Nyamapfumba, Martin and McMechan, George A. (2012): Gas hydrate and free gas petroleum system in 3D seismic data, offshore Angola

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 175
ODP 175 1075
ODP 175 1076
ODP 175 1077
Identifier:
2013-010828
georefid

10.1190/geo2012-0048.1
doi

Creator:
Nyamapfumba, Martin
University of Texas at Dallas, Center for Lithospheric Studies, Richardson, TX, United States
author

McMechan, George A.
author

Identification:
Gas hydrate and free gas petroleum system in 3D seismic data, offshore Angola
2012
Geophysics
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
77
6
O55-O63
Evidence of gas hydrate and free gas occurrences in a 3D seismic volume from the West-Central Coastal Province of the Congo Fan, offshore Angola, illustrates all the components of a complete petroleum system. Analysis and interpretation are based on the information in attributes calculated from three 3D time-migrated common-angle seismic volumes; the attributes include seismic amplitude, spectral components, dip magnitude, amplitude variation with angle, and instantaneous frequency. The source is organic-rich muds associated with late Cretaceous to early Tertiary channels, the migration paths are along growth faults, and the traps are partly defined by the gas hydrate stability zone (for the gas hydrate), partly by the bottom-simulating reflector (for the subhydrate free gas), and partly by faults (for both). The spatial distribution of free gas is further supported by the associated seismic bright spots, and also by the attenuation of high frequencies of P-waves that traverse the gas-saturated zone. Locally higher temperatures, associated with upward fluid circulation along fault zones, facilitate gas transmission through the gas hydrate and forms gas chimneys that extend to the sea floor.
English
Serial
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:-4.4707
West:10.0430East: 11.0606
South:-5.1048

Economic geology, geology of energy sources; Applied geophysics; Africa; Angola; Angola Basin; Atlantic Ocean; bathymetry; body waves; Cenozoic; Central Africa; common-depth-point method; Congo Basin; Congo Delta; Congo Fan; Cretaceous; elastic waves; fault zones; faults; fluid phase; gas hydrates; geophysical methods; Leg 175; Lower Congo Basin; lower Tertiary; Mesozoic; natural gas; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1075; ODP Site 1076; ODP Site 1077; offshore; P-waves; petroleum; petroleum exploration; reflection methods; seismic methods; seismic waves; South Atlantic; Tertiary; three-dimensional models; West Africa;

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