[HTML][HTML] Appraisal of fracture sampling methods and a new workflow to characterise heterogeneous fracture networks at outcrop

H Watkins, CE Bond, D Healy, RWH Butler - Journal of Structural Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Characterising fractures at outcrop for use as analogues to fractured reservoirs can use
several methods. Four important fracture data collection methods are linear scanline …

[HTML][HTML] How do we see fractures? Quantifying subjective bias in fracture data collection

BJ Andrews, JJ Roberts, ZK Shipton, S Bigi… - Solid Earth, 2019 - se.copernicus.org
The characterisation of natural fracture networks using outcrop analogues is important in
understanding subsurface fluid flow and rock mass characteristics in fractured lithologies. It …

Basement exploration, West of Shetlands: progress in opening a new play on the UKCS

R Trice - 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Commercial production of hydrocarbon from fractured crystalline basement is well
documented, with petroleum basins across the globe hosting fractured basement fields. The …

Structural controls of fracture orientations, intensity, and connectivity, Teton anticline, Sawtooth Range, Montana

K Ghosh, S Mitra - AAPG bulletin, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Teton anticline is a multiple hinge anticline containing fractured Mississippian–
Devonian carbonates in the frontal part of the Sawtooth Range in Montana. The structure …

Fractured basement play development on the UK and Norwegian rifted margins

R Trice, C Hiorth, R Holdsworth - 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fractured crystalline basement reservoirs (basement) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)
and the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) have been underexplored. Over the last 12 …

Secondary Riedel faults in the Batouri region and inferences to major shear zones kinematics and gold mineralization

M Boukar, M Yannah, B Njom, T Robert… - Arabian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Pan-African domain of Batouri shows many generations of post-collisional
granitoids emplaced between 640 and 500 Ma. They are affected by secondary Riedel faults …

Complex stratigraphic fill of a small, confined syn-rift basins: an Upper Jurassic example from offshore mid-Norway

GED Jones, AIF Welbon, H Mohammadlou, A Sakharov… - 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Extensional rift basin systems have been a focus of study for hydrocarbon exploration and
have provided significant economic reserves in recent decades, which has led to advances …

2D spatial analysis of the natural fractures in the organic-rich Qusaiba Shale outcrop, NW Saudi Arabia

MO Abouelresh, LO Babalola - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural fracture is the main control on production from unconventional shale reservoirs as it
serves as a drainage conduit and promotes the efficiency of the hydraulic fracturing …

Characterizing seismic-scale faults pre-and post-drilling; Lewisian Basement, West of Shetlands, UK

C Slightam - 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Three exploration wells drilled in the West of Shetlands targeted crystalline Lewisian
Basement as the primary reservoir. The objective of these wells was to demonstrate the …

Local structural markers of the Batouri gold-bearing shear zone in Southeast Cameroon

M Boukar, B Njom, M Yannah, A Moundi, D Fathy… - Geopersia, 2023 - geopersia.ut.ac.ir
The mining district of Batouri is located in the southeastern part of Cameroon and constitutes
an integral part of the Adamaoua-Yadé domain of the Pan-African fold belt. This work aimed …