To investigate the question of how faults affect the migration of fluids in petroleum reservoirs,
we evaluated the state of stress and pore pressure acting on the major faults in four oil and …

Compared to many other areas of the petroleum geosciences, studies of the structural
controls in fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs are in their infancy. With hydrocarbon …

Detailed seismic imaging and in situ stress and pore-pressure measurements are used to
analyze reverse-fault reactivation of a long-dormant normal fault in the northern North Sea …

Background: Unresolved issues of fault seal analysis include the column height trapped by
shear bands, seal predictability and the influence of current stress state. Methods: The …

Hydrocarbon fluid pressures can equilibrate across faults provided that the hydrocarbon
charge into the reservoir is sufficient to keep the buoyancy force in the hydrocarbon column …

Pressure depletion of hydrocarbon reservoirs can cause re-activation along fault planes of
weakness, resulting in geomechanical hazards such as seismicity. The article presents …

A Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion is applied to estimate fluid pressures that may cause fault
reactivation during the depletion of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The estimates incorporate the …

Faults are an important aspect of many reservoirs, particularly in the way that they control the
flow of hydrocarbons during trap-filling or production. Any attempt at characterizing a faulted …

Faulting in Middle Jurassic reservoirs occurred at shallow depth during regional extension.
Clean sandstones (< 15% clay) deformed without significant grain fracturing and …

A predictive knowledge of fault zone structure and transmissibility can have an enormous
impact on the economic viability of exploration targets and generate considerable benefits …