Deformation bands are the most common strain localization feature found in deformed
porous sandstones and sediments, including Quaternary deposits, soft gravity slides and …

Faults can be either conduits or retarders for fluid flow. As the presence of faults increases
the risks for hydrocarbon exploration, the sealing behaviour of a fault zone has been a focus …

Geofluids (2010) 10, 94–113 Abstract The petroleum industry uses subsurface flow models
for two principal purposes: to model the flow of hydrocarbons into traps over geological time …

Clay smear is a collection of fault processes and resulting fault structures that form when
normal faults deform layered sedimentary sections. These elusive structures have attracted …

Faults can severely compartmentalize pressures and fluids in producing reservoirs, and it is
therefore important to take these effects into account when modelling field production …

Deformation-band faults in high-porosity reservoir sandstones commonly contain a fault core
of intensely crushed rock surrounding the main slip surfaces. The fault core has a …

Even when geologically based methods are used to determine fault rock permeabilities and
thicknesses for input into flow simulators, a wide range of simplifying assumptions regarding …

Estimates of recovery from oil fields are often found to be significantly in error, and the
multidisciplinary SAIGUP modelling project has focused on the problem by assessing the …

The Maghlaq Fault is a large, left-stepping normal fault (displacement> 210m) cutting the
Oligo-Miocene pre-to syn-rift carbonates of SW Malta. Two principal slip zones separate the …

In the southeastern area of the Neogene-Quaternary Granada Basin,∼ E–W trending
normal faults crosscut∼ 80 m-thick clay-bearing conglomerates and∼ 30–40 m-thick …