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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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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
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Example: evaluating top seal integrity
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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
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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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Evaluating top and fault seal
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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
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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
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Midale seal capacity and trap type
==Significance of rbt 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 and two-phase hydrocarbon columns
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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
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Example of routine fault seal analysis: gulf coast
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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
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Evaluating intact top seal
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Estimating ductility of top seals
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Estimating strain in top seals
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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
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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
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Evaluating top seal integrity
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Example: evaluating top seal integrity
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Seal capacity and trap type
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Pitfalls and limitations of estimating seal capacity
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Variation in seal capacity with depth and hydrocarbon phase
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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

3 KB (357 words) - 15:08, 31 March 2022
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
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Hydrocarbon column: calculation of maximum height
| chapter = Evaluating top and fault seal ...''P''b is less than ''P''d, 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]] (Pd) 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 rbt 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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