Faulting, Fault Sealing and Fluid Flow in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs (Geological Society Special Publication)

Compared With Many Other Areas Of The Petroleum Geosciences, Studies Of The Structural Controls On Fluid Flow In Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Are In Their Infancy. As Hydrocarbon Reserves Have Become Depleted And The Oil Industry Has Become More Competitive, The Need To Cut Costs By Optimizing Production And Predicting The Occurrence Of Subtle Traps Has Highlighted The Importance Of Information On The Way In Which Faults And Fractures Affect Fluid Flow. Structural Geologists Are Now Having To Provide Answers To Questions Such As: Are Hydrocarbons Likely To Have Migrated Into (or Out Of) The Trap? What Is The Likely Height Of Hydrocarbons That A Fault Can Support? Is It Likely That Compartments Which Have Not Been Produced Exist Within A Field And Will Therefore Require Further Drilling? This Volume Aims To Find Answers To These Questions.--book Jacket. Faulting, Fault Sealing And Fluid Flow In Hydrocarbon Reservoirs : An Introduction / R. J. Knipe, G. Jones, And Q. J. Fisher -- Small Seismic-scale Fault Identification And Mapping / C. Townsend ... [et Al.] -- Predicting The Distribution Of Small Faults In A Hydrocarbon Reservoir By Combining Outcrop, Seismic And Well Data / Ø. Steen, E. Sverdrup, And T. H. Hanssen -- Space And Time Propagation Processes Of Normal Faults / D. Marchal ... [et Al.] -- The Appearance Of Potential Sealing Faults On Borehole Images / J. T. Adams And C. Dart -- Structure And Content Of The Moab Fault Zone, Utah, Usa, And Its Implications For Fault Seal Prediction / K. A. Foxford ... [et Al.] -- The Relationship Between Faults And Pressure Solution Seams In Carbonate Rocks And The Implications For Fluid Flow / D. C. P. Peacock ... [et Al.] -- Fault Sealing Processes In Siliciclastic Sediments / Q. J. Fisher And R. J. Knipe -- Experimental Investigation Of Molecular Transport And Fluid Flow In Unfaulted And Faulted Pelitic Rocks / B. M. Krooss, S. Schloemer, And R. Ehrlich -- The Gas Permeability Of Clay-bearing Fault Gouge At 20°c / D. R. Faulkner And E. H. Rutter -- Numerical Simulation Of Departures From Radial Drawdown In A Faulted Sandstone Reservoir With Joints And Deformation Bands / S. K. Matthäi ... [et Al.] -- An Integrated Approach For Characterizing Fractured Reservoirs / P. S. D'onfro ... [et Al.] -- Simulating Polyphase Faulting With A Tensorial 3d Model Of Fault Growth / B. Maillot, P. Cowie, And D. Lague -- Thermal Effects Of Fluid Flow In Steep Fault Zones / C. G. Fleming, G. D. Couples, And R. S. Haszeldine -- The Influence Of Fault Compaction On Fault Zone Evolution / J. R. Henderson -- Relating Microscale Rock-fluid Interaction To Macroscale Fluid Flow Structure / P. C. Leary -- An Inverse Problem To Determine The Piecewise Homogeneous Hydraulic Conductivity Within Rocks / D. Lesnic ... [et Al.] -- The Impact Of Faults On Fluid Flow In The Heidrun Field / T. A. Knai And R. J. Knipe -- Fault Controlled Communication In The Sleipner Vest Field, Norwegian Continental Shelf : Detailed, Quantitative Input For Reservoir Simulation And Well Planning / S. Ottesen Ellevset ... [et Al.] -- Facies And Curvature Controlled 3d Fracture Models In A Cretaceous Carbonate Reservoir, Arabian Gulf / J. B. Ericsson, H. C. Mckean, And R. J. Hooper. Edited By G. Jones, Q.j. Fisher And R.j. Knipe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Faulting, fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs: an introduction......Page 8 1......Page 23 27......Page 48 51......Page 72 71......Page 92 87......Page 108 105......Page 125 117......Page 136 135......Page 154 147......Page 166 157......Page 176 193......Page 211 209......Page 227 217......Page 235 231......Page 248 243......Page 260 261......Page 278 269......Page 286 283......Page 300 299......Page 315 Index......Page 329 Backcover......Page 336