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• Fluid-composition trap regime
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | frompg = 2-41
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• Top seal strain estimation
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...seal analysis (<ref name=ch10r70>Skerlec, G., M., 1982, Risking top seals in the Central Graben: Exxon Production Research Company internal report.</ref
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• Total organic carbon (TOC)
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology The amount of organic carbon present in a rock is a determining factor in a rock's ability to generate hydrocarbons.
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• Mudlogging: the mudlog
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...gger is responsible for plotting the data acquired during his or her tour. In this way, the mudlog becomes an accurate and up-to-date record of nearly al
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• Three-dimensional seismic method
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...are due to inadequate imaging of the subsurface resulting from the use of 2-D rather than 3-D migration<ref name=pt07r13>French, W. S., 1974, Two-dimen
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• Cased hole tools
  | series = Methods in Exploration * ''To supplement measurements taken in open hole''. It may be necessary to supplement open hole measurements becau
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• Magnetics: interpreting residual maps
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | chapter = Using magnetics in petroleum exploration
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• Spontaneous potential logs in water resistivity calculation
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology Water resistivity or R_w, is a critical component of log analysis in calculating [[water saturation]] using the [[Archie equation]]. R<sub>w</su
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• Stratigraphic trap seals
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...traps and shows why bottom seals are more important to stratigraphic traps in determining accumulation size.]]
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• Midale seal capacity and trap type
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...ight shown from producing wells at Weyburn and nearby Steelman fields is [[length::600 ft]]. We are left with two possible conclusions:
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• Basement fault blocks and fault block patterns
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | chapter = Using magnetics in petroleum exploration
  5 KB (617 words) - 19:55, 27 January 2022
• Borehole gravity applications: examples
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | chapter = Applying gravity in petroleum exploration
  11 KB (1,596 words) - 18:08, 24 January 2022
• Fracture traps
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | frompg = 2-25
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• Migration rate calculation
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...th tube-shaped pore systems; however, it is only an approximation for flow in rocks with high percentages of [[clay]]s, like [[shale]]s, due to the plate
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• Top seal ductility estimation
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...y values that reflect the compaction state or (2) by comparing the strains in tested traps associated with successes and failures.
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• What is permeability?
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...asure of the fluid conductivity of a rock. The permeability of a flow unit in a reservoir is not an absolute value but is a relative value that varies wi
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• Palynomorphs (organic-walled microfossils)
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ..., flask-shaped microfossils (50 μm to [[length::2 mm]] in size) that occur in rocks of [[Ordovician]] to [[Devonian]] age. The biological affinities of c
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• Offshore exploration and exploitation
  ...goes to a direct exploration, and if that is also successful, ends finally in an exploitation. ...ield as reference. These fields are registered by a magnetometer installed in a plane that flies over the interest zone. Sedimentary formations with hydr
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• Pickett plot construction
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...set of porosities and corresponding resistivities taken from well logs and 2×4 cycle log-log paper. The procedure for making a Pickett plot consists of
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• Setting and structure of the Sorrento field
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...n southeastern Colorado on the north flank of the Las Animas Arch. The map in [[:file:predicting-reservoir-system-quality-and-performance_fig9-85.png|Fig
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• Predicting preservation and destruction of accumulations
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...ns. In many prospects it is not enough just to know that a trap is present in a basin where hydrocarbons were [[Petroleum generation|generated]] and migr
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• How fault zones affect seal
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology [[Fault]] zones in siliciclastic sequences consist of various proportions of [[sand]] and [[sh
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• Sea level cycles and climate
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...D., Robinson, A., G., eds., Diagenesis and Basin Development: AAPG Studies in Geology 36, p. 155–197.</ref> Continental glaciation characterizes icehou
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• Magnetics: total intensity and residual magnetic maps
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | chapter = Using magnetics in petroleum exploration
  4 KB (618 words) - 19:55, 27 January 2022
• Conventional coring
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...rom [[length::1.5 ft]] for short radius horizontal wells to greater than [[length::400 ft]] for vertical holes.
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• Water resistivity determination
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...mation water and measure its resistivity. However, this is seldom possible in practice, as formation water samples, if available, are invariably contamin
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• Rock quality
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...tion–capillary pressure curves for sandstone]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 76, no. 2, p. 191–198.</ref> is much more effective for determining quality. The K<
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• Pc curves and saturation profiles
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...pressure]] (P_c) curves for the flow units it contains. The data in a P_c curve can be converted to give the following:
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• Vertical and lateral seismic resolution and attenuation
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...al-and-lateral-seismic-resolution-and-attenuation_fig2.png|{{figure number|2}}A 1.5-octave zero-phase wavelet passing frequencies between 14 and 65 Hz t
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• Fault seal behavior
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology .../ref><ref name=ch10r74>Skerlec, G. M., 1997b, Atlas of fault seal behavior in the Gulf Coast: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 4356 p.</ref><
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• Petrophysical analysis of Sorrento field wells
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...on of the Morrow sandstone in Sorrento field, Cheyenne County, Colorado, ''in'' S. A. Sonnenberg, L. T. Shannon, K. Rader, W. F. von Drehle, and G.W. Mar
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• Early carbonate diagenesis
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...or much of the cementation of carbonate sediments. Early diagenesis occurs in a consistent sequence of four diagenetic zones:
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• Rate of penetration
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...etration is calculated by measuring the length of time required to drill [[length::1 ft]] of depth. This is typically done by reading the chart on the geolog
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• Offshore rigs
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...ications/news/explorer/details/articleid/8055/discoveries-breathe-new-life-in-newfoundland#prettyPhoto%5BGallery%201464%5D/0/ AAPG Explorer].]]
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• Magnetic field: local variations
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | chapter = Using magnetics in petroleum exploration
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• Water saturation distribution in a reservoir
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...nd [[Reservoir quality|pore geometry]]. Mapping S_w distribution in a reservoir helps us predict trap boundaries.
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• Sampling for paleontology
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...ft]], or 9 m) and represents an amalgamated sample of the rocks penetrated in that interval.
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• Marine seismic data acquisition
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...smic data]] is common. The ability to determine the position of everything in the water on a shot-by-shot basis has also improved significantly.
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• Wellsite math
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...he mathematical variables and abbreviations used in this chapter are given in Table 1.
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• Gravity applications: examples
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology | chapter = Applying gravity in petroleum exploration
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• Migration rate
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...easing the contact area of the hydrocarbons with the shale. Any weaknesses in the shale, such as fractures, will eventually be reached by the accumulatin
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• Electrical methods
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...cquired, the resistivity distribution of the subsurface can be interpreted in terms of soil characteristics and/or rock type and geological structure. Re
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• Coal bed methane (UDip)
  ...system coupled through the desorption process. The mechanism for gas flow in the coal involves three steps: ...o coalbed methane, A supplement to Oil and Gas Investor, v. 26, no. 12, p. 2-7.</ref>
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• Seal capacity of different rock types
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ..., D., M., 1993, Integrated rock-log evaluation of fluvio-lacustrine seals, in Ebanks, J., Kaldi, J., Vavra, C., eds., Seals and Traps: A Multidisciplinar
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• Static gas pressure gradient estimation
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology file:formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-9.png|{{figure number|2}}Estimate compressibility factor, ''z''. From Schowalter;<ref name=Schowalt
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• Hydrocarbon expulsion, migration, and accumulation
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...on]], [[accumulation]], and flow to a wellbore. Differential pressure (ΔP) in the fluid continuum of the [[petroleum system]], caused by properties of fl
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• Percent fill: controlling factors
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...the Gulf Coast: Franklin, Pennsylvania, SEALS International, 4356 p.</ref> In most cases, however, the percent fill is significantly less and is limited
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• Seismic data acquisition on land
  | series = Methods in Exploration ...s of gathering the energy as it is reflected by changes in rock properties in the subsurface
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• Synthetic seismogram
  | series = Methods in Exploration The more control the geoscientist has in mapping the subsurface, the greater the accuracy of the maps. Control can b
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• Buoyancy pressure
  | series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology ...hat is a function of the density difference between the two fluids and the length of the less-dense fluid column.
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