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AVO
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Amplitude versus offset is a seismic interpretation technique that analyzes variations in amplitude as a function of offset, in certain
circumstances, it is an indirect hydrocarbon indicator
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Albian
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Last stage of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch ranging from 112 Ma to 99.6 Ma
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Anomaly
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Observation of physical phenomena that deviate from the normal background in an area
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Campanian
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Upper Cretaceous stage ranging from 83.5 Ma to 70.6 Ma
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Cretaceous
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Paleogene Epoch ranging from 55.8 Ma to 33.9
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Eocene
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Paleogene Epoch ranging from 55.8 Ma to 33.9 |
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Elephants
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An elephant oil field is defined as containing >100 million barrels of oil recoverable
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Giants
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A giant oil field is defined as containing >500 million barrels of oil recoverable, and a giant gas field contains >3 trillion
cubic feet of gas. Source Halbouty, M., "Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade 1990-2000", Online version of presentation at
Symposium, AAPG Convention, Denver, CO, June 5, 2001
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Maastichtian
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The last stage in the Cretaceous period
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Miocene
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The last stage in the Tertiary period
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Stratigraphic
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In reference to hydrocarbon traps, one typified by alterations of the composition (such as permeability) of the natural layering of the
strata
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Tertiary
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The geologic period from 67 million to 1.7 million years ago
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Turbidite
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Sedimentary deposit (as in a sand pile on the ocean floor) from a density current (large mass of sediment, such as from rapid erosion
from a canyon or shelf collapse) flowing down a continental shelf
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Turonian
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Second stage of the Upper Cretaceous epoch ranging from 93.6 Ma to 88.6 Ma
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Abbreviations
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API
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American Petroleum Institute
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bbl, bbls
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barrel(s)
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bbl/d, bbls/d
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barrel(s)/day
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boe
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barrels of oil equivalent
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Ma
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millions of years ago
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km
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Kilometres
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sq km
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Square kilometres (km2)
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