Cap rocks are dams which can prevent the upward movement of hydrocarbons. They have disparities and weaknesses including discontinuities, crushed areas, and faults. Gas injection is an effective mechanism for oil recovery and pore pressure. With increasing pore pressure, normal stress is reduced, and the integrity of impermeable boundaries (cap rock, fault, etc.) becomes instable. A successful ...

vartun geothermal region (vgr) is located in west central part of iran, 300 km in the southeast of tehran. vgr area is 277 km2and there are some geothermal surface manifestations such as warm springs and travertine deposits. there are three warm springs which their temperature varies from 35.3 to 43.1 °c. their ph is a little bit acidic and is about 6.1-6.2. based on geothermometery studies var...

Ž . Field experiments show ground penetrating radar GPR can be used to image shallow carbonate stratigraphy effectively in a variety of settings. In south Florida, the position and structure of cap rock cover on limestone can be an important Ž . control on surface water flow and vegetation, but larger scale outcrops tens of meters of cap rock are sparse. GPR mapping through south Florida prairi...

a synthesis of well logs was carried out and drilling mud weight data were analyzed to figure outanomalous high fluid pressure within the triassic evaporitic cap rock (the dashtak formation) andstudy its impact on the geometry of anticlinal traps in the gas rich gavbandi province located in thesoutheast part of the zagros mountains. the results indicated that the location of anticlinal traps at...

Following the last glacial maximum (LGM), the demise of continental ice sheets induced crustal rebound in tectonically stable regions of North America and Scandinavia that is still ongoing. Unlike the ice sheets, the Alpine ice cap developed in an orogen where the measured uplift is potentially attributed to tectonic shortening, lithospheric delamination and unloading due to deglaciation and er...

in this paper, fourteen mt stations along a profile perpendicular to the main geological structure were used in order to identify the geology of sabalan geothermal field including the extension of the surface cap-rock and clay-cap layers. the mt data collected between 1-8192 hz is of useful quality and provides good control on the surface layers in many areas. it means that reliable modeling sh...

A synthesis of well logs was carried out and drilling mud weight data were analyzed to figure out anomalous high fluid pressure within the Triassic evaporitic cap rock (the Dashtak formation) and study its impact on the geometry of anticlinal traps in the gas rich Gavbandi province located in the southeast part of the Zagros Mountains. The results indicated that the location of anticlinal traps...

productivity of an oil well is an important parameter in any oil field development. low production rate of the wells, impose more production wells drilling which directly jeopardizes the economical feasibility of the project. oil production rate in some of the wells is very low due to low permeability of the reservoir rock. several practice like hydraulic fracturing and acid fracturing is very ...

CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers — Saline aquifers represent a promising way for CO2 sequestration. Storage capacities of saline aquifers are very important around the world. The Sleipner site in the North Sea is currently the single case world-wide of CO2 storage in a saline aquifer. A general review is given on the specific risks for CO2 storage in saline aquifer. The regional distribution of C...