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• Three-dimensional seismic method
  ...et zone and the aperture size required for adequate imaging of that target zone.<ref name=pt07r64>Yilmaz, O., 1987 Seismic Data Processing: Society of Expl ...migrated section that are easily correlated with reflections outside that zone. When we do 2-D migration, we confine the movement of the energy into the p
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• Fluid contacts
  ...splacement pressure]] (DP) on the capillary pressure curve. The transition zone is the interval with co-production of water and hydrocarbons. The fraction ...The ''[[What is a reservoir system?#Waste and transition zones|transition zone]]'' is the elevation range in which water is coproduced with hydrocarbons.
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• Structural geology
  ==Growth fault== ...jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}} Sketch showing a well-developed growth fault and accompanying structures.]]
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• Structural play geology
  ...e|faults]], which can result in structural traps, including anticlines and fault closures. ...he play in three dimensions, including relative attitudes of formation and fault surfaces
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• Plate tectonics and basin formation
  ...th's crustal plates that collide with each other will form the subduction zone and cause the forces acting both horizontally and vertically, which will fo ...undary is also known as transform fault. The most common type of transform fault occurs along [[fracture]] zones and connect two divergent plate boundaries
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• Types of wells
  ...nt of keeping the well within a specific reservoir interval or hydrocarbon zone.]] ...ctory to keep the well within a specific reservoir interval or hydrocarbon zone. In a strict sense, these wells are rarely perfectly horizontal, but they t
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• Well types
  ...nt of keeping the well within a specific reservoir interval or hydrocarbon zone.<ref name=Shepherd_2009>Shepherd, Mike, 2009, [http://archives.datapages.co ...ctory to keep the well within a specific reservoir interval or hydrocarbon zone. In a strict sense, these wells are rarely perfectly horizontal, but they t
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• Subduction zone
  ...nd basins attract the minds of geologists. The profound role of subduction zone emerges as methods in geophysics reveal the structure and composition of ma ...ove inside the Earth. According to the types of involved crust, subduction zone has two separate types: island-arc and active [[continental margin]] (ACM).
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• Strain partitioning
  ...or shear zones) and an arc normal component (accommodated through [[thrust fault]]s).<ref name=Platt93>Platt, J.P. (1993). "Mechanics of Oblique Convergence ...ay be partitioned by the development of a [[strike slip fault]] or [[shear zone]] across the actively deforming region.<ref name=TyesTik /><ref name=Fossen
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• Structural analogies
  ...D. A., 1996, En echelon geometry and two-dimensional model of the triangle zone, Grease Creek syncline area, Alberta: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geolog * Erslev, E. A., Mayborn, K., R., 1997, Multiple geometries and modes of fault-propagation folding in the Canadian thrust belt: Journal of Structural Geol
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• Using and improving surface models built by computer
  ...the block edge. (d) When displayed, contours are constrained to inside the fault block polygon and all models are displayed on the same map.<ref name=pt08r1 ...s are constructed for the faults and for each surface on each side of each fault. Operations between surface models prevent them from projecting past one an
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• Cuba: Geology and regional setting
  ...[[Pinar del Rio]]. Carbonates exist in the highly deformed [[Motagua fault zone]], in central [[Guatemala]], but similarity to carbonates found in Cuba is ...tes] are common throughout the Caribbean and extend from the Motagua fault zone, between the Maya and Chortis block, to [[Puerto Rico]]. They also form the
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• 3-D seismic data: the data cube
  * Much better areal mapping of [[fault]] patterns and connections and delineation of [[reservoir]] blocks ...ne smearing], or [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Fresnel_zone Fresnel zone], problem)
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• Austin Chalk, onshore U.S. Gulf Coast
  ...012). Accordingly, exploration had been focused on the naturally fractured fault zones (these major fractures oriented parallel to the Lower Cretaceous shel ...ses; Male and Zahm (2021) investigated the productivity of wells linked to fault distribution in Karnes Trough area.
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• Pressure compartment seals
  ...ure influences the development of authigenic materials. Quite possibly the zone of mineralization stays near the [[temperature::200&deg;F]] isotherm, migra ...ea graben. It correlates tectonic activity with pressure leakage caused by fault reactivation and hydraulic fracturing of the top seal.
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• Condensate banking effect
  ...observed further away from the wellbore. No condensate is present in this zone and only gas is mobile. * Condensate Buildup Zone: (Zone 2) As we move closer to the wellbore, the reservoir pressure is now below t
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• Relationship between porosity and permeability on fractured basement reservoir
  ...re can appear as a long micro rock separation in micrometer or continental fault until thousands of kilometers. It can be limited by a rock formation or a l ...ture is circulated from matrix fracture and return to fracture, saturation zone with oil and water phase.
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• Faults: structural geology
  ...ogist analyzes the structures from core and log data. Having established a fault framework for a field, it is important to know whether or not fluid flow co ...here is a high density of such features or where knowledge of the detailed fault or fracture pattern is important for reservoir development.
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• South Viking Graben
  ...r, more accurate depictions of the [[structure]], particularly the western fault-bounded [[margin]] and the internal [[structure]] of the graben fill, are n ...://doi.org/10.1144/SP471.9 doi:10.1144/SP471.9].</ref>). The major [[fault zone]] on the western side of the SVG can be defined by three significant lineam
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• Subsurface maps
  ...level is a useful reference datum. Commonly contoured horizons are top of zone or top of net pay. Control points are provided by surveyed wells and can be ===Fault planes===
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