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Back Matter (PDF) Index Page numbers in italic denote figures. Page numbers in bold denote tables. AAPG. See American Association of aeromagnetic modelling Alba Field 337–342 Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) NUG 33 Alba drilling technology 340–342 a˚1 Basin area 139 Africa. See also specific areas e.g. North cartoon geological models 340 Abolag-1 well Africa 4D data showing water cones 341 stromatolitic carbonates 680 erosion 679 4D seismic results 346 Taoudenni Basin 679 exploring older and deeper hydrocarbon 4D seismic showing OWC Abu Zenima 772 plays 681–682 movement 341 Acacus Formation 686 heritage palaeohighs 718 EOR mechanisms 346 acoustic impedance (AI) 510 orogen 708 fault baffling 340 Chalk units 543, 547 AFTA. See apatite fission track analysis fault interpretation 339 juxtaposition difference value of zero 513 (AFTA) field edge seismic tuning 342 PHIT relationship 547 aggradational prism 89 first step-change 337 South Arne 527, 528 aggrading channels injected sands 340 v. total porosity 543 architecture 84 lithology distribution 342 acoustic pull-ups central North Sea basin Late Neogene MPD 346 MMU 84 below Horizon 6, 83–85 pilot hole-attic oil capture 343 acquisition and processing. See Four geological controls 89–90 production 338 dimensional acquisition and processing Ægir ridges reservoir level acquisition plan spreading rates 579 faulting 337 ISROCK-96 seismic survey 556 Ahara High 712–714 seismic data history 339 Rockall Trough 556 Algeria 712–714 seismic datasets 340 active rifting interpretation 713–714 seismic technology 337–340 Angola 1046 stratigraphic architecture 712–713 shear impedance inversion 337 Adriatic basin Cambro-Ordovician succession TTD 346 geological sections 117 stratigraphic pinchout 712 UKNS maximizing offshore heavy oils hydrocarbon occurrences 117 chronostratigraphic chart 720 fields 337–347 Porto Corsini East gas field 122 Devonian succession 713 field history 337–342, 337–347 Adriatic Sea 121 interpretation 713–714 viscous oil 339 aeolian sandstones 826 shape 713 Alba Northern Platform (ANP) 340 aeromagnetic compilations stratigraphic architecture 712–713, 713 drilling slots 342 average density 570–571 Ahara uplift Al Basin basement rocks magnetic properties 570 Silurian 713 wells VR trends 100 basement structure map 575 Ahnet Basin 686, 729, 733, 738 Alberta bathymetry and topography map 561 Azzel Matti Ridge 720 BCG stratigraphic summary 1102 datasets 559–569 chronostratigraphic chart 720 British Colombia border 1106 aeromagnetic 560 Fammenian sediments 738 Cold Lake Field 7 bathymetric 559–560 Palaeozoic petroleum system 686 4D seismic steam conformance gravity 560–565 AI. See acoustic impedance (AI) maps 1149 petrophysical 565–569 airborne laser scanner 20 Cretaceous section 1099 topographic 559–560 Airy–Heiskanen root 565 Early Cretaceous 1102 Greenland 580–581 Ajjer Tassil outcrops heavy oil deposits 1142 magnetic data 579 Palaeozoic succession stratigraphic column Lower Cretaceous McMurray methods and applications 559–583 709 Formation 1062 modelling 571 Alaminos Canyon area sandstone v. conglomerate 1111 Norway 559–583 roof-edge thrust 904 Albian age Norwegian–Greenland Sea 579 Alaminos Canyon 818 site 1151–1152 Early results 569–580 Alaska Wabiskaw Formation 1144 basement structures 569–573 Amethyst State-1 well 637, 638, 639, 640 Albian–Cenomanian 120 North Atlantic oceanic spreading palaeotemperatures 639 foreland 124 578–580 Brookian sequence 828 hydrocarbon occurrences 124 quaternary sand channels 575–576 exhumation episodes 642 Albian Pinda carbonate play 1045 salt-related magnetic anomalies Mount Elbert Prospect 1151 Albian Wabiskaw Formation 1144 576–578 North Slope Albo-Aptian Kopervik Sandstone 53 sedimentary subcrop pattern 573–575 burial/uplift history 639 algal-derived fluorescent amorphous organic rocks magnetic properties 572 gas hydrates occurrence 1152 matter (AOM) 98 surveys 562, 579 individual episode magnitude 643 Algeria 707, 708, 709, 718, 721, 729, susceptibility log 577 location map 637 731, 733 aeromagnetic data acquisitions wells 640 Ahara High, Illizi, and Berkine basins NUG 33 sedimentary rocks magnetic properties 572 712–714 1198 INDEX Algeria (Continued) time-lapse rock physics 528–533 mountain chains 113 Early Silurian Tannezuft hot shale thermal Tormore 283 Pliocene times 113 maturity 690 analogue models 19 Porto Corsini East gas field 122 field map 1168 Andrew fan axis 436 Settala gas field 123 Neoproterozoic geology 677 Andrew Formation Val d’Agri oil field 121 platform sub-basins 707–708 interbedded turbidites 431 Villafortuna–Trecate oil field 119 reservoirs 753 Aneth Field Appalachian Basin tectonic events 689 location map 1190 US 1090 Tihemboka High, Illizi and Murzuq basins Angola. See also specific location applied time-lapse seismic methods 715–716 active rifting 1046 523–534 Allen, Mark 589 biogenic source rocks TOC 1052 reservoir management 523–534 allochthonous biofacies block 12 South Arne 523–524 North Sea Eldfisk Field 481 thermogenic petroleum systems post-salt time-lapse rock physics AVO inversion Allochthonous Complex 119 1051 528–533 Almada Basin 875 block 15 compaction monitoring on northern crest conjugate margin evolution 879–880 post-salt gas plays 1050 532–533 data 868–869 block 31, 1014 fault control of injected water on SW 2D gravity modelling outline 870 block zero seismic amplitude gas flank 530–532 margin setting 869–874 indications 1051 reservoir depletion of northern crest nature of crust transitional domain database 1046 528–530 874–877 deepwater 1013, 1014 time-lapse seismic data acquisition salt diapirs 871 direct gas indicators 1054 524–528, 525 total rift setting 877–879 estimated methane solubility 1054 AVO inversion 526–527 Almada–Gabon margin 868 future gas exploration 1043–1057 time shifts 525–527 Alpin Anticline 967 biogenic gas unconventional petroleum time-lapse time shift observations 528–533 seismic profile 969, 972 system 1052–1056 Aptian 662 Alpine conceptual Neoproterozoic petroleum coal-bearing muddy sediments 598 collision 265 system 1055–1056 Apulian Platform 119 compression 975 regional framework 1044–1045 Cretaceous age 120 orogen 113 thermogenic petroleum systems geological sections 117 Alpine Foredeep 743 1045–1052 hydrocarbon occurrences 117 Alpine foreland Post-Aptian salt plays 1049–1052 Val d’Agri oil field 121 petroleum geoscientists virtual fieldtrips 25 Pre-Aptian salt plays 1045–1049 aquifer Alportian–Pendleian mudstones 1091 gas discoveries 1047 saline 1191, 1195 Alps 113 gas generation schematic 1052 seal capacity Villafortuna–Trecate oil field 119 generalized basal heat flow 1048 determined 498 Alston Block 1091, 1092 hydrocarbon maturation studies 1046 v. holes 502 Altay mountains 660 methane generation microbial ecosystem Arab Field amalgamated turbidites 279 succession 1053 Jurassic GDE map 795 Amerasia Basin 589, 590 oil exportation 1043 Arab Formation American Association of Petroleum oil production 1043 carbonate grainstone 795 Geologists (AAPG) 13 possible biogenic gas play 1055 grainstones 796 Amethyst State-1 well, Alaska 637, 638, 639, pre-salt gas plays 1046 Arabian Palaeozoic petroleum 640 sedimentary basins 1044, 1044 system 692 palaeotemperatures 639 syn-rift areas 1046 Arabian Plate 684, 812 amplitude variation with offset (AVO) 245, ANP. See Alba Northern Platform (ANP) geology 792 279, 448 Anti-Atlas 729 Middle East exploration potential 794–799 applied time-lapse seismic methods Antrim Shale-analogues with biogenic Ara Group 674 528–533 methane in Europe 1083 Arctic 641. See also Russian Arctic shelves compaction monitoring on northern crest AOM. See algal-derived fluorescent (RAS) geology 532–533 amorphous organic matter (AOM) assessment of undiscovered petroleum fault control of injected water 530–532 apatite fission track analysis (AFTA) 633, 980 resources 621–631 reservoir depletion of northern crest Amethyst State-1 well 638, 639, 640 frontier margins 823 528–530 Arctic 641 offset and curvature of Novaya Zemlya character 443 burial history reconstruction 635 645–656 distribution 441 Carboniferous sandstones 996 sedimentary basin 590 Donan Field 439, 441, 442 Denmark 642 Areoligera gippingensis biomarker 435 signature 439 detailed analysis 639 Argana Basin 930 Forties response with gas v. oil 220 Eocene palaeogeothermal gradients 636 location map 922 gas sand calculation 291 Gro-3 well in Nuussuaq Basin 640 Argana Valley 927 gas sand thickness uncertainty 295 Norwegian wells 989 Arkitsa fault, Greece Laggan 283, 285, 289, 291, 295 palaeotemperatures characterizing 636 petroleum geoscientists virtual fieldtrips Lochranza field development 449 Svalbard 640 24–25 net gas sand map 285 Trail Island 641 Arne–Elin Graben 129 rock physics analysis 437 Apennines 113 Arnsbergian Sabden Shale Seismofacies 289 Eocene to Pliocene times 113 general characteristics 1088–1089 traces 294 frontal thrusts 121 A sandstones structural map 283 geological sections 117 Dooish 950 Tormore 283, 296 hydrocarbon occurrences 117 Dooish area 950 INDEX 1199 Rockall Basin 946, 950 Atlas Basin stratigraphic column 1066 Rockall Basin palaeodrainage 944, 946 Morocco 928 TOC 1067, 1073 Ashgill aged glacial valleys 717 Atwater Valley 1151 upper v. lower 1073 Askrigg Block 67, 1092 Auðhumla Basin Williston Basin 1065–1076 Asl Sandstone 778, 778 bathymetric gorge 973 Bakken hydrocarbon pools Asmari carbonate reservoir Auðhumla Basin Syncline 969, 973 GOR 1073 Cenozoic age 791 seismic profile 973 oil gravity data 1073 Asterosoma 133 Auk–Argyll–Flora area 60–62 Bakken member facies core photos 135 Auk–Argyll region 58, 59 maturity 1070 Asti
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