Transactions

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

(GulfCoast Section ofthe American Association ofPetroleum Geologists)

Co-Editors

Sandra Ortega, Armando Altamira, Ricardo Torres, and Renato Castro

Associate Editors

Jill C. Willis and Kristen M. Willis

Preparedfor the

61st Annual Convention of the

GulfCoast Association of Geological Societies

American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Sectional Meeting

Volume LXI

2011

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Editor

Jose Manuel Grajales-Nishimura

Managing Editor

James J. Willis

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Veracruz, Mexico

October 16-19,2011

LIST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS

Gas Province in the Deepwater Southern Gulf of Mexico 3

Aguilera Gomez, Leonardo E., Enrique Guzman Vera, Javier Contreras Trejo, Marco A. Ar-

regufn Lopez, Arturo Escamilla Herrera

Neogene Depositional Systems in the Comalcalco Basin, Southeastern Mexico 13

Alonso G6mez, J., J. A. Martinez Mendez, O. Pinto Gomez, 0. Granados Molina, M. Varela

Santamaria, G. V. Flores Moro, and J. Garcia Arias

Integrated Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Transition in the

Gulf of Mexico Region: Key Horizons for Hydrocarbon Oil Exploration 33

Arenillas, Ignacio, Jose A. Arz, Jose M. Grajales-Nishimura, M. Carmen Rosales-Dominguez,Julio C. Gonzalez-Lara, Florentin J.-M. R. Maurrasse, Reinaldo Rojas-Consuegra, Gustavo

Murillo-Mufieton, Luis G. Velasquillo-Martinez, Antonio Camargo-Zanoguera, and LeidyMenendez-Penate

Tertiary Turbidite Systems in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico 45

Arregum-Lopez, Marco Antonio, Gerardo Reyna-Martinez, Hilarion Sanchez-Hernandez,Arturo Escamilla-Herrera, and Aaron Gutierrez-Araiza

Seismic Technology Evolution to Support Prospect Evaluation, Exploration Well,

and Geological Appraisal 55

Billette, Frederic J., and Yan Quist

Hydraulic Mobility in Fractured Systems of the Cantarell and Ku-Maloob-ZaapOil Fields, Gulf of Mexico 65

Birkle, Peter, Miguel A. Lozada Aguilar, Esteban Soriano Mercado, and Jose de Jesus Torres

Villasenor

Recent Developments in Marine Acquisition and Data Processing

Technology to Improve Imaging through Complex Overburdens 77

Bunting, Timothy, Jerry Kapoor, Nick Moldoveanu, and Jeremy Brovrett

Analogue Modeling of the Monterrey Salient and the La Popa Basin,

Northeastern Mexico 81

Cerca, Mariano, Rodrigo Portillo-Pineda, and Dora Carre6n-Freyre

Salt Provinces in the Mexican Portion of the Gulf of Mexico—

Structural Characterization and Evolutionary Model 93

Cruz-Mercado, Miguel Angel, Juan Carlos Flores-Zamora, Ramon Leon-Ramirez, Hector Gil-berto Lopez-Cespedes, Rolando Heberto Peterson-Rodriguez, Enrique Reyes-Tovar, RaymundoSanchez-Rivera, and David Barrera-Gonzalez

Structural and Stratigraphic Relationships of Hydrocarbon Seeps in the Northern

Gulf of Mexico and Geological Factors Contributing to Migration Variations 105

Dalthorp, Margaret, and Thomas H. Naehr

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List of Technical Papers

An Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in Clastic Facies of

the Lower Cretaceous Sligo Formation, Eastern U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain 123

Doolan, Colin A., and Alexander W. Karlsen

Tectonic Domains in the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo Border Region, Texas and Mexico:

Laramide Structures Suggest Earlier History 141

Ewing, Thomas E.

Stratigraphy of the Marble Falls Interval (Pennsylvanian),

Jack and Wise Counties, Texas 157

Farrar, Klinton M., and John A. Breyer

Feasibility Study Methodology for Fracture Analysis Studies Using Seismic

Azimuthal Amplitude Variation: Application in Southern Mexico 175

Ferrer Balas, Alexis, Nahum Campos, and Jesus Garcia Hernandez

Stratigraphy of Sierra Mojada, Western Coahuila, Mexico: An Integrative Studyof a Mesozoic Platform-Basin Margin 187

Gryger, Sean M.

A Survey of the Production Time-Scale Compaction Behavior of

Unconsolidated Sands 201

Hathon, Lori A., and Michael T. Myers

The Teaching-Learning Process Paradox of Earth Sciences Engineering Education 211

Hernandez-Espriu, Antonio, and Emilio Sanchez-Leon

Geological Controls on Fracturing in Carbonate Rocks in the

Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico 219

Hernandez Padilla, Miguel, Norma Olaez Ahedo, Lilia Hernandez Salazar, Clotilde Prieto

Ubaldo, Faustino Monroy Santiago, Ariel Ramirez Espinoza, and Juan Juarez Placencia

Size, Spacing, and Opening History of Natural Fractures: Preliminary Results

from the El Alamar Formation, Northeastern Mexico 233

Hooker, John N., Stephen E. Laubach, Autumn Kaylor, Peter Eichhubl, and Andras Fall

Identifying New Exploration Fairways in the Gulf of Mexico: Deepwater Tuscaloosa/

Woodbine Play 245

Horn, Brian W.

Investigating Salt Domes in Harris County, Texas, Using GIS and

Remote Sensing Techniques 257

Huang, Zheng Y., Shuhab Khan, Robert Stewart, and Ramesh Shrestha

Anisotropic Controlled-Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) Inversion near

the "Tiger" Well in Alaminos Canyon Block 818, Gulf of Mexico 267

Kanhalangsy, Cam, Nick Golubev, and Jurgen J. Zach

XV

List of Technical Papers

Evolving Thoughts on the Origins of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico Basin and

its Impact on Oil Quality 275

Katz, Barry Jay

Plate Kinematics of the Gulf of Mexico Based on Integrated Observations

from the Central and South Atlantic 283

Kneller, Erik A., and Christopher A. Johnson

Mesozoic Remaining Potential in the Southeast Basins of Mexico 301

Milland Padr6n, M., J. Ruiz Morales, and M. Teran Garcia

Comparison of Data Sources to Constrain Fracture Intensity in

Static Fracture Models 309

Nelson, R. A,

Tertiary Progressive Folding and Faulting Systems on Anisopach

Evaporite Terrains at the Oil Province of Southern Mexico 317

Olvera-Barroso, Irasema S., and Mario Aranda-Garcia

Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Resources in the U.S. Gulf Coast Jurassic Norphlet and

Smackover Formations 329

Pearson, Ofori N.

Structural Characterization and Tectonic Evolutional Onshore-Offshore Model

at the Mexican Northwestern Portion of the Gulf of Mexico 341

Peterson Rodriguez, Rolando H., Juan C. Flores Zamora, Miguel A. Cruz Mercado, EnriqueReyes Tovar, Hector G. Lopez Cespedes, Raymundo Sanchez Rivera, and David Barrera Gon¬

zalez

Linked Kinematic Histories of the Macuspana, Akal-Reforma, Comalcalco,

and Deepwater Campeche Basin Tectonic Elements, Southern Gulf of Mexico 353

Pindell, James, and Ernesto Miranda

Regional Study of Fractures in Cretaceous Rocks of the Campeche Sound,

Southern Gulf of Mexico 363

Robles N., J., D. Obispo G„ L. B. Sanchez R, J. Zaldivar R., J. Ruiz M., F. Monroy S.,M. A. De Anda G., D. De La Cruz E, and L. Villa G.

Evaluation of the Petroleum Systems of the Province of Bravo Salina, Mexico 373

Rodriguez Arvizu, Lazaro I., Juan R. Roman Ramos, Arturo Bautista Lopez, Luis Alarc6n Cruz,and Ricardo Padilla Bastida

Salt-Related Deformation Recorded by Allochthonous Salt

Rather than Growth Strata 379

Rowan, Mark G., and Kerry F. Inman

New Insights into the Eastern Margin of the Tuxpan Platform

and its Influence on Deepwater Piays of the Gulf of Mexico 391

Ruiz R,, Hector, Carlos Caraveo M., Andrew Horbury, and Angel Saldana L.

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List of Technical Papers

Tectonics, Structure, and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Mexican RidgesFold Belt, Western Gulf of Mexico 403

Salomon-Mora, Luis E., Miguel Cruz-Mercado, Ian Alsop, and Stuart Archer

Tectonic Evolution of the South Gulf Salt Province in the Gulf of Mexico 421

Sanchez Rivera, Raymundo, Miguel Angel Cruz Mercado, Enrique Reyes Tovar,Hector Gilberto Lopez Cespedes, Rolando Heberto Peterson Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Flores

Zamora, Ramon Leon Ramirez, and David Barrera Gonzalez

Laser Ablation Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICPMS),a Microanalytical Tool for Heavy Minerals Characterization: Principlesand Applications 429

Solari, Luigi A., Arturo Gomez-Tuena, and Juan Pablo Bema

Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Submarine Canyons and Thick Deepwater Sands

of the Gulf of Mexico: Very Large Systems in a Greenhouse World, Not a

Messinian-Like Crisis 443

Sweet, M. L., and M. D. Blum

Thermal Anomalies Near Salt: A Porosity Preservation Window 451

Taylor, Thomas R., Melvyn R. Giles, Lori A. Hathon, Gino V. Birbiglia, Mark G. Kittridge, andNeil R. Braunsdorf

Microstratigraphy and Comparative Taphonomic Analysis of the Upper Core Shale

of a Pennsylvanian Cyclothem: Keys to the Recognition of Subtle Cyclic Deposition.. 463

Thomka, James R., Ronald D. Lewis, Daniel Mosher, Peter F. Holterhoff, Isabel A. Leon y

Leon, and Roger K. Pabian

Petrographic and Provenance Analysis of the Miocene Sandstones in the

Salina Basin, Southern Gulf of Mexico 483

Torres Vargas, Ricardo, Elena Centeno Garcia, and Ulises Hernandez Romano

Economic and Strategic Value of Oxfordian Light Oil Discoveries in the

Campeche Sound Area, Mexico 493

Trejo-Vazquez, E., M. A. Milland Padron, J. Perez Aguilar, M. Bolon Tun, L. A. Vega Munoz,and G. Martinez Hernandez

The Influence of "Mobile" Evaporite Distribution on Salt Wall Growth

and Stratigraphic Architecture in the Northern Paradox Basin, Southeastern Utah 505

Trudgill, Bruce D.

Earth Sciences Graduate Programs in the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon 515

Velasco-Tapia, Fernando, and Francisco Medina-Barrera

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LIST OF EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

First Report of Tempestites in the Lower Tithonian Subsurface in Southern Mexico:

Sedimentary Interpretation and Exploration Perspectives 523

Aguilera Franco, Noemi, Marco A. Prado Pefla, Ricardo Sandoval Silva, Consuelo Macias

Ojeda, Gomez Vazquez Nancy Edith, Rios Rojas Ramiro, and Victor M. Chavez Valois

Gravitational Collapse and Neogene Sediment Transfer across the

Western Margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Insights from Numerical Models 535

Alzaga Ruiz, Humberto, Didier Granjeon, and Francois Roure

Petroleum Prospectivity at the Salina del Bravo Province, Western Gulf of Mexico 539

Bernabe Martinez, Guadalupe, Juan C. Flores Zamora, Felix A. Ramirez Cuellar, Aguilar Cam¬

pos Cesar, Gerardo Rios Herrera, Arturo Soto Cuervo, and J. Trinidad Martinez Vasquez

New Plays and Play Extensions Revitalize the Northern Gulf of Mexico 543

Boettcher, S. S., I. A. Russell, N. Way, and B. P. West

Salt Tectonics at Passive Margins: Geology Versus Models 547

Brun, Jean-Pierre, and Xavier Fort

From Isotropic to Tilted Transverse Isotropic Pre-Stack Depth Migration 553

Chazalnoel, Nicolas

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Correlation Study—22 Years Later! 557

Comet, Paul A.

Forward Modelling of Turbidite Sand Deposits on Restored PaleobathymetricSurfaces: Case Studies in Salt Tectonics Affected Areas 567

Domzig, Anne, Stuart MacLean, Dave Waltham, Tim Rice, and Ryan Shackleton

Kinematics of Regional Salt Flow in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 573

Fort, Xavier, and Jean-Pierre Brun

Fracture Identification Using Non-Imaging Open Hole Logs 579

Hill, Britt, Roman Hernandez, Daniel Brooks, and Mark Przywara

New Application Designed to Enhance the Petrophysical Evaluation of

Complex Carbonate Systems 585

Hill, Britt, Roman Hernandez, Daniel Brooks, and Mark Przywara

Application of Fluorescence Microscopy in a Biostratigraphic Context to

Dolomitized Limestones in Southeastern Mexico: An Alternative Tool 591

Macias Ojeda, Consuelo, Noemi Aguilera Franco, Victor M. Martinez Morales, Ricardo

Sandoval Silva, and Marco Antonio Prado Pefia

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List of Extended Abstracts

Petroleum System Analysis in South-Central Deep Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 599

Maldonado, Rodrigo, Carlos T. Williams, Jose Ruiz, Manuel Machorro, Luis M. Medrano, and

Pierre Y. Chenet

Advances and Challenges in Seismic Data Processing and Imaging for

Geologically Complex Areas 603

Martinez, Ruben D.

Stratigraphy, Petrology, and Provenance of Neogene Sandstones of the

Veracruz Basin, Mexico 607

Martinez-Medrano, Martin, Esmeralda Gonzalez-Mercado, and Enoc Fernandez-Avendano

Non-Conventional Plays of Mexico: Strategy for Identification, Assessment,and Development 621

Perez Cruz, Guillermo A.

Unconventional Reservoir Evaluation: Focus on the Eagle Ford 625

Przywara, Mark, Allen Howard, Roman Hernandez, and Daniel Brooks

Seismic Facies Analysis of Mesozoic and Tertiary Sequences in the

Eastern Portion of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 631

Reyna-Martinez, Gerardo, Lino Miranda-Peralta, Veronica Mufioz-Bocanegra, Minerva Arre-

dondo-Delgadillo, Jose Ruiz-Morales, Jose Robles-Nolasco, and Francisco Olivares-Perez

Resolving Complex Salt Geometry: Iterative Salt Imaging and Interpretation 635

Ritter, Gabriel, and Kenneth Waddell

Geochemical Characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale Gas Systemin Northeastern Mexico 641

Roman Ramos, Juan R., Joel Lara Rodriguez, Anselmo Gonzalez Garcia, Mariano Tellez Aviles,

Rogelio Munoz Cisneros, and Ricardo Martinez Sierra

Geological and Geophysical Integration to Estimate the Thermal State in the

Gulf of Mexico Basin 649

Rosales Rodriguez, Joel

Regional Mapping in the Ultra-Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 651

Sanchez-Monclu, Alfredo, Claudio Bartolini, and B. Jose C. Vicente

Bioevents and Microfacies of the Kimmeridgian Carbonate Ramp Sequence

in Southern Mexico 655

Sandoval Silva, Ricardo, Marco A. Prado Pena, "Noerni Aguilera Franco, Consuelo Macias

Ojeda, Victor Martinez Morales, Rios Rojas Ramiro, and Victor M. Chavez Valois

Structural Evolution and Natural Fracture Patterns of the Divide Creek Anticline

and Rulison/Mamm Creek Gas Fields, Piceance Basin, Colorado 665

Trudgill, Bruce D., and Michael F. Doe

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List of Extended Abstracts

Structural Evolution in the Tabasco Coastal Plain, Mexico 671

Vazquez-Meneses, Mario E., Aurelio Espana-Pinto, Eduardo Rosales-Contreras, Joel Rosales-

Rodriguez, Agustin Ruiz-Violante, and Aaron del Valle-Reyes

Stratigraphy to Seismic (StS): Integrating Biostratigraphic Interpretationswith Seismic Data 675

Watson, Paul, Caroline Reid, and Elisabeth Nairn

Hydrocarbon Potential of the Deepwater Portion of the "Salina del Istmo" Province,

Southeastern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 681

Williams-Rojas, Carlos T., Enrique Reyes-Tovar, Lino Miranda-Peralta, Gerardo Reyna-Martinez, Alejandro Cardenas-Alvarado, Rodrigo Maldonado-Villalon, Veronica Mufioz-

Bocanegra, and Carlos Lora-delaFuente

Tectonic Controls of the Cuban Arc-Continent Collision on Offshore Sequencesin the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico 685

Yang, Wenxiu, Alejandro Escalona, and Paul Mann

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LIST OF ABSTRACTS

Matematicas Aplicadas a Las Ciencias de la Tierra: A Book that can Support Betterand Optimal Decisions 695

Aguilar Juarez, Isabel P., and J. Arellano Gil

The Chicontepec Formation in Presidente Aleman Field (Veracruz, Mexico):Depositional Processes and Stratigraphic Architecture of a Submarine SlopeCanyon-Fill

, 697

Aldinucci, Mauro, Bjarte Hellevang, Maria Blinova, Al Amran Abdullah, Kseniya Hladka,Volkan Ozaksoy, and Manuel Morales

Petroleum Play Distribution and Characteristics in the Southern Gulf of MexicoPetroliferous Basins: From Coastal Onshore to Shallow Water and Deep Water 699

Andrus, Vlad, and Edgar H. Guevara

Upper Jurassic Carbonate Ramp, Northern Mexico: Oolite and Lagoonal Limestone

Analogues for Oil Reservoirs from Southeastern Mexico 701

Aranda-Garcia, Mario, and Jose P. Zarate

What are the Risk Atlases? Case Study: Risk Atlases in the Municipalities ofAltamira, Madero, and Tampico, Tamaulipas State, Mexico 703

Arceo-Cabrilla, F. A., L. M. Reyes-Campero, and E. G. Espinosa Aramburu

Mass Movement Hazard Assessment in Zacatecas State, Mexico 705

Barajas Nigoche, Luis D., and Juan P. Moreno Ruiz

Challenges and Solutions in Subsalt Plays, Southern Mexico 707

Barrios-Rivera, Jorge

Exploration in the Alto de Jalpa, Region Sur, Tabasco, Mexico. 709

Beristain-Suarez, Claudia A., Jose F. Gonzalez-Pineda, Jos6 A. Berlanga-Garcia,Daniel Castillo-Gonzalez, Victor M. Sanchez-Sanchez, and Cosme O. Rodriguez-Cruz

Application of 3D GSMP for Water Bottom Multiple Attenuation on

Maximo 3D Survey, Perdido Fold Belt, Gulf of Mexico 711

Browett, Jeremy D., and Soumya Deep Das

Reverse Time Migration Using CRS Shot Gathers 713

Caballero, Alfredo, Rodolfo Ballesteros, Eliakim Schuenemann, Ekkehard Tessmer, andHumberto Salazar

Environmental Challenges in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Zone 715

Carranza-Edwards, Arturo

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List of Abstracts

Evidence of Westward Progression of Multiple Pull-Apart Basins in Central-Eastern

Mexico: Transition from Proto-Oceanic Rift to Oceanic Back Arc Setting 717

Centeno-Garcla, Elena, Victor Davila-Alcocer, Michelangelo Martini, Claudia C. Mendoza-

Rosales, Emiliano Campos-Madrigal, and Gilberto Silva-Romo

Sandstone Provenance and U/Pb detrital zircon ages from the Huayacocotla and

Xaltipa Formations, Veracruz State, and their Tectonic Meaning 719

Centeno-Garcla, Elena, Angeles Verde-Ramirez, Gilberto Silva-Romo, Emiliano Campos-Madrigal, and Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales

Upper Jurassic Sedimentary Evolution and Oil Plays in the Sureste Basin of Mexico... 721

Chavez Valois, Victor M., Ramiro Rios Rojas, Nancy E. Gomez Vazquez, Victor Martinez Mo¬rales, Consuelo Macias Ojeda, Lopez Azuara Roberto, Hugo Pefia Ramirez, Ricardo SandovalSilva, Noeml Aguilera Franco, and Marco Antonio Prado Pefla

Characteristics of the Petroleum System of Southeastern Mexico 723

Clara-Vald6s, Lourdes, Leticia Bernal-Vargas, Ernesto Caballero-Garcia, Rodrigo Maldonado-

Villalon, and Luis M. Medrano Morales

Palynological Age Control of Wilcox Group Sediments in the

Northwestern Gulf of Mexico 725

Dickey, Regina L.

Characterization of a Dual-Carbonate Reservoir of Gas and Condensate for

Simulation, Costero Field, Mexico 727

Garcia-Hernandez, Jesus

New Exploratory Discovery of Giant Fields in the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgianof the Southwest Marine Region, Mexico 729

Garcia-Trevino, Francisco

Current Scope of the High Resolution Biostratigraphy in Cenozoic Subsurface

Sedimentary Rocks of the Gulf of Mexico Basins 731

Garcia-Urbano, Daniel, Ana L. Mendez Franco, Bruno A. Reyna-Tellez, Julio C. Gonzalez-Lara, and Maria E. Gomez-Luna

Petroleum Systems Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico Basin with

Complex Salt Evolution and its Impact on Fluid Quality Prediction 733

Gong, Changrui

Cenomanian-Turonian Biostratigraphic Update of the Eagle Ford Gas Shale Play,Northeastern Mexico

, 735Gonzalez, Anselmo E,

Influence of Growth Faulting on Lower Cretaceous Clastic Sediment Units,Raleigh Field, Smith County, Mississippi 737

Gore, Erin R., Danny W. Harrelson, and Maurice A. Meylan

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List of Abstracts_

Insights on the Evolution of Backstop Zones Related to Salt Tectonics

in Analogue Models 739

Gracia-Marroqum, Diego, and Mariano Cerca

Basement Controls on Salt Related Structures in the Northern DeepwaterGulf of Mexico 741

Grando, Gianluca, Joao Alberto Bach de Oliveira, and Jose A. Borges-Dudt

Stratigraphic Correlations 743

Guerra-Tapia, Rodolfo

Ecologic Territorial Order and Mine Land Aptitude: The Baja California

Peninsula Case 745

Gutierrez Aguilar, Rafael, and Francisco de Jesus Cafaggi Felix

High-Resolution Mesozoic Biostratigraphic Analysis in Exploratory Wells,Marine Area, Campeche, Mexico 747

Gutierrez-Puente, Nicte A., Marcelo Aguilar-Pifia, Sonia P. Franco-Navarrete, and Maria E.

Gomez-Luna

Origin of Heavy Oil Reservoirs in Mexico: Biodegradation Versus Maturity 749

Guzman-Vega, Mario A., Ernesto Caballero-Garcia, Lourdes Clara-Valdes, Joel Lara-

Rodriguez, Gustavo Martinez-Pontvianne, Luis Medrano-Morales, and Laura Villanueva

"Microbial Mound" Play from the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian in the

Tampico-Misantla Basin, Mexico 751

Hernandez de la Fuente, Raul, Oscar M. Gutierrez Marquez, Sergio Paz Lopez, Francisco

Gonzalez Gonzalez, and Aureliano G. Martinez Pontvianne

Free-Hydrocarbon Plume Modeling: A Tool for Predicting Remediation

Effectiveness in Vulnerable Shallow Aquifers 753

Hernandez-Espriu, Antonio, and Emilio Sanchez-Le6n

Depositional Systems in the Chicontepec Basin, Central-Eastern Gulf Coast, Mexico... 755

Hernandez-Mendoza, J. Javier, Abelardo Escamilla-Hernandez, Ma. Lidia De la Huerta-Cobos,and Domingo Saavedra-Torres

Is Opening of the Gulf of Mexico Restricted to the Jurassic? 757

Keppie, Fraser

Petroleum System Modeling and Hydrocarbon Prediction of the Gulf Mexican Ridges .759

Lara, Joel, Claudia Barrera-Ortiz, and Juan R. Roman-Ramos

Required Skills to Face Exploration Challenges at Pemex E&P 761

Leon-Sanchez, Roboam, Laura Villanueva-Rodriguez, and Carlos Barajas-Llerenas

Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs in Northwestern Cuba 763

Lopez Corzo, Osvaldo, Olga Castro Castifieira, Juan Rodriguez Loeches, and Carlos Perera

Falcon

xxiii

List ofAbstracts

Petroleum Systems and Oil Qualities in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone

in the Gulf of Mexico 765

Lopez Rivera, Juan G., Jose O. Lopez Quintero, and Orelvis Delgado Lopez

Foraminiferal Indicators of Modern and Last Glacial Maximum Water Masses

in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico 767

Machain Castillo, Maria L., Raul Gio Argaez, Barbara L. Cuesta Castillo, Xavier A. Alcala

Herrera, and Barun K. Sen Gupta

Implications of Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Models in the

Fractured Reservoir Development of the Middle Cretaceous May Field 769

Mandujano, Jaime, Raul Ramos Quiroz, Rafael Lievando Gonzalez, Ignacio Mendoza Santiago,Ociel Flores-Brito, and David Suarez-Contreras

Current Status on Exploration Activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cuba

in the Gulf of Mexico 771

Marrero Faz, Manuel

Geosteering with Minimal LWD Capability: Biosteering during

Underbalanced, Coiled Tubing Drilling Operations for Gas and the

Development of the Stratsteer Concept 773

Marshall, Paul R., and Paul Watson

Unconventional Play Potential in Northern Mexico 775

Martinez-Sierra, Ricardo, Tellez Mariano, Mario Aranda-Garcia, Juan R. Roman, and AlejandroSosa-Patr6n

Rock Physics for Prediction of Gas Reservoirs, Tertiary Basin of Veracruz 777

Mayorga, Victor O., and Juan C. Gloria

Oil Quality Prediction in the Sonda de Campeche, Mexico 779

Medrano Morales, Luis M., Ciro Diaz Salgado, Jose C. Gallardo Garcia, Manuel Machorro

Jimenez, Rodrigo Maldonado Villal6n, Jorge Pacheco Munoz, and Pedro Pefia Sanchez

Integrating Sequence Stratigraphy and Seismic Attributes for Quantitative

Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study of a Pliocene Reservoir,

Campeche Sound, Mexico 781

Mendez-Hernandez, Efrain, Jesus Garcia-Hernandez, Carlos Bahamon, and Roger Slatt

Tehuacan Rift Basin in Southeastern Mexico: Magmatic and StratigraphicEvidence for Barremian Rifting of the Gulf of Mexico 783

Mendoza-Rosales, Claudia C, Elena Centeno-Garcia, Gilberto Silva-Romo, and Emiliano Cam¬

pos-Madrigal

Hypothetical Presalt Play in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Northwestern

Yucatan Block, Mexico 785

Miranda, Lino, Carlos Williams, Jose Ruiz, Rodrigo Maldonado, and Alejandro Cardenas-

Alvarado

xxiv

List of Abstracts__

Methodology for Static Characterization of Natural Fractures: Implementation in

Pemex Projects and its Application in Oil and Gas Field Development..... 787

Monroy-Santiago, Faustino

Remaining Potential in the Burgos Basin, Mexico 789

Muiioz, Rogelio C, Javier M. Solano, and Lauro C. Velazquez

Using Dynamic Data to Validate Conductive Fracture Orientations in an

Oil and Gas Field from Southeastern Mexico 791

Olaez-Ahedo, Norma A., Carlos F. Tapia-Garcia, Clotilde Prieto-Ubaldo, and Lilia Hernandez-

Salazar

Risk Analysis of the Upper Eocene Yegua Play, a Gravitational Collapse Structure,

South Burgos Basin, Northwestern Mexico 793

Olivares Ramos, Daniel, Irving R. Arvizu Gutierrez, Alberto Marino Castanon, Baltazar Hernan¬

dez Sanchez, and Magda L. Rodriguez Pedraza

Iterative and Integrated Velocity Model Building 795

Ong-Ting, Chu

Safety and Environmental Protection Practices during Marine Seismic Operationsin Mexico 797

Ortiz-Duran, Jorge L.

Climate Change: Mitigation Strategies toward Inclusive Growth 799

Perez-Navarrete, Jonathan B.

Role of Education Agents to Meet New Challenges in Geosciences 801

Perez-Navarrete, Jonathan B.

Structural Characterization and Tectonic Evolutional Onshore-Offshore Model

at the Mexican Northwestern Portion of the Gulf of Mexico 803

Peterson, Rolando H., Juan C. Flores, Miguel A. Cruz, Enrique Reyes, Hector G. L6pez,

Raymundo Sanchez-Rivera, and Ramon Leon

Southward Propagating Rifting and Drifting between Western Florida

and Northeastern Yucatan Formed the Eastern Gulf of Mexico 805

Pindell, James, and Brian W. Horn

Refining Yucatan's Counterclockwise Rotation during the "Drift Stage"in the Gulf of Mexico 807

Pindell, James, and Ernesto Miranda

Application in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs from Southeastern Mexico 809

Prieto-Ubaldo, Clotilde, Faustino Monroy-Santiago, Norma Olaez-Ahedo, and Lilia Hernandez-

Salazar

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List ofAbstracts

Multi-Decadal to Centennial Scale Variability in the Surface Ocean of the

Northern Gulf of Mexico over the Late Holocene 811

Quinn, Terrence, and Richard Z. Poore

Vertical Accretion and Sea Level Rise: Implications for Estuarine Wetlands

on Mustang Island, Texas 813

Radosavljevic, Boris, James Gibeaut, and Philippe Tissot

Biostratigraphic Contributions to the Tertiary Burgos Basin, Northeastern Mexico 815

Ramirez, Graciela, M6nica Quintanilla, Marco A. San Martin, Baltazar Hernandez, Marisol

Perez, and Eloisa Navarro

Structural Characterization of the Deepwater Region in the South Gulf

Salt Province, Mexico 817

Reyes Tovar, Enrique, Miguel Angel Cruz Mercado, Raymundo Sanchez Rivera, Hector Gilber-

to Lopez Cespedes, Ramon Leon Ramirez, David Barrera Gonzalez, Rolando Heberto Peterson

Rodriguez, and Juan Carlos Flores Zamora

Geoscience Education Trends: A Point of View from the School of Earth Science,National Polytechnic Institute 819

Rocha Legorreta, Francisco J., and Julio Morales de la Garza

Seismic Acquisition with Q-Land Technology, Better Seismic Resolution from

Single Sensors. First Project in Mexico 821

Rocha-Ruiz, Rodolfo, Timothy Bunting, and Roberto L. Parrado

Regional Compilation of Seismic Stratigraphy and Structure of the Mexican Sector

of the Gulf of Mexico 823

Rodriguez, Anthony B., Paul Mann, "William E. Galloway, and Patricia E. Ganey-Curry

Paleogene Bio-Zonification of the Tertiary Veracruz Basin, Mexico 825

Rodriguez Contreras, Reyna Leticia, and Modesto Landeros Flores

Hydrogeology of Northern Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico, Based on

Spring Characterization 827

Rosales Lagarde, Laura, Penelope J. Boston, Andrew R. Campbell, and Louise D. Hose

Play Fairway Analysis and Risk Mapping in the Kimmeridgian Play (Upper Jurassic).

Campeche Sound, Mexico 829

Sanchez, Arnulfo

A Non-Catastrophic Alternative in the Genesis of the Clastites Referred

to the K-T in Central and Western Cuba: Its Importance for Offshore

Hydrocarbon Exploration 831

Sanchez Arango, Jorge R.

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List of Abstracts.

The Southern Sector in the Sigsbee Basin: A Possible New Future Oil Provincein the Gulf of Mexico 833

Sanchez Arango, Jorge R., Juan G. Lopez Rivera, Jose O. Lopez Quintero, Bernardo R. Domin-

guez Garces, and Orelvis Delgado L6pez

Formation and Occurrence of Natural Gases in Mexico 835

Schoell, Martin, and Maria L. Clara Valdes

Naturally Fractured Reservoir Characterization Applied to Field Exploitation 837

Soriano, Esteban

Variable Depth Streamer Acquisition—Benefits of Truly Broadband Marine Seismic 839

Soubaras, Robert, and Peter Whiting

Main Characteristics on Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential in the

Southeastern Gulf of Mexico (Deepwater) 841

Tenreyro, Rafael, Juan G. Lopez, Jorge R. Sanchez, and Jose O. Lopez

Seismic imaging and Interpretation of the Fold and Thrust Belt in the

Northwestern Cuban Offshore Sector 843

Tenreyro, Rafael, Rene Dominguez, and Roberto Otero

Neogene Sandstone Provenance and Petrographic Families,Southern Gulf of Mexico 845

Torres, Ricardo, Christian Moya, Ulises Hernandez-Romano, Martin Martmez-Medrano, andElena Centeno-Garcia

Remaining Potential in the Tertiary Southeast Basins, Mexico 847

Varela, Miguel, Guadalupe V. Flores-Moro, and Jose A. Martinez

Geochemical Characteristics and Prospectivity of the Gases from the

Veracruz Basin, Mexico 849

Vazquez-Covarrubias, Emilio, and Juan Rogelio Roman-Ramos

Understanding of the Earth's Subsurface through Improving the Seismic Image:Challenges and Solutions 851

Vazquez-Garci'a, Marco

Sedimentological Study of Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) Oolites in theSouthern Basins, Mexico 853

Villanueva Gonzalez, Luis L., Victor Chavez Valois, Jose Robles Nolasco, Jose Ruiz Morales,Jaime Patino Ruiz, Arnulfo Sanchez Valerio, and Francisco Olivares P6rez

The Influence of Salt Diapirism in Outlining Petroleum Traps: Conjugating Tectonics,Sedimentation, and Surface Expositions—Cardenas Field, Mexico 855

Villasefior Rojas, Pedro Ernesto

Play Analysis in the U.S. Sector of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Basin in theFramework of Tectonic Development and Depositional Systems 857

Xu, Tianguang

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