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Structure that indicate .....?

 
 
snorlax
 
Reply Mon 4 Jan, 2016 05:02 pm
Could someone, please help me with this one.

Which of these structures indicate the tectonic or depositional activity necessary for formation of potential hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs?
a)tectonic structures (anticlines or fault traps)
b)salt domes
c)reef carbonates
d) sand-body lenses
e) unconformities
f) all of the above
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Balibari
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jan, 2016 09:53 pm
@snorlax,
All of the above.

Anticlines (tectonic activity): in many plays hydrocarbons accumulate at the structural apex of an anticline.
Salt domes (depositional and tectonic activity): in many instances, traps form in sedimentary layers adjoining salt formations.
Reef carbonates (depositional and tectonic activity): a fractured carbonate rock can act as a good reservoir rock. hydrocarbons fill the space following fracturing!
Sand body lenses (depositional): typical reservoir rock. hydrocarbons fill the pore space in clean sandstones. usually surrounded by more muddy material, like when a sandy turbidite deposit ( lense)is surrounded by muddier marine layers.
unconformity (depositional) depositional trap. following a tectonic uplifting episode, when material is eroded and a subsequent subsidence episode when material is deposited again. the boundary between pre uplift deposition and syn subsidence deposition is an unconformity, with different depositional settings, and a potential for a cap rock (necessary in a play)
snorlax
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jan, 2016 07:31 am
@Balibari,
Thank you a lot, it helped
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