In an active petroleum system the amount of trapped hydrocarbons is the difference between
the volumes charged and the volumes that have leaked or are otherwise destroyed. This …

To investigate the question of how faults affect the migration of fluids in petroleum reservoirs,
we evaluated the state of stress and pore pressure acting on the major faults in four oil and …

Fault intersections are identified as important sites for hydrocarbon leakage from the Skua
oil field in the Timor Sea, Australia. Integrated structural and fluid history data sets suggest …

A predictive knowledge of fault zone structure and transmissibility can have an enormous
impact on the economic viability of exploration targets and generate considerable benefits …

Twelve incidents involving well casing and/or cement leaks in the salt caverns storage
industry are described. These incidents occurred at the following storage sites: Eminence …

The relationship between visible petroleum seepage and commercial subsurface reserves
has been investigated by a study of the distribution of documented seeps in south-east Asia …

Differentiating between sealing and non-sealing faults and their effects on the subsurface is
a major problem in petroleum exploration, development, and production. The fault-seal …

Faulting in Middle Jurassic reservoirs occurred at shallow depth during regional extension.
Clean sandstones (< 15% clay) deformed without significant grain fracturing and …

Near-surface indications of migrating hydrocarbons provide the petroleum systems analyst
critical information about source (organic matter type), maturation (organic maturity) …

Mudrocks are effective top seals for hydrocarbon accumulations because they possess very
low permeabilities, high capillary entry pressures, and are often laterally continuous basin …