Study advances view of geopressure seals

Geopressure seals and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation are studied. The importance of these findings is that while the geopressure areas may not be large, they do contain a large amount of gas. Seals are believed to be dissolved gas transported to the shallower sediments of young, clastic basins. Temperature distribution determines the location of seals through numerical modelling.
The last decade has seen a growing interest in the subject of fluid pressure seals and fluid flow in hydrocarbon-bearing basins. As explorationists begin to view basins in terms of [...]