New Articles
December 2025
Assessing Depositional Architecture and Lithofacies Distribution of a Cretaceous Reservoir within a Clastic-Carbonate System Using Forward Stratigraphic Modeling, Oliver Esteva, Korhan Ayranci, Emerson Marfisi, John Reijmer, and Michael Kaminski, #42608 (2025).
Evaluation of the Depositional Model of a Turbidite Gas Reservoir in the Recôncavo Basin Based on Electrical Log Analysis, Guilherme das Virgens Sestelo, Carlson de Matos Leite, Alexsandro Guerra Cerqueira, and Marcela Matthews Halla, #51714 (2025).
November 2025
2025 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting, 5-7 October, Keystone, Colorado Abstracts #91212 (2025).
PS Unveiling the Reservoir Potential Near the Upslope Pinch-Out of Turbidite Systems: Examples from a Producing Oilfield, Fabio Berton, Luan de Oliveira1, David Xavier, Vinicius de Lacerda, Manuela Silva, Nikolai Ojevan, Evelin Marquez, Gabriel Matos, and Jadison Alves, #51712 (2025).
PS Contrasting Abiotic and Biotic Processes in the Upper Barra Velha Formation at Iracema Field (Pre-Salt, Santos Basin), Laís de Oliveira Ferreira, Michele Arena, Jane Nobre-Lopes, Josiane Plantz, Bruno Marques, and Leonardo Borghi, #51709 (2025).
PS Insights into the Cretaceous Play Southern Basin, Trinidad, Kassie Baboolal, Xavier Moonan, Shazana Gazalie, Avita Chang, and Christopher Lakhan, #30684 (2025).
Global Geodynamic Control on Phanerozoic Carbonate Platforms: Improving Carbonate Exploration Integrated Models, Aurélie Tassy, Omar Nacef, Cyprien Lanteaume, Julien Michel, Philippe Léonide, and Jean Borgomano, #42599 (2025).
Brittle Deformation, Diagenesis and Hydrothermal Alteration –The Recipe for Enhanced Extra-Matrix Permeabilities in Santos Basin Pre-Salt, Rodrigo Corrêa, B. Carvalho, E. Ukar, A. Fall, S. Laubach, and A. Pestilho, #30685 (2025).
Taphofacies Model for Coquina Sedimentation in Mero Field, M. dos Reis Rodrigues, J. Favoreto, J. Plantz, T. Schafer, M. Andrade, and L. Borghi, #42602 (2025).
An Interdisciplinary Approach for Interpreting the Paleoenvironment of the Upanema Member, Alagamar Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Offshore Potiguar Basin, Brazil, Mirian Costa Menegazzo, José Gedson Fernandes da Silva, Bruno Rafael de Barros Pereira, Eduardo Henrique Roesner, Cecília Cunha Lana, and José Ricardo Maizatto, #42601 (2025).
PS New Exploration Potential of Miocene-Cretaceous Buried Anticline Trap in the Greater Caucasus Fold-and-Thrust Belt, Azerbaijan, Tural M. Ahmadov, #11391 (2025).
PS Geological Evolution of the Petroleum Systems of the Cabo Frio High Area, Eugenio V. dos Santos Neto, Ramsés Capilla, Davy R. Brandão, Ricardo Jahnert, Marco Brito, Luiz Felipe C. Coutinho, André Etienne P. P. D. Ferraz, and Luiz A. P. Gamboa, #42605 (2025).
Maximum-Flooding Turnarounds and the Finding of the World's Oldest Highstand Delta: A Sequence-Stratigraphic Prospective on the Holocene Parana Delta System (Argentina), John Holbrook, Rodney Stieffel, Daniela Kröhling, Juan Pablo Milana, and Jimena Roldan, #51711 (2025).
Diagenetic Evolution of Pre-Salt Carbonate Reservoirs in the Santos Basin: Insights into Dolomitization, Silicification, Recrystallization, and Cementation, Bruno Eustáquio Moreira Lima, Ancilla Maria Almeida de Carvalho, Andressa Azevedo Oishi, Camila Wense Ramnani, Carolina Rodrigues de Araújo Correa, Daniel Martins de Oliveira, Francis Pimentel Lima, Gabriel Orge Orrico, João Paulo Borges Gomes, Julice Ferreira Santos, Olinto Gomes de Souza Júnior, Rodrigo dos Santos Maia Correa, Sandra Nelis Tonietto, and Sara Ferreira Nomura, #51710 (2025).
Optimization of Geosteering Workflows in Unconventional Reservoirs: A Vaca Muerta Case Study, Angela Rodríguez, Nuncio Palermo, and Rafael Aguilar, #42604 (2025).
Solving the Reservoir Ambiguity Using the Combination of PVT, Well Test, Petrophysical and Geophysical Data, Edwin R. Gonzalez, Heri Tanjung, Han N. Tran, Omar Al-Shaiji, and Abdullah A. Al-Fawwaz, #42603 (2025).
PS A Numerical Simulation of CO2 Mineralization in the Serra Geral Formation Basalts, Leonardo Gandelman Freire, Marcos Sebastião de Paula Gomes, Flávia de Oliveira Lima Falcão, and Luis Glauber Rodrigues, #80754 (2025).
Synthetic Well Logs from Virtual Outcrops: a Database-Driven Approach, G. Bello, J. Howell, A. Hartley, N. Naumann, J. H. Pugsley, and K. Aliyuda, #42597 (2025).
Study of Carbonate Reservoir Analogues: Outcrop at km 168 of the Presidente C. Branco Highway (Teresina Formation, Permian) – Example of Carbonates Associated with Stressful Environments, Nicoly Caroliny Rodrigues Carvalho and Fresia Soledad Ricardi-Branco, #42600 (2025).
Development Model, Distribution Characteristics of Igneous Rocks and their Effects on Oil and Gas Accumulation in Santos Basin, Brazil, Liu Yaming, #51707 (2025).
Study of Impact of Granular Materials on Fault Distribution: A Geometric and Quantitative Analysis from Sandbox Models, Sílvia Cristina Barroso Negrão, Jurgen Adam, Thiago da Cruz Falcão, and Paulo Cesar Santarém da Silva, #51706 (2025).
PS Geomechanical Modelling: Investigating Hydrogen Storage in the Rough Field, Southern North Sea, UK, Joseph W. Brown, Juliana Goncalves, Simon Pongérard, and Yves M. Leroy, #80753 (2025).
2nd Edition AAPG/EAGE Petroleum Systems of the Middle East GTW, 28–30 October 2025, Kuwait City, Kuwait Abstracts #91211 (2025).
October 2025
Mediterranean and North African Conference (MEDiNA), Unlocking Frontiers: Sustainable Exploration and Innovation in the Mediterranean and North African Region, Tunis, Tunisia, 29 September – 1 October 2025; Abstracts #91210 (2025).
PS Investigation of Using Siderite to Track the Occurrence of Geologic Hydrogen, Albert Maende, W. David Weldon, and Brian Horsfield, #80752 (2025).
June 2025
History Suggests Nominal Oil Prices Could Rise to $200 a Barrel in Near Future, IMAGE 2021, W. D. DeMis, #70414 (2025).
Prediction of Lithium Content in the Smackover Formation of Alabama, USA by Using Pyrolysis Analysis of Siderite in Drill Cuttings and Cores, Albert Maende and David Weldon, #80751 (2025).
February 2025
AAPG International Conference and Exhibition (ICE) Muscat, Oman, 30 September – 2 October, 2024; Abstracts #91209 (2025).
PS Study of Seismic Anomalies in the Frequency Spectrum as a Hydrocarbon Reservoir Characterizer, Argenis Pelayo and Ivan Omaña, #42596 (2025).
AAPG 2002 Field Guide (Update 2025) to Whale Valley and Greater Fayoum Area, Egypt: a 23-Year Retrospective on AAPG's Role in Creating a UNESCO World Heritage Site, John C. Dolson and Ahmed El-Barkooky, #11390 (2025).
Automation of Infill Well Planning and Wellhead Platform Optimization using Cluster Development Strategy in the Gulf of Thailand, Laainam Chaipornkaew, Chananyu Pipatchatchawal, Kongphop Wongpattananukul, Wisit Promrak, Sakkaarin Chaisuriyapan, Piti Ongmongkolkul, and Peerapong Ekkawong, #42595 (2025).
January 2025
Pore Systems in Oil-Window Claystones and Dolomudstones of Lower Green River Formation (Castle Peak Shale through Lower Garden Gulch) in an XCL Upper Cube Core, Uinta Basin, Utah, Maxwell Pommer and Luke Fidler, #51705 (2025).
November 2024
AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Elevating Energy, Park City, Utah, October 6-8, 2024; Abstracts #91208 (2024).
Helium, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide Accumulations in the Holbrook Basin, Arizona, James H. Ballard, #80750 (2024).
October 2024
Expanding the Heart of the Uinta Oil Play: The Douglas Creek Member of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah, Riley Brinkerhoff, Luke Fidler, and Josh Sigler, #11389 (2024).
PS Comprehensive Analysis of Pennsylvanian-Permian Hermosa Group Stratigraphy in the Paradox Basin, Donald L. Rasmussen, #30683 (2024).
PS Shallow Laramide Thrusting at the Paradox Basin Hamilton Creek Salt Structure in Southwestern Colorado, Donald L. Rasmussen, #30682 (2024).
PS Improved Quality Control Methods for Legacy Well Logs in Geological Carbon Sequestration: A Case Study from the East Uinta Basin, Omar Bakelli, Carlos Vega-Ortiz, Ting Xiao, Ilyas Mellal, Nathan Moodie, and Brian J. McPherson, #42594 (2024).
PS Forecasting Water Production from Oil and Gas Wells Using Machine Learning Models, a Case Study from the Paradox Basin, Utah, Omar Bakelli, Rohit Ramgire, Eric Edelman, Ting Xiao, and Brian J. McPherson, #42593 (2024).
Revealing Fault Control on Hydrocarbon Distribution in the Montney Play: a 3-D Exploratory Statistics Approach, Jean-Yves Chatellier, Tristan Euzen, Andy Mort, and Damien Thenin, #11388 (2024).
Understanding the Regional Variations in Pay Thickness of Unconventional Reservoirs in the Powder River Basin by Incorporating Learnings from a Site-Specific, Core-Calibrated, Geologic Model, L. Fritz, R. Ness, B. Roth, and N. Jones, #11387 (2024).
Conflicting Opinions on the Potential for Petroleum in California in the mid-1800s: Early Reconnaissance, the First California Geological Survey, and the State Mining Bureau, Stephen M. Testa, #11386 (2024).
PSAAPG 100th Anniversary Meeting and Field Trip, September 13-15, 2024, Whittier, California; Abstracts #91207 (2024).
Permian Depositional Systems, Cycles and Petroleum Geology along the Northern Colorado Front Range (Ft 4), Marshall Deacon, Richard Geesamen, and Max Pommer, #30681 (2024).
Monterey Formation Overview and Context for New Research, Richard J. Behl, #51704 (2024).
Development and Evolution of the Tertiary Benthic Foraminiferal Stages of California, Richard J. Behl and Gregg H. Blake, #42592 (2024).
144 Years and Counting: The Discovery, Development, and Ongoing Operations at the Brea-Olinda Oil Field, Ben Davidson and Dan Steward, #20496 (2024).
September 2024
Geological Interpretation of Reservoir Seismic Amplitude Responses: Example from North Western Australia, Mohammed Farfour and Hezam Yahya Al-Awah, #42591 (2024).
Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Offshore and Coastal El Salvador and Guatemala, Tom Phillips, #11356 (2022).
July 2024
PS Well Integrity Advantages of Quick Clay over Cement, Carl Fredrik Gyllenhammar, #80749 (2024).
June 2024
History of Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Black Sea Mega-Basin: From Greek Fire to Sakarya Discovery, Alexander Kitchka, #11385 (2024).
PS Fedir Lysenko and Discovery of the Dnipro-Donets Petroleum Super-Basin: The Lost Name of the Pioneer, Alexander Kitchka, Hanna Liventseva, and Viktor Ohar, #70413 (2024).
An Historical Perspective of Oil and Gas Development in PA, Kristin Carter, #80748 (2024).
Using Isotopic Fingerprints to Verify Domestic Production of Critical Minerals, Michael A. McKibben, #80747 (2024).
Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis (GPFA): A Texas/Gulf Coast Case Study, Kevin McCarthy, Will Pettitt, Ole Engels, and Rich Priem, #80746 (2024).
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) will Deliver Abundant, Affordable, Clean, Firm Power and Thousands of Jobs for Geologists, Geophysicists, and Petroleum Engineers, Greg Leveille, #80745 (2024).
April 2024
From the Gulf of Cádiz to the Gharb Basin: What's Next?, Carlos Giraldo, #11384 (2024).
Structural Styles in the Jubba Deep Basin, Offshore Somalia, Carlos Giraldo and Marel Sánchez, #11383 (2024).
March 2024
PS Unconventional Reservoirs: Basic Petrophysical Approach for Shale Gas, Ahmed Rashed, #80744 (2024).
Tectonic Settings around a Thermogenic Gas Discovery offshore Morocco (Gharb Basin), Carlos Giraldo, #30680 (2024).
February 2024
PS Preliminary Assessment of the Phosphate and Rare Earth Element Potential in the Upper Woodford Shale on the Lawrence Uplift, Ada, Oklahoma, David Hull and Andrew Cullen, #51703 (2024).
A Facies and Flow Unit Approach to Porosity Occurrence in the Madison Reservoirs (Frobisher-Alida and Tilston Intervals) of Western North Dakota, David M. Petty, #11382 (2024).
Red River "B" Reservoir Properties on the Nesson Anticline, North Dakota, David M. Petty, #11381 (2024).
January 2024
Applying Exploration Common Process to Site Selection for Geologic Carbon Storage Complexes, Christopher Walker, Tony Espie, Jonathan Evenick, Jonathan Hodgkinson, Simon Shoulders, and Ashleigh Ross, #80743 (2024).
Low-Temperature Hydrous Pyrolysis (LTHP) on Oil-Field Core Samples for Estimating Original In-Place Retained oil in Mature Source Rocks and Tight-oil Reservoirs, V. S. Nowaczewski, J. Barton, B. Lagues, A. Tang, and M. D. Lewan, #42589 (2024).