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This month's column is titled 'Active Gas Chimneys and Oilfield Karst Associated With a Miocene Reef Complex: Liuhua 11-1 Field, South China Sea.'
A salt body in the Gulf of Mexico proved the perfect proving grounds for a new geologic technique designed to reduce risk and improve seismic imaging both beneath and below the structure.
This month's column is titled 'Spectral Decomposition for Seismic Stratigraphic Patterns.'
AAPG member Dave Campbell has some quality time at the AAPG Spring Student Expo.
A paper presented in Houston by Richard G. Harris and Mark Cooper dealing with remote sensing has earned them the George C. Matson Award for the best oral presentation at an AAPG annual meeting.
And now, for something completely different: Seismic is being used in Belize to help archaeologists reconstruct the events that led to the disappearance of the Maya.
Coming soon: A new USGS resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area that may hold the key to Alaska's exploration future.
Borehole imagery is one type of open-hole log that provides high- resolution data for improved reservoir characterization.
Cairo Meeting Set For October 27-30
Look out below! For successful drilling project, exploration strategies are going to have to dig deeper -- and that could be good news for the eastern U.S. Midcontinent.
As oil and gas exploration and production occur in deeper basins and more complex geologic settings, accurate characterization and modeling of reservoirs to improve estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) prediction, optimize well placement and maximize recovery become paramount. Existing technologies for reservoir characterization and modeling have proven inadequate for delivering detailed 3D predictions of reservoir architecture, connectivity and rock quality at scales that impact subsurface flow patterns and reservoir performance. Because of the gap between the geophysical and geologic data available (seismic, well logs, cores) and the data needed to model rock heterogeneities at the reservoir scale, constraints from external analog systems are needed. Existing stratigraphic concepts and deposition models are mostly empirical and seldom provide quantitative constraints on fine-scale reservoir heterogeneity. Current reservoir modeling tools are challenged to accurately replicate complex, nonstationary, rock heterogeneity patterns that control connectivity, such as shale layers that serve as flow baffles and barriers.
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The carbonate sequences that were deposited in the now exhumed Tethyan Ocean influence many aspects of our lives today, either by supplying the energy that warms our homes and the fuel that powers our cars or providing the stunning landscapes for both winter and summer vacations. They also represent some of the most intensely studied rock formations in the world and have provided geoscientists with a fascinating insight into the turbulent nature of 250 Million years of Earth’s history. By combining studies from the full range of geoscience disciplines this presentation will trace the development of these carbonate sequences from their initial formation on the margins of large ancient continental masses to their present day locations in and around the Greater Mediterranean and Near East region. The first order control on growth patterns and carbonate platform development by the regional plate-tectonic setting, underlying basin architecture and fluctuations in sea level will be illustrated. The organisms that contribute to sequence development will be revealed to be treasure troves of forensic information. Finally, these rock sequences will be shown to contain all the ingredients necessary to form and retain hydrocarbons and the manner in which major post-depositional tectonic events led to the formation of some of the largest hydrocarbon accumulations in the world will be demonstrated.
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