SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC EXPLORATION—PART I

Geophysics ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Marr
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Basic Problem ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Additional Case ◽  
Saturated Sand ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
Future Potential

The basic problem to be solved in stratigraphic exploration always has been the same—how to develop and use practical techniques which have the capability of finding large stratigraphic oil reserves at a profit. If the petroleum industry in the United States is going to discover in domestic areas the huge reserves which are obviously required for the future, seismic stratigraphic exploration will have to be accepted by the industry and play a major role in the discovery. Seismic stratigraphic exploration must, therefore, be described in such a way that management can visualize it as practical and potentially profitable with proven past accomplishments, with important new capability not yet in application, and with significant future potential. Past seismic stratigraphic exploration capabilities, which found large amounts of oil with crude tools from 1938 to 1962, are illustrated with three case histories covering the probable direct detection of a hydrocarbon‐saturated sand, the discovery of saturated lenticular sands over the area of a tilted out ancestral structure, and the delineation of a flank type stratigraphic trap. Three additional case histories will be presented in Part II in the next issue of Geophysics.

SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC EXPLORATION PART II

Geophysics ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Marr
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Additional Case ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
Reef Type ◽  
Strand Line

Past seismic stratigraphic exploration capabilities, which found large amounts of oil with crude tools from 1938 to 1962, are illustrated with three additional case histories covering a contribution to the discovery of the only super‐giant reef‐type oil field in the United States, the discovery of a thin sand pinchout reservoir along a strand line, and an exploration method for the delineation of a barrier reef complex and the overlying compaction fold complex. Present and future seismic stratigraphic exploration capabilities will be presented in Part III in the August, 1971 issue of Geophysics.

Sludge Disposal to Sea: North American Viewpoint

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-125
Author(s):  
W F Garber
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
United States ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Specific Problem ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Environmental Movement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Sludge Disposal ◽  
Environmentally Responsible

A review of sludge disposal to sea in North America involves sociological and political as well as technical, scientific or engineering considerations. The review of the interrelationships between these differing types of interests has appeared to be most intense in the United States. Not because of a lesser concern in Canada and Mexico; but because of factors such as the location of most major population centers along the sea coasts, the resulting possibility of environmental problems from waste discharges and the intensity and influence of the environmental movement. From the standpoint of a city or other agency attempting to dispose of solids residual from waste-water treatment in a manner which is both environmentally responsible and economically reasonable, the laws and regulations arising out of the complex of interest cited above pose almost impossible problems. Basic decisions are made by the courts and agency administrators and apply nationwide rather than allowing evaluation of each specific problem. Furthermore, laws applying to air, land and water (sea) pollution conflict so that environmentally responsible solutions become difficult to impossible. Case histories with an outline of the controlling legislation, development of standards and measure of the actual dimensions of such discharge is presented.

Oil and International relations

1976 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Penrose
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
World War ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World ◽  
Important Objective

Oil is a highly political commodity and has more than once taken the centre of the stage in international affairs. This is not surprising in view of its importance in industry and transportation as well as for military activities. Mesopotamian oil was a crucial consideration in a number of the political settlements in the Middle East after the First World War, with the French, British and Americans playing the leading roles, just before that war the British navy had converted to oil, and Britain considered the security of her oil supplies to be an important objective of foreign policy. She had no domestic production. In the 1920s the United States began to fear that her oil reserves were becoming dangerously depleted and she also felt that her security as well as her prosperity depended on obtaining control of oil abroad. The United States sought access to oil concessions in the Middle East, and the diplomatic skirmishes were sharp as the British and Dutch tried to keep her out, not merely from the Middle East, but from south-eastern Asia as well, where production was dominated by the Dutch. Thus oil was an important source of controversy in the foreign policy of a number of countries in the inter-war period.

Centennial Bibliography: Annotated Selections on the History of the Petroleum Industry in the United States

1959 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-447
Author(s):  
Walter Rundell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Treatment

This bibliography represents an effort to survey and evaluate selected literature dealing with the history of the petroleum industry in the United States. The goal has not been to include everything ever written, but rather, to produce a compact reference work that I hope will be useful to the industry, to students, and to the public.My research has revealed that only one of the four major phases of this industry has been given anything approaching a full historical treatment. This phase is production.

scholarly journals The Geology of Kansas—Arbuckle Group

2004 ◽  
pp. 1-43
Author(s):  
Evan K. Franseen ◽  
Alan P. Byrnes ◽  
Jason R. Cansler ◽  
D. Mark Steinhauff ◽  
Timothy R. Carr
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Detailed Understanding ◽  
Drill Stem ◽  
Arbuckle Group

Cambrian-Ordovician Arbuckle Group rocks in Kansas occur entirely in the subsurface. As is demonstrated throughout this paper, the historical and current understanding of the Arbuckle Group rocks in Kansas has in large part been dependent on petroleum-industry philosophies, practices, and trends. The widely accepted conceptual model of Arbuckle reservoirs as an unconformity play guided drilling and completion practices in which wells were drilled into the top of the Arbuckle with relatively short penetration (under 10 to 50 ft) deeper into the Arbuckle. This resulted in very little log or core data available from the Arbuckle interval. In addition, due to the early development (1917-1940) of the majority of Arbuckle reservoirs, log and geophysical data are not up to modern standards. Over the last few decades, deep penetrating wells have been drilled into the Arbuckle accompanied by full modern log suites and drill-stem tests. However, little corresponding core has been taken to calibrate the logs, and no detailed studies have been conducted to date on the more extensive, modern log data. Thus, data and detailed understanding of Arbuckle Group strata in Kansas are lacking relative to Arbuckle and age-equivalent strata from other areas in the United States, especially those where Arbuckle strata crop out. However, Arbuckle Group strata remain an important reservoir target in Kansas, and our understanding of the unit will increase with continued studies that incorporate modern data, techniques, and approaches.

scholarly journals RIAC: Responsible and Informed Arctic Commercialization, A Way Forward

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Zolyniak
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
Policy Proposal ◽  
The Status ◽  
Regulatory Capacity ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
Arctic Policy

In 2019, the Arctic experienced its second warmest year on record, continuing a six-year trend of record-breaking Arctic surface temperatures (Lindsey 2019). Such unprecedented observations have become the new normal in the Arctic and provide new insights into the implications of global climate change. A warming Arctic, however, also presents new opportunities for Arctic commercial development. Such development is in fact quickly evolving from a mere possibility to an on-the-ground reality. Despite the speed of and increasing prospect of Arctic commercialization, however, there has been little to no movement on the part of the United States to enact policies and regulations accounting for it. Recognizing this gap in U.S. policy, the main objective of this paper is to articulate a possible path towards sustainable Arctic commercialization—one that recognizes and addresses current realities and future potential challenges. To this end, this paper synthesizes a two-pronged policy proposal—referred to as Responsible and Informed Arctic Commercialization (RIAC). RIAC targets the paucity of U.S. Arctic knowledge and regulatory capacity with a clearly articulated framework for implementation. The first prong of the policy addresses the quality of U.S. Arctic domain awareness. The second prong assesses the status of relevant sections of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations with respect to the unique conditions of the Arctic. The actions encompassed by RIAC’s two-pronged structure offer a clear path for the United States to rectify the weaknesses in its current Arctic policy and make sustainable and safe Arctic commercial development possible.

scholarly journals Investigating the Oil Effect on the Politicking in the 19th August, 1953 Coup d'État

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Seid Mohamad Reza Mahmodpanahi ◽  
Sosan Shokriaghkand
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
National Movement ◽  
Oil Resources

The strategic situation of Iran has always drawn the attention of foreign powers including England, Russia and America and these powers have always attempted to utilize this situation for reaching their own interests in the Middle East. Discovery of large oil reserves in Iran intensified the competition of foreign powers. This research seeks to respond the question of how foreign powers intervened with the 19th August, 1953 Coup d'état. In the 19th August, 1953 Coup d'état, the Americans and English having after made sure that they could not seize the Iranian oil through political channels, they decide to launch a Coup d'état. With the victory of the 19th August, 1953 Coup d'état and subversion of the Dr. Mosadegh's government, the United States and Britain consolidated their own dominate in Iran via returning Mohamad Reza Shah and the oil reserves were once again made available to foreign powers. This research via applying comparative-descriptive methodology is based on documents and evidence. Findings of the research and examination of the 19th August, 1953 Coup d'état demonstrate that the significance of oil and energy and fear of the spread of the Oil National Movement to other oil producing countries and compromise of oil resources as well resulted in intervention by cross regional foreign powers like England, America with respect to the 19th August, 1953 Coup d'état.

OPEC is Acting in Self-Defense

Worldview ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Loring Allen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Oil Exports ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

AbstractTwo hundred oil specialists from around the world met in Vienna late last fall to talk with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. As owners of two-thirds of world oil reserves and seven-eighths of oil exports, OPEC's members can make the future they want come true. Their conference in Venezuela last month only confirms this.OPEC's headquarters is a squat, square building along the Danube Canal almost in the shadow of St. Stephen's Cathedral. Thirty-five countries sent official representatives, and though the United States sought no invitation, twenty Americans were on hand—about half from oil companies, the others researchers and scholars. The speeches were somber, even gloomy, reflecting troubled waters ahead.

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