Completed - Immediate Delivery
Deep Water Depositional Systems–GOM
Cost: $45k (USD) per Sponsor
Immediate Delivery
Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Emil Platon
801-585-7013
eplaton@egi.utah.edu
In the past, microfossils have demonstrated their value to Exploration and Production (E&P) as a resource to better understand the distribution of sediments and their source.
We propose to build upon previous work and develop depositional models that relate particular foraminifera assemblages to specific depositional environments. Pollen, spores, algae and dinoflagellate cysts (palynology), and ostracods are particularly useful in paralic and near shore environments, benthic foraminifera provide information on the shelf and deeper waters, and then the pelagic groups – calcareous nannoplankton and planktonic foraminifera are well suited for defining the open-marine water column.
Collectively, these microfossil disciplines provide comprehensive coverage of the depositional environments of primary interest in E & P.
Current Projects
- Paleobathymetry & Depositional Mixing GOM Phase 2
- Shale Gas Systems-Phase 2
- Black Sea Phase 4
- Central Atlantic Margins - Phase 1
- Vietnam to Sumatra Basins
- South China Sea Basins Phase 1
- Oil and Gas Fields of Libya - Digital Atlas
- Liquids from Shales Phase 1
- Liquids from Shales Phase 2
- Ghana Margin Basin West Africa
- China Shale Gas & Shale Oil Plays-Phase 1
- East Africa-SW Indian Ocean Basins
- Shale Gas Production Analysis Phase 1
- Shale Gas Production Analysis Phase 2
- Paleoecological Database/System Development Phase 1
- Paleoecological Database/System Development Phase 2
- Deep Water Depositional Systems-GOM
- South American Shale Gas & Shale Oil Plays
- Northwest African Margins
- Western Arctic-Chronostrat & Paleoenvironment
- Northern European Arctic
- Indian Sub-Continent Tight Shales
- Australian Shale Gas and Shale Oil Plays
- Petroleum Systems of Sheared Margins
- UK Shale Gas
- Low Volume Fracture for Shales
- Source Rocks in Space & Through Time
- China Shale Gas Shale Oil Plays Phase 2
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