Download or read book Fractures of the Dammam Dome Carbonate Outcrops written by Mohammed Ibn Magbool Al-Fahmi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exposed Tertiary carbonates of the Dammam Dome present an opportunity to study fractures in outcrops within the oil-producing region of Eastern Saudi Arabia. The study focuses on: 1) the characterization of fractures, 2) interpretation of their fracturing mechanism, and 3) the implications for the deep carbonate reservoirs of the Dammam Dome. The characterization of the outcrop fractures is integrated with structural analysis of the near-surface horizons mapped from reflection seismic and well data. Fractures are observed within all exposed carbonate units, but predominantly within the widely exposed Middle Rus unit. The fractures are opening-mode, bed-bound joints that form orthogonal sets (NW-SE and NE-SW trending joints). The trends of through-going, primary NW-SE trending joints do not correlate with the trends of remote regional stress associated with compression of Zagros uplift, suggesting they did not develop due to that orogenic event. The primary joints also seem to have developed independently of the observed karst features and interpreted near-surface faults. The analysis of joint pattern and their spacings generally seem to reflect the fold growth of the strata, position on fold and mechanical stratigraphy. The study results provide a first-order conceptual fracture model for the subsurface reservoirs to guide future development.
Download or read book Classification Distribution and Relationship of the Dammam Dome Fractures written by Tariq Akif and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, grade: 1, course: Regional Geology, language: English, comment: The appendix includes a table of field measurement of fractures taken from the middle Rus Formation outcrop in the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals campus., abstract: The Dammam Dome is an oval-shaped structure located in the Sedimentary cover of the Arabian Peninsula and in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The dome is characterized by different types of fractures extending from the apex to the periphery of the dome. These fractures are present in the four formations of the Dammam Dome, such as the Rus Formation, Dammam Formation, Hadrukh Formation, and Dam Formation. The fractures within the Dammam Dome can be classified based on size, trend, and extension into: major, minor, and very small size-localized fracture. However, they could also be classified based on principal stresses (sigma 1, sigma 2, and sigma 3) into: mode I, mode II, mode III, and mixed mode fracture. In addition, cross cutting relationship indicates that minor fractures are younger than the major fractures within the Dammam Dome.
Download or read book The Middle and Late Jurassic Intrashelf Basin of the Eastern Arabian Peninsula written by A.O. Wilson and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir provides a thorough review of the geology of the rimmed Arabian Intrashelf Basin, reconciling differing interpretations of lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy. Variation of energy levels and facies due to its setting in the SE palaeotradewind belt are described. The roles subtle tectonism played in developing the basin and in the Late Jurassic creating restriction by uplift and exposure of the Tethys shelf are evaluated. The intrashelf basin formed during rising sea level as a single rimmed carbonate intrashelf basin. A possible global cooling phase resulted in a lowstand which restricted the basin, resulting in petrographically unique carbonate source rock facies dominated by cyanobacterial deposition. Two subsequent 3rd order carbonate sequences largely filled the basin. Eustatic change concomitant with uplift of the Tethys shelf resulted in alternation of carbonates and evaporites (gypsum-anhydrite) across the region. The end result was a sealed intrashelf basin which preserved early-formed porosity and confined generated hydrocarbons within the intrashelf basin facies.
Download or read book Differential Compaction Fractures in Carbonate Mound Complexes written by Yaser Abdullah Alzayer and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differential compaction is thought to be a primary driver for syndepositional fracture development in carbonate platforms. Outcrop and subsurface observations of syndepositional fractures in carbonate mound complexes and platforms cannot be used to directly identify the mechanism or controlling factors behind their formation, because these observations represents the end state of potentially long and complex stress and diagenetic history. The limitations of outcrop observations are overcome by using a finite-element and combined finite-discrete forward models to simulate differential compaction and subsequent fracture development in carbonate mound complexes. Differential compaction deformation is modeled at the mound scale (tens of meters) and at an isolated platform-scale (kilometers). Numerical models are used to (1) quantify amount of differential subsidence required to develop fractures, (2) predict areas susceptible to fracture development, and (3) identify the most critical factors controlling differential compaction fracturing. 2D and 3D models are constructed based on classic outcrops of Late Pennsylvanian carbonate mounds in the Sacramento Mountains and age-equivalent Canyon and Cisco formations in the Midland Basin, West Texas. Modeling results are consistent with fracture observations in outcrops and the subsurface. Geometry of lithified antecedent topography and the overlying strata controls the location of differential compaction fractures. Fractures develop in strata overlying antecedent topography in transitional crest-to-off-mound/platform areas. Another location for fracture development corresponds to strata overlying the mound/platform slope-to-off-mound/basinal setting transition. Modeling results demonstrate that only a minor amount (cm -10s cm scale) of differential subsidence is required to develop fractures in early lithified carbonates. This suggests that differential compaction fractures in carbonate systems may be generally underestimated. Fracture intensity is found to be proportional to the amount of differential subsidence. A greater control on fracture intensity is the bedding contact nature. Fracture development in strata with bedding contacts that are resistant to layer-parallel slip display almost double the fracture intensity of strata with contacts favoring slip. Layer-parallel slip is concluded to be a major mechanism for dissipating stress during compaction-driven folding. The process-based modeling approach applied by this work provides fundamental understanding of differential compaction fracture development in carbonate mound complexes, which is valuable to prediction of fractures in subsurface reservoirs.
Download or read book GeoArabia written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaporites Sediments Resources and Hydrocarbons written by John K. Warren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-12 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive discussion of the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping Excellent introduction in the field
Download or read book Evaporites written by John K. Warren and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 1822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monograph offers a comprehensive discussion of the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping, and new information on low temperature and high temperature ores. It also provides a wealth of information on exploitable salts, in a comprehensive volume has been assembled and organized to provide quick access to relevant information on all matters related to evaporites and associated brines. In addition, there are summaries of evaporite karst hazards, exploitative methods and problems that can arise in dealing with evaporites in conventional and solution mining. This second edition has been revised and extended, with three new chapters focusing on ore minerals in different temperature settings and a chapter on meta-evaporites. Written by a field specialist in research and exploration, the book presents a comprehensive overview of the realms of low- and high-temperature evaporite evolution. It is aimed at earth science professionals, sedimentologists, oil and gas explorers, mining geologists as well as environmental geologists.
Download or read book Dipmeter and Borehole Image Log Technology written by Michael Poppelreiter and published by AAPG. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borehole imaging is among the fastest and most accurate methods for collecting high resolution subsurface data. Recent breakthroughs in acquisition, tool design, and modeling software provide real-time subsurface images of incredible detail, from the drill bit straight to a workstation. This text portrays key applications of dipmeter and image log data across the exploration and production life cycle.
Download or read book The Geology of the Arab World An Overview written by Abderrahmane Bendaoud and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of the work of the first international congress of the ArabGU (Arabian Geosciences Union) which took place in Algiers (Algeria) in February 2016. It presents research articles and review papers on geology of the North Africa and Arabian Middle East . It provides information to the public on various fields of earth sciences and encourages further research in this field in order to attract an international audience.
Download or read book Arabian Deserts written by H. Stewart Edgell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-21 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive survey of all the deserts of Arabia, based largely on the author’s 50 years of experience there. The text deals with every kind of desert in the region, from vast sand seas to clay pans and stony plains to volcanic flows. Along with dune types unique to the region the author outlines climatic changes, current ecology and human influence on desertification.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science written by John Gunn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 1971 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.
Download or read book Petroleum Systems of the Tethyan Region written by Lisa Marie Marlow and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is intended to generate ideas for the future exploration of immature and mature basins across the Tethyan Region. From the Paleozoic to the Cenozoic, the Arabian Plate, North Africa and parts of Southern Eurasia, were on the margin of a series of Tethys seaways, Proto-Tethys, Paleo-Tethys, and Neo-Tethys. These areas evolved together and as a result they have numerous similarities in their tectono-stratigraphic history and petroleum systems. These similarities could be used to extrapolate proven petroleum systems to underexplored areas and lead to hydrocarbon discoveries. The back cover illustrates the countries that evolved along the Tethyan Region in their present day location. Countries covered in this volume are outlined."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book New Insights Into Structural Interpretation and Modelling written by Geological Society of London and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2003 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Giant Hydrocarbon Reservoirs of The World written by Paul Mitchell Harris and published by AAPG. This book was released on 2006 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reservoirs described in this volume are located in the Middle East, Asia, West Africa, North and South America. The authors explore historical and alternative approaches to reservoir description, characterization, and management, as well as examining appropriate levels and timing of data gathering, technology applications, evaluation techniques, and management practices in various stages in the life of individual development projects. The giant fields discussed address issues important to reservoir description, characterization, and management from both geologic & engineering perspectives.
Download or read book Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology of the Middle East written by A.E.M. Nairn and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1997-12-11 with total page 979 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wealth of petroleum has made the Middle East one of the most actively explored regions of the world. The volume of geological, geophysical and geochemical data collected by the petroleum industry in recent decades is enormous. The Middle East may be a unique region in the world where the volume of subsurface data and information exceeds that based on surface outcrop.This book reviews the tectonic and geological history of the Middle East and the regional hydrocarbon potential on a country by country basis in the context of current ideas developed through seismic and sequence stratigraphy and incorporating the ideas of global sea level change.Subsurface data have been used as much as possible to amplify the descriptions.The paleogeographic approach provides a means to view the area as a whole. While the country by country approach inevitably leads to some repetition, it enhances the value of the volume as a teaching tool and underlines some of the changing lithologies within formations carrying the same name.
Download or read book Water Resources and Integrated Management of the United Arab Emirates written by Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 899 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an inventory of water resources, describes water challenges, and suggests methodologies and technologies for integrated water resources management in the UAE. It also summarizes efforts of water conservation and management, and modern approaches for improvement of water resources management and decision-making related to this valuable resource. The authors are specialized in geology and hydrogeology and have been teaching and conducting scientific research on water resources in the UAE for the last three decades. This book represents the main reference on water resources in the UAE for academia, researchers, professionals, students and the general public.
Download or read book Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations written by James G. Speight and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations is an authoritative source providing extensive up-to-date coverage of the technology used in the exploration, drilling, production, and operations in an offshore setting. Offshore oil and gas activity is growing at an expansive rate and this must-have training guide covers the full spectrum including geology, types of platforms, exploration methods, production and enhanced recovery methods, pipelines, and envinronmental managment and impact, specifically worldwide advances in study, control, and prevention of the industry's impact on the marine environment and its living resources. In addition, this book provides a go-to glossary for quick reference. Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations empowers oil and gas engineers and managers to understand and capture on one of the fastest growing markets in the energy sector today. Quickly become familiar with the oil and gas offshore industry, including deepwater operations Understand the full spectrum of the business, including environmental impacts and future challenges Gain knowledge and exposure on critical standards and real-world case studies
