Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the World (80 Largest Fields)

 Start date: 1/1/1999

End date: 12/1/1999   

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

A request for project work by an independent oil company allowed ESRI to add significant information to its already significant database of information on the Major Oil and Gas Fields of the world We have added to the information base cross-sections, maps, and other images of the worlds 80 largest oil and gas fields. Each of these particular fields consist of reserves >6.0 billion BOE. The images are in an electronic format as “jpg” files. Petroleum Abstracts in Tulsa aided in the data search and references in several languages were obtained from all over the world to complete this work. These images are presently unlinked to the main database but plans for the future consist of linking the maps with the appropriate reservoir or other information category.

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Mississippi Salt Basin Seismic Interpretations - Phase II

 Start date: 5/1/1997

End date: 1/1/1998   

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

In a five county area south and east of the Jackson Dome 27 drilling leads were generated using the premises developed in the Phase 1 portion of the project. Both regional and local seismic data was used and sedimentation history of the area was interpreted using those concepts. Although the focus of the work was confined to the pre-Selma/ post-Smackover, leads were also noted in the Smackover.It is probable that we have previously mapped prospects in the area and subsequently drilled in locations that are offset to the crest of major features.

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Niger Delta Analysis (Nigeria)

 Start date: 5/1/1997

End date: 1/1/1998   

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

Portions of the Niger Delta were examined in detail for the purpose of determining major events and features that are most favorable to more specifically identifying the petroleum systems. Geology, geophysics, and geochemistry were integrated into an interpretation that more clearly defines the controls, timing and the evolving petroleum system of the delta

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Regional Hydocarbon Analysis of South Eastern U.S. (with focus on the Mississippi Salt Basin)- Phase I

 Start date: 12/1/1996

End date: 4/1/1997   

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

Examine the current concepts of the regional framework for the MSB. Identify those tectonic events, particularly in the Precambrian, that may have controlled orientation and growth of structures and determine how this knowledge can be translated into an exploration strategy for the area.

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Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the World

 Start date: 1/1/1994

End date: 1/1/1997   

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

Attributes of the world's largest oil and gas fields (>= 100 million BOE) reside in an ESRI access database. Since completion, the databse has been updated, cleared of errors and maps & cross sections have been added. It continues to be edited and expanded.

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Studying Zones Of Radionuclide Fast Migration In Areas Impacted By Chernobyl Fallout

 Start date: 4/1/1999

End date:     

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

The focus of the collaborative research described in this proposal is to develop a detailed understanding of the hydrophysical and geochemical processes that control radionuclide migration through discrete surface depression zones of anomalously high soil moisture flux within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), Ukraine. As described herein, the proposed research approach is the culmination of interaction and scientific exchange between University of South Carolina faculty and science staff of the Radioecological Center, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The University of South Carolina co-principal investigators have made three recent trips to Ukraine, including field visits to Chernobyl, to obtain the necessary background and appreciation of the importance of the hydrologic and hydrogeologic phenomena addressed in this project.

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