An Integrated Approach to Well Logging: The Case of the Bazhenov Formation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Mikhailovich Lazutkin ◽  
Oleg Vladimirovich Bukov ◽  
Denis Vagizovich Kashapov ◽  
Albina Viktorovna Drobot ◽  
Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Donets Basin ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Salt Domes ◽  
Axial Part ◽  
Gravity And Magnetic ◽  
Play Elements ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

Abstract New geological structures – displaced blocks of salt diapirs’ overburden – were identified in the axial part of the Dnieper-Donets basin (DDB) beside one of the largest salt domes due to modern high-precision gravity and magnetic surveys and their joint 3D inversion with seismic and well log data. Superposition of gravity lineaments and wells penetrating Middle and Lower Carboniferous below Permian and Upper Carboniferous sediments in proximity to salt allowed to propose halokinetic model salt overburden displacement, assuming Upper Carboniferous reactivation. Analogy with rafts and carapaces of the Gulf of Mexico is considered in terms of magnitude of salt-induced deformations. Density of Carboniferous rocks within the displaced flaps evidence a high probability of hydrocarbon saturation. Possible traps include uplifted parts of the overturned flaps, abutting Upper Carboniferous reservoirs, and underlying Carboniferous sequence. Play elements are analyzed using analogues from the Dnieper-Donets basin and the Gulf of Mexico. Hydrocarbon reserves of the overturned flaps within the study area are estimated to exceed Q50 (Р50) = 150 million cubic meters of oil equivalent.

Carapaces of the Dnieper-Donets Basin as a New Exploration Target

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Petrovska ◽  
Oleksandr Petrovskyy ◽  
Oksana Tsihovska ◽  
Andrii Trachuk
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Donets Basin ◽  
Well Log ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Salt Domes ◽  
Axial Part ◽  
Gravity And Magnetic ◽  
Play Elements ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

Abstract New geological structures - displaced blocks of salt diapirs’ overburden - were identified in the axial part of the Dnieper-Donets basin (DDB) beside one of the largest salt domes due to modern high-precision gravity and magnetic surveys and their joint 3D inversion with seismic and well log data. Superposition of gravity lineaments and wells penetrating Middle and Lower Carboniferous below Permian and Upper Carboniferous sediments in proximity to salt allowed to propose halokinetic model salt overburden displacement, assuming Upper Carboniferous reactivation. Analogy with rafts and carapaces of the Gulf of Mexico is considered in terms of magnitude of salt- induced deformations. Density of Carboniferous rocks within the displaced flaps evidence a high probability of hydrocarbon saturation. Possible traps include uplifted parts of the overturned flaps, abutting Upper Carboniferous reservoirs, and underlying Carboniferous sequence. Play elements are analyzed using analogues from the Dnieper-Donets basin and the Gulf of Mexico. Hydrocarbon reserves of the overturned flaps within the study area are estimated to exceed Q50 (P50) = 150 million cubic meters of oil equivalent.

scholarly journals Crustal structure of Mesozoic rifting in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico from integration of seismic and potential fields data

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. T857-T867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Liu ◽  
Irina Filina ◽  
Paul Mann
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Crustal Structure ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
High Density ◽  
Magnetic Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Gravity And Magnetic ◽  
Northeastern Gulf Of Mexico

We have investigated the crustal structure of a 400 km wide zone of thinned continental crust in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) using gravity and magnetic modeling along two deeply penetrated seismic transects. Using this approach, we identify two zones of prominent, southward-dipping reflectors associated with 7–10 km thick, dense, and highly magnetic material. Previous workers have interpreted the zones as either coarse clastic redbeds of Mesozoic age that are tilted within half-grabens or seaward-dipping reflectors of magmatic origin. Both seismic reflection lines reveal a 10 km thick and 67 km wide northern zone of high density near the Florida coastline beneath the Apalachicola rift (AR). The southern zone of high density occurs 70 km to the south in the deepwater central GOM along the northern flank of the marginal rift, a 48 km wide, southeast-trending structure of inferred Late Jurassic age that is filled by 3 km of low-density and low-magnetic susceptibility sediments including complexly deformed salt deposits. We propose that these two subparallel rifts and their associated magmatic belts formed in the following sequence: (1) AR formed during Triassic-early Jurassic (210–163 Ma) phase 1 of diffuse continental stretching and was partially infilled on its northern edge by southward-dipping volcanic flows; and (2) the similarly southward-dipping southern magmatic zone formed adjacent to the marginal rift during the early phase 2 of late Jurassic (161–153 Ma) rifting of the GOM continental extension; this southern area of SDR formation immediately preceded the formation of the adjacent oceanic crust that separated the rift-related evaporates into the northern and southern GOM. Our integrated approach combining 2D seismic, gravity, and magnetic data sets results in a more confident delineation of these deep crustal features than from seismic data alone.

scholarly journals Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Upper Palaeozoic and Triassic sediments in the Wandel Sea Basin, central and eastern North Greenland

1989 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 21-45
Author(s):  
L Stemmerik ◽  
E Håkansson
Keyword(s):  
Early Carboniferous ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Late Permian ◽  
The West ◽  
Depositional History ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Lithostratigraphic Units ◽  
History Of

A lithostratigraphic scheme is erected for the Lower Carboniferous to Triassic sediments of the Wandel Sea Basin, from Lockwood Ø in the west to Holm Land in the east. The scheme is based on the subdivision into the Upper Carboniferous - Lower Permian Mallemuk Mountain Group and the Upper Permian - Triassic Trolle Land Group. In addition the Upper Carboniferous Sortebakker Formation and the Upper Permian Kap Kraka Formation are defined. Three formations and four members are included in the Mallemuk Mountain Group. Lithostratigraphic units include: Kap Jungersen Formation (new) composed of interbedded limestones, sandstones and shales with minor gypsum - early Moscovian; Foldedal Formation composed of interbedded limestones and sandstones -late Moseovian to late Gzhelian; Kim Fjelde Formation composed of well bedded Iimestones - late Gzhelian to Kungurian. The Trolle Land Group includes three formations: Midnatfjeld Formation composed of dark shales, sandstones and limestones - Late Permian; Parish Bjerg Formation composed of a basal conglomeratic sandstone overlain by shales and sandstones - ?Early Triassic (Scythian); Dunken Formation composed of dark shales and sandstones - Triassic (Scythian-Anisian). The Sortebakker Formation (new) is composed of interbedded sandstones, shales and minor coal of floodplain origin. The age is Early Carboniferous. The Kap Kraka Formation (new) includes poorly known hematitic sandstones, conglomerates and shales of Late Permian age.

scholarly journals Lower Permian basaltic agglomerate from the Tsengel River valley, Mongolian Altai

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Kristýna Hrdličková ◽  
Altanbaatar Battushig ◽  
Pavel Hanžl ◽  
Alice Zavřelová ◽  
Jitka Míková
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Basalt Lava ◽  
Volcanic Arc ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Mongolian Altai ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Volcaniclastic Rocks ◽  
Data Yield

A new occurrence of Permian volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks in the Mongolian Altai south of the Main Mongolian Lineament was described between soums of Tugrug and Tseel in Gobi-Altai aimag. Studied vitrophyric pyroxene basalt lies in a layer of agglomerate and amygdaloidal lavas, which is a part of NE–SW trending subvertical sequence of varicolored siltstones and volcaniclastic rocks in the Tsengel River valley. This high-Mg basalt is enriched in large ion lithophile elements, Pb and Sr and depleted in Nb and Ta. LA-ICP-MS dating on 44 spots reveals several concordia clusters. The whole rock geochemistry of sample fits volcanic arc characteristic in the geotectonic discrimination diagrams. Dominant zircon data yield Upper Carboniferous and Permian magmatic ages 304.4 ± 2.3 and 288.6 ± 1.9 Ma. Two smaller clusters of Upper Devonian (376 ± 4.7 Ma) to Lower Carboniferous ages (351.9 ± 3.5 Ma) indicate probably contamination of ascending magmatic material. Youngest Triassic age found in three morphologically differing grains reflects probably lead loss. Described high-Mg basalt lava represents sub-aerial volcanism in volcanic arc environment developed over the N dipping subduction zone in the southwestern Mongolia in the time span from Uppermost Carboniferous to Permian during terminal stage of its activity.

Gravity and Magnetic Methods

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Carruthers ◽  
John D. Cornwell
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Gravity Data ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Rock Properties ◽  
Magnetic Data ◽  
Satellite Gravity ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Continental Shelves ◽  
Gravity And Magnetic ◽  
Gravity And Magnetic Data

Lateral variations in the density and magnetization of the rocks within the crust give rise to "anomalies" in the Earth's gravity and magnetic fields. These anomalies can be measured and interpreted in terms of the geology both in a qualitative sense, by mapping out trends and changes in anomaly style, and quantitatively, by creating models of the subsurface which reproduce the observed fields. Such interpretations are generally less definitive in themselves than the results from seismic surveys (see chapter 12), but the data are widely available and can provide information in areas where other methods are ineffective or have not been applied. As the different geophysical techniques respond to specific rock properties such as density, magnetization, and acoustic velocity, the results are complementary, and a fully integrated approach to data collection and interpretation is generally more effective than the sum of its parts assessed on an individual basis. Gravity and magnetic data have been acquired, at least to a reconnaissance scale, over most of the world. In particular, the release into the public domain of satellite altimetry information (combined with improved methods of data processing) means that there is gravity coverage to a similar standard for most of the offshore region to within about 50 km of the coast. Magnetic anomalies recorded from satellites provide global coverage, but the high altitude of the observations means that only large-scale features extending over many 10s of kilometers are delineated. Reconnaissance aeromagnetic surveys with flight lines 10-20 km apart provide a lateral anomaly resolution similar to that of the satellite gravity data. Oceanographic surveys undertaken by a variety of academic and research institutions are another valuable source of data in remote regions offshore which supplement and extend the more detailed coverage obtained over the continental shelves, for example, by oil companies in areas of hydrocarbon interest. Surveys over land vary widely in terms of acquisition parameters and quality, but some form of national compilation is available from many countries. A number of possible applications of the potential field (i.e., gravity and magnetic) data follow from the terms set out by UNCLOS. Paragraph 4(b) of article 76 states, "In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the foot of the continental slope is to be determined as the point of maximum change in the gradient at its base" (italics added).

Discussion on high-precision 40Ar/39Ar spectrum dating on sanidine from the Donets Basin, Ukraine: evidence for correlation problems in the Upper Carboniferous

2001 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
MANFRED MENNING ◽  
DIETER WEYER ◽  
IMMO WENDT ◽  
NICHOLAS J. RILEY ◽  
VLADIMIR I. DAVYDOV
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Donets Basin ◽  
Upper Carboniferous

Cost of Plug and Abandonment Operations in the Gulf of Mexico

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Kaiser ◽  
Richard Dodson
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Production Wells ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

To explore, delineate, and produce hydrocarbon reserves, holes must be drilled into geologic formations. During the course of production, wells may become inactive because of diminished economic returns or technical problems, and be shut-in or temporarily abandoned. At the end of the life of every well, the well will be permanently plugged and abandoned (P&A). The P&A process is the first stage of a decommissioning program in which a site is returned to its original greenfield status in accord with regulatory requirements. The purpose of this paper is to describe the factors that influence P&A operations and summarize cost statistics from a sample of 118 jobs and 390 wells performed by Tetra Applied Technologies in the Gulf of Mexico from 2002-2003. Descriptive statistics are summarized and the impact of learning and scale economies are examined. Regression models are derived that estimate the cost of P&A activities based on job characteristics.

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