ABSTRACTS
AAPG HEDBERG CONFERENCE
“Near-Surface Hydrocarbon Migration: Mechanisms
and Seepage
Rates”
April 7-10, 2002, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search and Discovery Article #90006 (2002)
*Extended abstract with figure(s)
Near-Surface Hydrocarbon Migration: Mechanisms
and Seepage Rates, by
Michael A. Abrams
*Determining Migration Path from Seismically Derived Gas Chimney, by Fred Aminzadeh1 , Paul de Groot2 , Tim Berge3, Tanja Oldenziel2, and Herald Ligtenberg2
*Determining the Origin of Gases in Near-Surface Sediments, by Bernie B. Bernard1, James M. Brooks1, and John Zumberge2
Surface Geochemistry as an Exploration Tool: A Comparison of Results Using Different Analytical Techniques, by Malvin Bjorøy1 and Ian L. Ferriday2
Temporal Variation in Natural Methane Seep Rate at the Venoco Seep Tent, Coal Oil Point Area, California, by J.R. Boles, J.F. Clark
*Effects of Earth Tides on Vertical Migration, by Gerry G Calhoun, James L Hawkins
Geologic Evidence for and Characteristics of Fluid Seepage in Ancient Hydrocarbon-Seep Deposits, by Campbell, Kathleen A.
The Deepwater GoM Petroleum System: Seepage Versus Anomalies Versus Background using Piston Coring and Fluid Flow Models, by Cole, G.A.1, R. Requejo2, J. DeVay1, A. Yu1, F. Peel1, J. Brooks3, B. Bernard3, J. Zumberge4, and S. Brown4
Gas hydrate and permafrost controls on gas migration: Examples from the Mackenzie Delta and the North Slope of Alaska, by S.R. Dallimore1, T.S. Collett2, G. Lynch3, and J.F. Wright4
*Development of the Tarn Field Geochemistry Analog and Subsequent North Slope Basin Reconnaissance Permafrost Cores and Gas-Sieve Methods, by J. Lynne Davison, Bill R. Morris, and Alfred James III
Seabed Slopes and Bathymetric Waveform Residuals as Quantitative Indices of Vertical Fluid Migration at Seep Sites in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, by Richard H. Fillon
*The Surface Expression of Light Hydrocarbon Gas Seeps in Areas of Tilted Bedrock with Examples from the San Juan Basin, Colorado, USA: Implications for Near Surface Exploration Methods, by John V. Fontana and James H. Viellenave
Forms, Mechanisms
, and Rate of Hydrocarbon Migration in Rapidly Subsiding
Basins, by Ibrahim S. Guliev
*Seismic Evidence of Vertical Fluid Migration Through Faults, Applications of Chimney and Fault Detection, by Roar Heggland
*Surface
and Near-Subsurface Hydrocarbon Migration Patterns, Mechanisms
and Seepage Rates
Associated with a Macroseep, by V.T. Jones, III, D.F. Becker, D.D.
Coleman, T.H. Anderson, P.A. Witherspoon, and G.A. Robbins
A Global Assessment of Geologically-Sourced Methane Seepage, by Keith A. Kvenvolden, William S. Reeburgh, Thomas D. Lorenson
Revised Assessment of the Rate at Which Crude Oil Seeps Naturally into the Ocean, by Keith A. Kvenvolden and Cortis K. Cooper
From the Seabed to the Sea Surface: Measurements and Implications of Hydrocarbon Seepage in the Santa Barbara Channel, by Ira Leifer, Jordan Clark, and Bruce Luyendyk
*Geochemical and Hydrogeological Correlation of Active Gas Macro-seeps in Alberta, by J. Letourneau, B. Rostron, and K. Muehlenbachs
*Gas chimneys – indicating fractured cap rocks, by Helge Løseth, Lars Wensaas, and Børge Arntsen
Increase in Methane Input to the Atmosphere from Hydrocarbon Seeps on the World’s Continental Shelves During Lowered Sea Level, by Bruce Luyendyk, James Kennett, and Jordan Clark
Shallow Deposits of Gas Hydrate on the Gulf of Mexico Slope: A Natural Laboratory for Hydrate Research, by Ian R. MacDonald
Relationship Between Fluid Flux Rates and Seafloor Features in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope, by Alexei V. Milkov1, Harry H. Roberts2, and Roger Sassen1
Potential Effect of Soil Microbes on Soil Gas Levels and Flux Irate Calculations, by Douglas M. Munnecke
The Yampi Shelf, Browse Basin, North-West Shelf, Australia: A test-bed for constraining hydrocarbon migration and seepage rates using a combination of 3D seismic data and multiple, independent remote sensing technologies, by G. W. O’Brien, A. Barrett, M. Lech, R. Summons, and K. Glenn
The Implications of Hydrocarbon Seepage, Gas Migration and Fluid Overpressures to Both Exploration and Geohazards – from Frontier Exploration to Slope Failure Risk Assessment, Or Gas Migration, Shallow Gas, Hydrocarbon Seeps and Overpressuring on Continental Margins: the Link Between Subsurface Processes, Mud Volcanism, and Slope Failure, by Daniel Orange1, Martin Hovland2, and H. Gary Greene3
Integration of Soil Gas Geochemical and Remotely Sensed Surface Lineament Data for Oil and Gas Exploration in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, by Lynden A. Penner
*Evidence for Multiple-Phase Mass Transport During Hydrocarbon Vertical Migration, by Gary K. Rice and John Q. Belt
Geologic and Biologic Responses to Varying Rates of Fluid and Gas Expulsion: Northern Gulf of Mexico, by Harry H. Roberts
*Exploration Studies using Surface Geochemical Data: Case Studies in the Eastern and Western Venezuelan Basins, by Romero, Irene; Sequera, Zoraima; Perdomo, Ender; Ruggiero Armando; Arrieche Morrella; Zambrano, Carmen; Odehnal, Marco; and Giraldo, Carlos
*Surface and Subsurface Expressions of Shallow Gas Accumulations in the Southern North Sea, by Barthold M. Schroot
The Dynamic Nature of Hydrocarbon Microseepage: An Overview, by Dietmar Schumacher
Mechanisms
to Explain the Formation of Geochemical Anomalies Over Oilfields,
by D. B. Sikka1 and R.B.K. Shives2
Surface Expressions of Reservoir
Hydrocarbons, by Alan H. Silliman and
Mark Wrigley
Light Alkanes Have Limited Residence Time in Soils, by Daniel H. Vice and Phillip M. Halleck
Evidence for Lognormal Spatial Distribution of Gaseous Hydrocarbon Seepage off Coal Oil Point, California, by Libe Washburn1, Jordan F. Clark2, E. Thor Egland2
Ocean Bottom Gas and Fluid Seeps – An Unexpected World Stranger Than Science Fiction!!, by Jean Whelan
Surface and Subsurface Manifestations of Gas Movement through a North-South Transect of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, by Jean Whelan1, Deet Schumacher2, Harry Roberts3, Larry Cathles4 and Steven Losh4
In Situ Methane Measurements over Ocean Bottom Methane Seeps – Are All Our Current Measurements Too Low?, by Jean Whelan1, Jeffrey Seewald1, Xuchen Wang2, and Jeffrey Chanton3
*Characterization and Application of Sorbed Gas by Microdesorption CF-IRMS, by Michael J. Whiticar
Computer Modeling of Regional Groundwater Flow and BTEX Migration in Sedimentary Basins of the Colorado Plateau Region, by Ye Zhang1, Michael Szpakiewic2, and Mark Person1