2025 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2025 Volume 10. Intl. Symp on Energy, Carbon, Battery, Biochar and Agroforestry
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, S.M. Atnaw, H. Dodds, T. Turna, J. Antrekowitsch, G. Hanke, K. Aifantis, Z. Bakenov, C. Capiglia, V. Kumar, A.U.H. Qurashi, A. Tressaud, R. Yazami, M. Giorcelli |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Pages: | 316 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-56-3 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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THE ROLE OF GEOLOGICAL FAULTS IN OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS
Abdollah Esmaeili1; Afonso Cesar Rodrigues Nogueira1;1FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ, Belem, Brazil;
Type of Paper: Keynote
Id Paper: 188
Topic: 17
Abstract:
Faults play a significant dual role in oil and gas reservoirs. Faults cause the migration and mixing of oil from separate horizons in one field, and also cause secondary porosity in the rocks and the release of hydrocarbons from the system. Fault plays a fundamental role in the formation of oil traps indirectly. It may block and prevent the fluid in one direction, as well as transfer and providing a permeable passage for the fluid in another direction in oil and gas reservoirs. Different types of faults such as normal fault, reverse fault, straight fault, slip fault and thrust fault can cause the formation of oil trap. Identification the faults in hydrocarbon reservoirs are very important for enhanced oil recovery and development of oil fields. Correct description and drawing of faults can facilitate development projects in the oil industry. In this paper, the role of geological faults in oil and gas reservoirs will be discussed.