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Fracture Traps

Fracture Trap is a type of structural trap in petroleum geology where hydrocarbons are confined by fracture networks within low-permeability rock, distinguished from other structural traps by the dominant role of fractured zones in creating permeability and entrapment.

15

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526

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55

Authors

27

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

CO2 mineral trapping in fractured basalt

Wei Xiong, R. K. Wells, Anne H. Menefee et al. · International journal of greenhouse gas control · 2017 · 98 citations · Full text

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Effect of multi-scale rough surfaces on oil-phase trapping in fractures: Pore-scale modeling accelerated by wavelet decomposition

Yan Zhou, Wei Guan, Qiji Sun et al. · Computers and Geotechnics · 2024 · 61 citations

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“Basin scale” versus “localized” pore pressure/stress coupling – Implications for trap integrity evaluation

Régis Mourgues, Jean Baptiste Gressier, Ludovic Bodet et al. · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 2010 · 55 citations

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Fracture evolution and pressure relief gas drainage from distant protected coal seams under an extremely thick key stratum

Liang Wang, Yuanping Cheng, Fengrong Li et al. · Journal of China University of Mining and Technology · 2008 · 52 citations

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Thin-skinned tectonics and potential hydrocarbon traps: illustrated by a seismic profile in the Valley and Ridge province of Tennessee

Leonard D. Harris · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1976 · 38 citations

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Authors

55

  1. XF
    Xiaofei Fu

    Northeast Petroleum University, China

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  2. RK
    R. K. Wells

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    1 publications · 98 citations

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  3. BJ
    Bingnan Ji

    Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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  4. WS
    W. Solano-Alvarez

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. TZ
    Tianjun Zhang

    Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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Institutions

27

  1. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  2. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    392 citations

  3. Equinor (Norway)

    Stavanger, Norway

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  4. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  5. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    183 citations

  6. Sinopec (China)

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    63 citations

  7. Géosciences Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    110 citations

  8. Institute of Metallurgy

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  2. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. Computers and Geotechnics

    1 publications · 61 citations

    1

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  4. First Break

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

    1 publications · 23 citations

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