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Louann Salt
A genetic explanation for the anhydrite–halite cyclic layers in the Middle Jurassic Louann Salt, U.S. Gulf Coastal Region Available to Purchase
Salt deposition in ultradeep brine settings by dynamic inflow and evaporation Available to Purchase
The value of integrated core–CT–BHI data in characterizing aeolian dune geometries and effects of cross-cutting deformation bands: implications for permeability architecture Available to Purchase
Abstract Three-dimensional circumferential CT-scans have transformed how core is described and calibrated with borehole image (BHI) datasets to refine reservoir rock typing and facies description. This paper focuses on the value of circumferential CT-scans in the assessment of plug and bed-scale heterogeneities. It shows how careful re-orientation and calibration with borehole images can help unravel sandbody geometries and orientation, and the potential effects of cross-cutting deformation bands on permeability architecture and sweep efficiency. This is demonstrated using aeolian-dominated core examples, supported with circumferential CT-scans, minipermeability data, conventional logs and BHI data, taken from the Jurassic Norphlet Formation from producing fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The formation overlies Early Jurassic Louann Salt, and syn-depositional halokinesis significantly influenced depositional accommodation space, facies distribution, and preservation potential. Furthermore, deposition during active salt tectonics has resulted in complex deformation band networks within these clean sandstones. CT-scan density contrasts highlight stratification types and deformation bands not always visible on slabbed core. Furthermore, BHI re-orientated CT-scans provide high-resolution dip/azimuth data and aid aeolian bedset bounding surface definition, which is important for determining dune geometry and stacking patterns. Hence, an integrated approach using core, circumferential CT-scan and calibrated BHI has been essential for deciphering the complexity of these deposits.
Age and provenance of the Middle Jurassic Norphlet Formation of south Texas: stratigraphic relationship to the Louann Salt and regional significance Available to Purchase
A successful qualitative and quantitative integrated interpretation of Lower Miocene wells and seismic data in Salina del Istmo Basin, Mexico Available to Purchase
Upper Jurassic structure and evolution of the Yucatán and Campeche subbasins, southern Gulf of Mexico Available to Purchase
Use of seismic attributes and open-hole log data to characterize production variability in a fractured carbonate play: A case study from Madison County, Texas Available to Purchase
Variation in salt-body interval velocities in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge areas Available to Purchase
Sediment source regions and paleotransport of the Upper Jurassic Norphlet Formation, eastern Gulf of Mexico Available to Purchase
Regional structural setting and evolution of the Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, western Lloyd Ridge, and western DeSoto Canyon protraction areas, northern deep-water Gulf of Mexico Available to Purchase
The Appomattox Field: Norphlet Aeolian Sand Dune Reservoirs in the Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico Available to Purchase
ABSTRACT Exploration for oil in the Norphlet reservoir in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico began in 2003 at prospect Shiloh (DC269). The well found oil but not an economic volume. The second prospect, Vicksburg (DC353), was drilled in 2007. This well found a larger in-place volume of oil, but with an immovable solid hydrocarbon component within pore spaces, there was great uncertainty as to the potential producible volumes. Two subsequent wells (Fredericksburg [DC486] and Antietam [DC268]) were dry and had a very small amount of oil, respectively. Finally, in late 2009, the fifth well (Appomattox [MC392]) was a significant discovery of high-quality oil in a thick aeolian Norphlet sandstone.
An Initial Quantitative Attempt to Estimate How Much Louann Evaporite was Deposited in the Gulf of Mexico Basin Available to Purchase
Published estimates for the original volume of Mid-Jurassic Louann evaporites found throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico Basin vary widely. Volume totals derived from both map data and actual volume numbers, range from about 10,500 km 3 (2,500 mi 3) to 839,000 km 3 (200,000 mi 3), an 80 fold variation. Little new information has been published during the past twenty-five years to address this disparity. But gaining knowledge of the present day volume of salt would be an important metric if debates concerning the origin of the salt and the nature of the Gulf of Mexico Basin during salt deposition are to be reconciled. A methodology now exists to estimate more accurately and quantitatively the volume of salt present in a given area. Multiple, recent generations of 3-D seismic depth volumes in the offshore Gulf of Mexico require that salt velocities be inserted. This vital processing step includes a systematic picking and interpretation of the tops and bases of all salt bodies encountered. The resulting models of salt velocity allow salt volume in the 3-D data sets to be calculated. Combining the salt volumes calculated from multiple seismic surveys offers new stratigraphic insights across large portions of the original salt basin. A comparison of salt volumes derived from seismic data cubes and volumes derived from published maps can now be made. The comparisons should give some suggestion as to the accuracy of the map data. By extrapolation it should also give a more accurate and quantitative estimation of the original salt volume deposited in the Gulf of Mexico basin.
Sand on salt: Controls on dune subsidence and determining salt substrate thickness Open Access
Jurassic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico salt basin Available to Purchase
Influence of deep Louann structure on the evolution of the northern Gulf of Mexico Available to Purchase
Petroleum Geology of the Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, Western Desoto Canyon, and Western Lloyd Areas, Northern Deep Gulf of Mexico: Traps, Reservoirs, and Their Timing Available to Purchase
Abstract The petroleum geology of the Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, western DeSoto and western Lloyd Ridge protraction areas, offshore northern Gulf of Mexico, is controlled by the interaction of salt tectonics and high sedimentation rate during the Neogene, and has resulted resulting in a complex distribution of reservoirs and traps. Seventy-eight fields/discoveries are evaluated and comprise structures with four-way closures (18), three-way closures (46), and stratigraphic traps (14). Three of these discoveries are in Upper Jurassic eolian reservoirs, the remainder are in Neogene deep-water reservoirs. The tectonic-stratigraphic evolution of the area is analyzed at eleven discrete intervals between 24 Ma and Present. The analyses show how the allochthonous salt systems evolved over time, and their effect on sedimentation patterns and sub-basin evolution. The study area includes some of the largest fields in the northern deep Gulf of Mexico. Thunder Horse produces from an anticlinal (turtle) structure that developed with a basement-controlled allochthonous system. The greater Mars-Ursa sub-basin has nine fields with > 1.5 BBBOE EUR, including Mars, Ursa and Princess, that developed with a counterregional allochthonous salt system. The remaining fields have considerably smaller reserves, which are controlled by the area within closure and number of reservoir intervals. Many of the smaller fields are produced from one well subsea tiebacks. Most of fields in the study area are contained within sheet-like or wedge-shaped stratigraphic intervals and have four-way or three-way trapping configurations. These findings reflect the profound effect that mobile salt has had on the petroleum geology of the region.
Some emerging concepts in salt tectonics in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: intrusive plumes, canopy-margin thrusts, minibasin triggers and allochthonous fragments Available to Purchase
Abstract We summarize four emerging concepts in salt tectonics in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, selected from a longer list of concepts that have advanced significantly in the last decade. Squeezed salt stocks are common in orogenic forelands, in inverted basins and at the toe of salt-bearing passive margins. Modelling suggests that during early shortening, an inward salt plume from the source layer inflates the diapir and arches its roof. After further shortening, diapiric salt is expelled as an outward plume back into the source layer. Salt canopies are conventionally thought to advance by glacial extrusion. However, almost all modern salt canopies are now buried and can only advance by frontal thrusting. Thrusting allows the salt canopy and its protective roof to advance together, minimizing salt dissolution. Advance is by a roof-edge thrust rooted in the leading tip of salt or by thrust imbricates forming accretionary wedges. Minibasins can sink into salt if the average density of the overburden exceeds that of salt. This requires 2–3 km of burial of siliciclastic fill, yet most minibasins first sink when much thinner. Three alternative mechanisms to negative buoyancy in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico address this paradox of initiation. First, squeezed diapirs inflate, leaving the intervening minibasins as depressions. Second, when a diapir's salt supply wanes, the overlying dynamic salt bulge subsides, allowing a minibasin to form. Third, differential loading causes the thick end of a sedimentary wedge to sink faster into the salt, creating a sag. Spreading salt canopies can transport their dismembered roof fragments tens of kilometres basinward. These exotic fragments are up to 25 km in breadth and comprise anomalously old Mesozoic through Miocene sequences. Strata of the same age underlie the salt canopy or its welded equivalent, signalling lateral transport by thick salt.