Sponsored by AAPG Research
Committee
Conference Conveners
John Kaldi
NCPGG
Adelaide University
Adelaide, SA 5005
Australia
Tel.: 61-8-8303-4299
Fax: 61-8-8303-4345
Bill
Almon
Chevron Texaco
4800 Fournace Place
Bellaire, TX 77401
USA
Tel.: 713-432-2553
Fax: 713-432-3657
Mike
Badley
Badleys
North Beck House
North Beck Lane
Hundleby, Lincolnshire PE23 5NB
United Kingdom
Tel: 44-1790-753-472
Fax: 44-1790-753-892
Peter
Boult
Primary Industries & Resources, SA
Petroleum Division, 7th Floor
101 Grenfell Street
Adelaide, SA 5001
Australia
Tel.: 61-8-8463-3200
Fax: 61-8-8463-3202
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Purpose:
This Hedberg
conference brought together workers from various disciplines (geology,
geophysics, engineering, petrophysics) to discuss state-of-the-art
concepts, methodologies and case histories relating to top, intraformational
and fault seals.
Themes:
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Petrophysical
Characterization of Seals
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Sedimentology/Sequence
Stratigraphy of Seal Rocks
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Seismic
Characterization of Top and Fault Seals
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Seals,
Migration and Fluid Flow
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Regional
Stress/Geomechanics
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Faults:
Sealing or Non-sealing?
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Reservoir
Compartmentalization: Seals, Baffles or Barriers?
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Reservoir
Simulation with Internal Seals
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Paleo
Columns and Seals
Specific
discussions focused on:
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Determining
characteristics of fault zone seals;
- Evaluation
of stratigraphic (capillary) traps/lateral seals;
- Geochemical
characteristics of seal lithologies;
- Wireline
log evaluation of seals and internal reservoir baffles;
- Petrophysical/petrographic
properties of seals;
- Seismic
detection of seals;
- Effect
of seal geometries (thickness, lateral extent) on seal potential;
- "Engineering" aspects of seals; Case histories of expected vs. actual seal capacity;
- Examples
of multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary studies of the issues
of top, intra-formational and fault seal integrity within key basin
systems are especially welcome.
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