Interaction between gravity-driven listric normal fault linkage and their hanging-wall rollover development: a case study from the western Niger Delta, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 439 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Fazlikhani ◽  
Stefan Back ◽  
Peter A. Kukla ◽  
Haakon Fossen
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Hanging Wall ◽  
Normal Fault ◽  
Gravity Driven

Controls on gravity-driven normal fault geometry and growth in stacked deltaic settings: a case study from the Ceduna Sub-basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Monica Jimenez ◽  
Simon P. Holford ◽  
Rosalind C. King ◽  
Mark A. Bunch
Keyword(s):  
Normal Fault ◽  
Passive Margin ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Normal Faults ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Kinematic Analyses ◽  
Gravity Driven ◽  
Fault Growth ◽  
Constant Growth

Kinematics of gravity-driven normal faults exerts a critical control on petroleum systems in deltaic settings but to date has not been extensively examined. The Ceduna Sub-basin (CSB) is a passive margin basin containing the White Pointer (Albian-Cenomanian) and Hammerhead (Campanian-Maastrichtian) delta systems that detach on shale layers of Albian-Cenomanian and Turonian-Coniacian ages, respectively. Here we present evidence for spatially variable fault growth styles based on interpretation of the Ceduna 3D seismic survey and fault kinematic analyses using displacement–distance, displacement–depth and expansion index methods. We identified faults that continuously grew either between the Cenomanian–Santonian or Santonian and the Maastrichtian located throughout the study area and faults that exhibit growth between the Cenomanian–Maastrichtian that are geographically separated into three areas according to their evolution histories: (i) Northern CSB faults exhibit constant growth between the Cenomanian and Maastrichtian. (ii) Central CSB faults show two dip-linkage intervals between (a) Cenomanian and Coniacian–Late Santonian, (b) Coniacian–Late Santonian and Late Santonian–Maastrichtian segments, respectively. (iii) Central and southern CSB faults exhibit dip-linkage intervals between Cenomanian–early Santonian and Late Santonian–Maastrichtian segments. Our study demonstrates a relationship between the location of the Cenomanian–Maastrichtian faults and their evolution history suggesting constant growth evolution at north and dip linkage at the central and south areas.

Gravity driven deformation controlled by the migration of the delta front: The Plio-Pleistocene of the Eastern Niger Delta

2011 ◽  
Vol 513 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rouby ◽  
T. Nalpas ◽  
P. Jermannaud ◽  
C. Robin ◽  
F. Guillocheau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Delta Front ◽  
Gravity Driven

Surviving the Low Oil Price Cycle While Increasing Production Through Best Practices in Workover and Drilling Operations; Case Study of a Marginal Field in Niger Delta, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longfellow Oghale Atakele ◽  
Osahon Noruwa Airhis ◽  
Ntietemi Ekpo Etim ◽  
Fisayo Jordan Ipoola ◽  
John Osadebe Anim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Marginal Field

Coring Unconsolidated Formations under Challenging Drilling Conditions – A Case Study, Swamp- Niger Delta.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A Onyeji ◽  
N. U Abdullahi ◽  
B Owoyemi ◽  
O. A Ekun ◽  
E Akhigbemen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Drilling Conditions
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