Contents of Vol. 31, nos. 1-4 2008

Vol. 31, no. 4, October 2008

• Why is reservoir architecture an insignificant uncertainty in many appraisal and development studies of clastic channelized reservoirs?
  D. K. Larue and J. Hovadik (Chevron USA) view abstract
• Controls on reservoir quality in the Lower Triassic Kangan Formation, Southern Persian Gulf
  M. Moradpour, Z. Zamani and S. A. Moallemi (RIPI, Tehran) view abstract
• Petroleum prospectivity of Cretaceous formations in the Gongola Basin, Upper Benue Trough, Nigeria: An organic geochemical perspective on a migrated oil controversy
  M. B. Abubakar (Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria), E. F. C. Dike, N. G. Obaje, H. Wehner and A. Jauro view abstract
• Identification of salt features in seismic data
  M. K. Jenyon (Littlehampton, UK) view abstract
• Index, 2008
• International events
• Cover: The graph shows recovery efficiency as % OOIP as a function of time in days for a pore voidage replacement waterflood with different reservoir architecture types. Note that the recovery ranges from <10% to >55%. The graph is based on modelling results in the paper by Larue and Hovadik on pp 337-366 of this issue. In this paper it is shown that, for a series of reservoir models using similar rock and fluid property distributions, reservoir architecture does not strongly influence recovery unless connectivity or reservoir tortuosity are affected.

Vol. 31, no. 3, July 2008

• The petroleum system in the Sandino Forearc Basin, offshore western Nicaragua
  I. Struss (Leibniz University Hannover), V. Artiles, B. Cramer and J. Winsemann view abstract
• Geochemical aureoles around oil and gas accumulations in the Zechstein (Upper Permian) of Poland: analysis of fluid inclusions in halite and bitumens in rock salt
  V. M. Kovalevych (Academy of Sciences, Ukraine), T. M. Peryt, S. N. Shanina, D. Wieclaw and S. F. Lytvyniuk view abstract
• Oil polymerisation and fluid expulsion from low temperature, low maturity, overpressured sediments
  D. D. J. Antia (DCA Consultants, UK) view abstract
• Devonian carbonates of the Nigel Peak area, Rocky Mountains, Canada: a fossil petroleum system?
  J. Köster (Aachen University), R. Littke and H. G. Machel view abstract
• Geochemistry of crude oil samples from the Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf
  A. R. Rabbani (Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran) view abstract
• Composition and petroleum potential of lake facies in the FA-MS-48-73 well, Mae Soon structure, Fang oilfield, Northern Thailand
  A. Foopatthanakamol (Chiang Mai University), B. Ratanasthien, H. I. Petersen, P. Wongpornchai and W. Utamo view abstract
• Obituary: Hugh Wilson
• International events
• Cover: Main photo shows coastal outcrop of Middle-Upper Eocene deep-marine channelized sandstones in the Brito Formation at Punta Pie del Gigante, SW Nicaragua (photo courtsesy I. Struss). Analogous deep-marine sandstones in the subsurface are thought to have reservoir potential. Inset shows grey to black organic-rich shales, erosively overlain by turbiditic sandstones, in the Brito Formation near San Juan del Sur (photo courtesy of the Instituto Nicaraguense de Energia). Struss et al. report on the petroleum system in the Sandino Basin, on- and offshore western Nicaragua, on pp. 221-244 of this issue.

Vol. 31, no. 2, April 2008

• Hydrocarbon source rock assessment and revised biostratigraphy of DSDP Site 369A, offshore Northwest African Margin
  T. Cool (Chevron International), B. Katz, T. Dignes, D. Reimers and R. Fleisher view abstract
• 3D sedimentary modelling of a Miocene deltaic reservoir unit, Sincor field, Venezuela: a new approach
  R. Labourdette (Total), J. Casas and P. Imbert view abstract
• Thermal history reconstruction in the Soroosh and Nowrooz fields, Persian Gulf, based on apatite fission track analysis and vitrinite reflectance data
  A. Bashari (Iranian Offshore Oil Co., Tehran) view abstract
• A rapid method of quantifying the resolution limits of heat-flow estimates in basin models
  A. Beha (Maersk Oil, Denmark), R.O. Thomsen and R. Littke view abstract
• Quantitative estimates of oil losses during migration, Part II: Measurement of the residual oil saturation in migration pathways
  X. R. Luo, J. Z. Yan, B. Zhou, P. Hou, W. Wang and G. Vasseur view abstract
• Geochemical characterization of potential Jurassic / Cretaceous source rocks in the Shushan Basin, Northern Western Desert, Egypt
  A. S. Alsharhan (UAE Univesity) and E. A. Abd El-Gawad view abstract
• International events
• Cover: Aerial view of Apache's Qasr field, a Jurassic discovery made in 2003 in the Shushan Basin, Western Desert, Egypt. Gas-condensates here are believed to be sourced by Jurassic Safa Formation shales and coals, and the reservoir is a thick package of Jurassic braided fluvial deposits. Jurassic-Cretaceous source rocks in the Shushan Basin are the subject of the paper by Alsharhan and Abd El-Gawad on pp. 191-212 of this issue. Photo: courtesy Apache Egypt Companies

Vol. 31, no. 1, January 2008

• The origin of the Permo - Triassic gas accumulations in the Iranian Zagros Foldbelt and contiguous offshore areas: A review of the Palaeozoic Petroleum System
  M. L. Bordenave (Consultant, Paris, France) view abstract
• Neogene oil and gas reservoirs in the Progreso Basin, offshore Ecuador and Peru: Implications for petroleum exploration and development
  J . A. Deckelman (ConocoPhillips) et al. view abstract
• Reservoir potential of a lacustrine mixed carbonate / siliciclastic gas reservoir: The Lower Triassic Rogenstein in the Netherlands
  D. Palermo (University of Tuebingen), T. Aigner, M. Geluk, M. Poppelreiter and K. Pipping view abstract
• Geochemical and geophysical anomalies at the Zdanice oil- and gasfield, SE Czech Republic
  M. Matolin (Charles University in Prague), M. Abraham, J. Hanak, I. Kasparec and Z. Stranik view abstract
• Obituary: R. R. F. Kinghorn
• International Events
• Cover: Bathymetric and topographic imagery of the western, convergent South American margin. The Oligocene to Recent Progreso Basin, a forearc depression of pull-apart origin, hosts Neogene reservoirs of commercial importance. These reservoirs are the subject of the paper by Deckelman et al. on pp. 43-60 of this issue. Imagery prepared by Khalid Soofi and Debbie Hall of ConocoPhillips Company