Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Past, present and future foraminiferal research
- 2 Research methods
- 3 Biology, morphology and classification
- 4 Ecology
- 5 Palaeobiology, palaeoecology (or palaeoenvironmental interpretation)
- 6 Palaeobiological or evolutionary history of the Foraminifera
- 7 Biostratigraphy
- 8 Sequence stratigraphy
- 9 Applications and case studies in petroleum geology
- 10 Applications and case studies in mineral geology
- 11 Applications and case studies in engineering geology
- 12 Applications and case studies in environmental science
- 13 Applications and case studies in archaeology
- References
- Index
9 - Applications and case studies in petroleum geology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Past, present and future foraminiferal research
- 2 Research methods
- 3 Biology, morphology and classification
- 4 Ecology
- 5 Palaeobiology, palaeoecology (or palaeoenvironmental interpretation)
- 6 Palaeobiological or evolutionary history of the Foraminifera
- 7 Biostratigraphy
- 8 Sequence stratigraphy
- 9 Applications and case studies in petroleum geology
- 10 Applications and case studies in mineral geology
- 11 Applications and case studies in engineering geology
- 12 Applications and case studies in environmental science
- 13 Applications and case studies in archaeology
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with applications and case studies in petroleum geology. It contains sections on the principles and practice of petroleum geology; on applications and on case studies of applications in petroleum exploration; on applications and on case studies of applications in reservoir exploitation; on applications and on case studies of applications in well-site operations; on unconventional petroleum geology; and on micropalaeontology and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) issues in the petroleum industry. The section on the principles and practice of petroleum geology includes sub-sections on play components; on petroleum exploration; on reservoir exploitation; and on well-site operations. The section on applications in petroleum exploration includes sub-sections on chronostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental interpretation; and on operational biostratigraphy. The section on case studies of applications in petroleum exploration includes case studies from the Middle East; the Indian subcontinent; the central and northern North Sea; the South Atlantic salt basins; the eastern Venezuelan basin; and the Gulf of Mexico. The section on applications in reservoir exploitation includes a sub-section on integrated reservoir characterisation. The section on case studies of applications in reservoir exploitation includes case studies from the marginal to shallow marine, peri-deltaic clastic reservoirs in the Gullfaks, Snorre and Statfjord fields in the Norwegian sector, and in the Ninian and Thistle fields in the UK sector, in the North Sea; the marginal to shallow marine, peri-deltaic clastic reservoir in the Pedernales field in Venezuela in northern South America; the shallow marine, peri-reefal carbonate reservoirs in the Al Huwaisah, Dhulaima, Lekhwair and Yibal fields in Oman, and in Shaybah field in Saudi Arabia, in the Middle East; and the deep marine, submarine fan reservoir in Forties field in the UK sector in the North Sea. The section on applications in well-site operations includes a sub-section on ‘biosteering’.
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- Foraminifera and their Applications , pp. 148 - 261Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013