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02-Geology and Production
02-Geology and Production
Weathering, transport
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Compression &
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Cementation
s it , t r
and deposition
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d e ri
d he
a n ea t
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Magma
Clastic Rock - Formed From Debris (weathering and erosion) of Older Rock
Conglomerate Pebbles - 2 to 64 mm
Sandstone Sand - 0.06 to 2 mm
Siltstone Silt - 0.003 to 0.06 mm
Shale Clay - Less than 0.003 mm
Overview
The story of oil and natural gas
15%(*)
begins far back in time as long
30 as 500 million years ago. Over
30 the 4.5 billion years of its
lifetime the earth has been in an
8
extremely slow but constant
process of change.
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9
Structural
Stratigraphical
Combined
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Lim Lim
b
b
Lim
Anticline
Youngest rock
Syncline
Oldest rock
DOME TRAP
Gas
Oil
Sandstone Shale
FAULT
Oil / Gas
S an d
Shale
Gas
Shale Oil Oil/Gas Closure
Trap
Contact
Sea Oil/Water
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Contact
Oil
Salt
Salt Diapir Oil
Dome
Uncomformity Oil/Gas
Oil/Gas
Oil/Gas
Meteoric
Water
Asphalt Trap
Biodegraded
Oil/Asphalt
Partly
Water Biodegraded Oil