Seismic characteristics of fluid escape pipes in sedimentary basins: Implications for pipe genesis

J Cartwright, C Santamarina - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Fluid escape pipes were first documented from 3D seismic data over a decade ago, and
have subsequently been identified in many petroliferous basins worldwide. They are …

Spontaneous formation of fluid escape pipes from subsurface reservoirs

L Räss, NSC Simon, YY Podladchikov - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ubiquitous observations of channelised fluid flow in the form of pipes or chimney-like
features in sedimentary sequences provide strong evidence for significant transient …

Leaky salt: Pipe trails record the history of cross‐evaporite fluid escape in the northern Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

D Oppo, S Evans, D Iacopini, SMM Kabir, V Maselli… - Basin …, 2021 - earthdoc.org
Despite salt being regarded as an extremely efficient, low‐permeability hydraulic seal, an
increasing number of cross‐evaporite fluid escape features have been documented in salt …

A natural gas hydrate system on the Exmouth Plateau (NW shelf of Australia) sourced by thermogenic hydrocarbon leakage

M Paganoni, JJ King, M Foschi, K Mellor-Jones… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
The identification of natural gas hydrates and shallow free gas in sedimentary basins is
critical for understanding the organic carbon cycle dynamics in the shallow geosphere, as …

Use of novel high-resolution 3D marine seismic technology to evaluate Quaternary fluvial valley development and geologic controls on shallow gas distribution, inner …

TA Meckel, FJ Mulcahy - Interpretation, 2016 - library.seg.org
The first deployment of the P-Cable™ high-resolution 3D (HR3D) seismic acquisition system
in the Gulf of Mexico has provided unprecedented resolution of depositional, architectural …

Seal failure assessment of a major gas field via integration of seal properties and leakage phenomena

M Foschi, JA Cartwright - AAPG Bulletin, 2020 - archives.datapages.com
We present a seismic-and well-based interpretation of a large leakage zone above the
Scarborough gas field, Exmouth plateau, North West shelf of Australia. This leakage zone …

The interplay of stratal and vertical migration pathways in shallow hydrocarbon plumbing systems

Q Sun, J Cartwright, M Foschi, X Lu, X Xie - Basin Research, 2021 - earthdoc.org
Hydrocarbon plumbing systems have been extensively documented in the past two decades
using high‐resolution 3D seismic data, exploiting the ability of seismic imaging techniques …

Gas chimney and hydrocarbon detection using combined BBO and artificial neural network with hybrid seismic attributes

J Ramya, D Somasundareswari, P Vijayalakshmi - Soft Computing, 2020 - Springer
The exact interpretation of structure of the Earth is essential to avoid drilling of dry holes or
locating hydrocarbon reservoirs in faulty regions. The economic approaches are required to …

Spectrum of gas migration phenomena across multilayered sealing sequences

C Bertoni, J Cartwright, M Foschi… - AAPG Bulletin, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We describe a spectrum of seismic high-amplitude anomalies from the Great South and
Canterbury Basins (offshore New Zealand) that have many characteristics that make them …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic evidence of extensive microbial gas migration and trapping in submarine gas hydrates (Rakhine Basin, Bay of Bengal)

M Foschi, G Etiope, JA Cartwright - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Submarine methane-rich gas hydrates in ocean sediments are a potential atmospheric
greenhouse gas and energy source. It is considered that microbial methane is generally …