POWER GEOSCIENCE

FAULT SEAL, FAULT BOUNDED TRAPS, & EXPLORATION RISK. Fault seal analysis is all about coming up with the best possible prediction of how effective a proposed hydrocarbon trap structure is likely to be, and how much oil or gas it can be expected to hold. Most of the easy four-way fold closures have been found and drilled, and the traps that are exploited now are frequently at least partially fault bounded, typically consisting of a folded or inclined top seal (a thick shale or salt etc) and then lateral seals which can result from stratigraphic variation or from fault boundaries. Power Geoscience has been involved in fault seal analysis for the last five years on a number of Australian projects. Together with collaborator Titus Murray (Southern Highlands Structural Geology) we've recently published a summary paper in a Geological Society of London special volume. You can download the paper from Research Gate: Download PDF. We can provide the best estimates of hydrocarbon-water levels..

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