pressure using mercury injection
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...lt-seal_fig10-49.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|2}}Chart showing range of seal capacities for the different facies. Data from Vavra et al.<ref name=ch10r8
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  • Systems tracts and trap types
    ...are most often encased within marine hemipelagic mudstones, which serve as seal and sometimes potential [[source rock]]. Traps are often stratigraphic, but ...f the [[lithofacies]] forming the preceding shelf edge can provide lateral seal, the prograding complex reservoir facies may become charged with hydrocarbo
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  • Cross-leaking fault
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...an important method of assessing percent fill in prospects and determining seal behavior in existing fields. JLLPs exist only if the fault is cross leaking
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  • Depositional sequence analysis of plays
    ...is an effective concept for assessing the quality and location of source, seal, and reservoir rocks. However, most researchers caution against blindly app # Identify potential seal- and reservoir-quality rocks using seismic facies and [[lithofacies]] shown
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  • Depositional trap regime
    ...d primarily by processes that created facies changes between reservoir and seal-quality rocks. Besides deposition by sedimentary processes, this regime als ...olspan = 2 | ''Sandstone reservoirs''; Partially or completely isolated by seal.
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  • Depositional systems tract
    ...depositional systems tract. These maps help us predict [[reservoir]] and [[seal]] rock as well as delineate probable [[migration]] avenues. From integrated
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  • Fault seal analysis for reservoir development
    .../ref><ref name=Knipe_1992>Knipe, R. J., 1992, Faulting processes and fault seal, ''in'' R. M. Larsen, H. Brekke, B. T. Larsen, and E. Talleraas, eds., Stru ...es.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1997/06jun/0897/0897.htm Quantitative fault seal prediction]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, no. 6, p. 897-917.</ref>. One method of
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  • Natural hydraulic fracturing of top seals
    | chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal [[Fracture|Fracturing]] and consequent loss of top seal integrity can occur by increasing pore pressure. High pore pressure can ove
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