__UPDATE (July 2008): __To learn more about the geology of the Bakken petroleum system, check out this study by Flannery and Kraus from 2006. UPDATE (June 2008): I have edited the text from the ...

The exploration of tight oil reservoirs has achieved a big success, especially in the Huahai Depression, Jiuquan Basin, China, but the characteristics and formation mechanisms of the tight oil ...

Tight gas reservoirs are characterized by narrow pores and throats, abundant clay minerals, and developed fractures. These lead to severe formation damage during drilling, negatively affecting ...

BISMARCK — A “significant” amount of undeveloped oil resources remain deep in the northwestern portion of North Dakota’s Bakken Petroleum System, state experts say. According to studies conducted by ...

Exploration and production companies should target traps above Potwar basin’s Lockhart formation to increase oil and gas production. Source-rock sedimentology for Potwar basin, host to most of ...

Geologists say a potential major oil discovery in Alaska, coupled with a state geological analysis released this summer, indicate that an often-overlooked rock formation on the North Slope may hold ...

As defined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), heavy oil is a type of crude oil characterized by an asphaltic, dense, viscous nature (similar to molasses), and its asphaltene (very large molecules ...

Magnolia Petroleum Plc announced a positive update across its portfolio of interests focused on proven and producing US onshore hydrocarbon formations, including the prolific Bakken / Three Forks ...

Cells, the basic unit of life, are surrounded by a limiting membrane called the plasma membrane. Inside cells, there are various membrane-bounded organelles, each of which has various and distinctive ...