ALBERT

Description / Table of Contents: Structurally complex reservoirs form a distinct class of reservoir in which fault arrays and fracture networks, in particular, exert an overriding control on petroleum trapping and production behaviour. With modern exploration and production portfolios now commonly held in geologically complex settings, there is an increasing technical challenge to find new prospects and to extract remaining hydrocarbons from these reservoirs. This volume reviews our current understanding and ability to model the complex distribution and behaviour of fault and fracture networks, highlighting their fluid compartmentalizing effects and storage-transmissivity characteristics, and outlining approaches for predicting the dynamic fluid flow and geomechanical behaviour of these reservoirs. This collection of 25 papers provides an overview of recent progress and outstanding issues in the areas of (i) structural complexity and fault geometry, (ii) detection and prediction of faults and fractures, (iii) compartmentalizing effects of fault systems and complex siliciclastic reservoirs and (iv) critical controls affecting fractured reservoirs.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to the geometry and growth of normal faults / Conrad Childs, Robert E. Holdsworth, Christopher A.-L. Jackson, Tom Manzocchi, John J. Walsh and Graham Yielding / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 1-9, 5 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.24 --- Fault geometric analysis --- The geometry of branch lines / Graham Yielding / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 11-22, 22 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.1 --- Interactions and growth of faults in an outcrop-scale system / A. Nicol, C. Childs, J. J. Walsh, T. Manzocchi and M. P. J. Schöpfer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 23-39, 10 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.9 --- Myths about normal faulting / D. A. Ferrill, A. P. Morris, R. N. McGinnis and K. J. Smart / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 41-56, 30 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.12 --- Growth of layer-bound normal faults under a regional anisotropic stress field / R. Ghalayini, C. Homberg, J. M. Daniel and F. H. Nader / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 57-78, 6 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.13 --- Fault kinematic analysis --- Spatial distribution and evolution of fault-segment boundary types in rift systems: observations from experimental clay models / P. S. Whipp, C. A.-L. Jackson, R. W. Schlische, M. O. Withjack and R. L. Gawthorpe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 79-107, 31 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.7 --- 3D geometry and kinematic evolution of extensional fault-related folds, NW Red Sea, Egypt / Samir M. Khalil and Ken R. McClay / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 109-130, 30 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.11 --- Rift migration and lateral propagation: evolution of normal faults and sediment-routing systems of the western Corinth rift (Greece) / Mary Ford, Romain Hemelsdaël, Marco Mancini and Nikolaos Palyvos / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 131-168, 15 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.15 --- Interaction between gravity-driven listric normal fault linkage and their hanging-wall rollover development: a case study from the western Niger Delta, Nigeria / Hamed Fazlikhani, Stefan Back, Peter A. Kukla and Haakon Fossen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 169-186, 13 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.20 --- Techniques to determine the kinematics of synsedimentary normal faults and implications for fault growth models / Christopher A.-L. Jackson, Rebecca E. Bell, Atle Rotevatn and Anette B. M. Tvedt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 187-217, 7 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.22 --- Growth and interaction of normal faults and fault network evolution in rifts: insights from three-dimensional discrete element modelling / Emma Finch and Rob Gawthorpe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 219-248, 30 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.23 --- Fault zone structure --- The geometry and dimensions of fault-core lenses / Roy H. Gabrielsen, Alvar Braathen, Magnus Kjemperud and Marie Lovise R. Valdresbråten / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 249-269, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.4 --- Widening of normal fault zones due to the inhibition of vertical propagation / V. Roche, C. Homberg, M. van der Baan and M. Rocher / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 271-288, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.5 --- Fracture networks of normal faults in fine-grained sedimentary rocks: examples from Kilve Beach, SW England / Tore Skar, Silje S. Berg, Roy H. Gabrielsen and Alvar Braathen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 289-306, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.10 --- Three-dimensional Distinct Element Method modelling of the growth of normal faults in layered sequences / Martin P. J. Schöpfer, Conrad Childs, Tom Manzocchi and John J. Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 307-332, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.17 --- Throw partitioning across normal fault zones in the Ptolemais Basin, Greece / Efstratios Delogkos, Tom Manzocchi, Conrad Childs, Christos Sachanidis, Tryfon Barbas, Martin P. J. Schöpfer, Alexandros Chatzipetros, Spyros Pavlides and John J. Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 333-353, 21 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.19 --- Fault-related folding --- The relationship between normal drag, relay ramp aspect ratio and fault zone structure / C. Childs, T. Manzocchi, A. Nicol, J. J. Walsh, A. M. Soden, J. C. Conneally and E. Delogkos / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 355-372, 17 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.16 --- Occurrence and development of folding related to normal faulting within a mechanically heterogeneous sedimentary sequence: a case study from Inner Moray Firth, UK / A. Lăpădat, J. Imber, G. Yielding, D. Iacopini, K. J. W. McCaffrey, J. J. Long and R. R. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 373-394, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.18 --- The brittle and ductile components of displacement along fault zones / C. Homberg, J. Schnyder, V. Roche, V. Leonardi and M. Benzaggagh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 395-412, 1 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.21 --- Pre-existing structure and reactivation --- The impact of multiple extension events, stress rotation and inherited fabrics on normal fault geometries and evolution in the Cenozoic rift basins of Thailand / C. K. Morley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 413-445, 13 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.3 --- Importance of pre-existing fault size for the evolution of an inverted fault system / Cathal Reilly, Andrew Nicol and John Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 447-463, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.2 --- Post-Caledonian extension in the West Norway–northern North Sea region: the role of structural inheritance / Haakon Fossen, Hamed Fazli Khani, Jan Inge Faleide, Anna K. Ksienzyk and W. James Dunlap / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 465-486, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.6 --- Influence of fault geometries and mechanical anisotropies on the growth and inversion of hanging-wall synclinal basins: insights from sandbox models and natural examples / O. Ferrer, K. McClay and N. C. Sellier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 487-509, 15 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.8 --- Timing, growth and structure of a reactivated basin-bounding fault / Robert P. Worthington and John J. Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 511-531, 1 July 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.14