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2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 202
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T211. Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Petroleum—Structure and Geomechanics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division
J. Steve Davis and Peter Hennings, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
202-1
8:00 AM
THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC UNCERTAINTY IN FAULT SEAL ANALYSIS
DAVIS, J. Steve, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, j.steve.davis@exxonmobil.com
202-2
8:15 AM
INTEGRATED TRAP ANALYSIS OF A GULF OF MEXICO PROSPECT; A METHOD TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY
KIVEN, Charles, ExxonMobil Production Company, Houston, TX 77067, chuck.kiven@exxonmobil.com
202-3
8:30 AM
STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATHWAYS IN THE JURASSIC EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
ROBINSON, Delores M., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and WEISLOGEL, Amy L., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 241 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, dmr@ua.edu
202-4
8:45 AM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION FROM LATE SINIAN TO EARLY PALEOZOIC AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION IN THE NORTHWESTERN SICHUAN BASIN, SW CHINA
GU Sr., Zhidong1, YIN Sr., Jifeng1, JIANG, Hua2 and YUAN, Miao1, (1)Petroleum Geology Department, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, 20 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China, (2)Petroleum Geology Department, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, 20 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, guzhidong@petrochina.com.cn
202-5
9:00 AM
Withdrawn
202-6
9:15 AM
USING TOPOLOGY TO CHARACTERIZE FRACTURE NETWORK IN A NORMAL FAULT SPLAY ZONE IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO
LIU, Yiduo A.1, ANDREA, Ross A.2 and MURPHY, Michael A.1, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Rm.312, Science & Research Bldg.1, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Rm.312, Science & Research Bldg.1, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5007, liu.yiduo@gmail.com
 
9:30 AM
Break
202-7
9:45 AM
GEOMECHANICAL EFFECTS OF OILFIELD CHEMICALS ON SAND FAILURE IN RESERVOIR ROCKS
WUYEP, Elizabeth Olive, OLUYEMI, Gbenga and YATES, Kyari, School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Riverside East, Aberdeen, AB10 7GJ, United Kingdom, ewuyep@yahoo.com
202-8
10:00 AM
THE STRESS-DEPENDENT STRUCTURE AND PERMEABILITY OF FRACTURED ARKOSIC SANDSTONE
FRENCH, Melodie E., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 237 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742, CHESTER, Frederick M., Center for Tectonophysics and Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and CHESTER, Judith S., Center for Tectonophysics, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, mefrench@umd.edu
202-9
10:15 AM
PREDICTING THE DIP AND LOCATION OF MASTER FAULTS BENEATH FORCED FOLDS
EICHELBERGER, Nathan W., StructureSolver, 52 Ogden St, Providence, RI 02906, NUNNS, Alan G., StructureSolver, PO Box 335, Danville, CA 94526, GROSHONG Jr., Richard H., Department of Geological Sciences, Emeritus, University of Alabama, 2504 Twain Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32311 and HUGHES, Amanda N., Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1400 Smith Street, Houston, TX 77002, nate@structuresolver.com
202-10
10:30 AM
EVALUATING THE STRUCTURE ACROSS A TRANSITIONAL DECOLLEMENT: THE ALLEGHENY FRONT, LYCOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ACE, Ashley1, MCQUARRIE, Nadine1, SAK, Peter B.2, GRUNDY, Bob3 and LAVERGNE, Barrett3, (1)Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, (3)Inflection Energy, 1099 18th St, Denver, CO 80202, asa92@pitt.edu
202-11
10:45 AM
THE ROLE OF ORIENTATION AND MECHANICAL STIFFNESS CONTRAST IN JOINTING OF CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION BANDS
ECKERT, Andreas, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409 and TINDALL, Sarah E., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530, eckertan@mst.edu
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