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Gulf Coast ``Sub-Salt`` play exploration strategies

Conference ·
OSTI ID:136611
Successful exploration strategies in the new offshore Gulf Coast Mio-Pliocene oil and gas (``Sub-Salt-) play will include the entire Petroleum System involved from pre-Miocene source bed deposition onward. On the shelf, primary accumulations occurred in pre-Late Miocene time and reservoirs; in deep-water areas, hydrocarbon generation, migration, and entrapment occurred just during the last few million years. In both scenarios, deep (pre-Miocene) structural configuration is decisive for the selection of most prospective acreage blocks, using established regional hydrocarbon migration principles.
OSTI ID:
136611
Report Number(s):
CONF-950501--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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