THINKING LIKE OIL AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Marlan W Downey - marlandowney@mindspring.com Marlan W Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil marlandowney@mindspring.com

AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 All Geology Is Interesting Some Geologic Work Is Novel Little Is Useful In Finding Oil Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Let’s Pretend Oil Can Talk, And Let’s Listen! AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Let’s Pretend Oil Can Talk, And Let’s Listen! Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Oil’s History Follows Simple Laws; Do You Know Those Rules? AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Oil’s History Follows Simple Laws; Do You Know Those Rules? Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Abundant Organic Matter Buried So Deeply That Earth’s Temperature Converts Solid OM To Oil And Gas Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 As Solid Organic Matter Liquefies and Expands, It Squirts Into Microfractures and Micropores Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 As Oil Moves Away From Pressured Source Rock Into Water-Wet Pores, It moves By Buoyancy Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

If You Want To Find Me, Do You Know Where I Came From? AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Oil Says If You Want To Find Me, Do You Know Where I Came From? Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

What Was The Structure Of The Seal That Roofed My Migration? AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 What Was The Structure Of The Seal That Roofed My Migration? Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Are You Sure You Can Recognize Me If Your Wildcat Drills Through Me? AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Are You Sure You Can Recognize Me If Your Wildcat Drills Through Me? Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Did you Know? .. A Large Part Of Me Remains Inside My Source Rock!? AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Did you Know? .. A Large Part Of Me Remains Inside My Source Rock!? Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 When Oil Is Only In The Large Pores, What Does That Say About The Oil Buoyancy Column Height? Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Oil Doesn’t Care About The Name Of Reservoir! AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Oil Doesn’t Care About The Name Of Reservoir! Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Oil Only Cares About The Size Of The Holes In The Rock AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Oil Only Cares About The Size Of The Holes In The Rock Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Capillary Pressure Measurements Lets You See The Reservoir As Oil Sees The Reservoir Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Oil Only Enters The Pore Sizes Permitted By Its Buoyancy Pressure AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Oil Only Enters The Pore Sizes Permitted By Its Buoyancy Pressure Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Low Pressure; Oil only in Large pores AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Low Pressure; Oil only in Large pores Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Oil in small pores; High impregnating pressure AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/13 Oil in small pores; High impregnating pressure Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Since Oil Always Follows The Rules; Shouldn’t You Know The Rules?! AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Since Oil Always Follows The Rules; Shouldn’t You Know The Rules?! Nick Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil

Focus Efforts On Following Oil From Source To Trap… AAPG Midcontinent Section Wichita, Ks. 10/14 Focus Efforts On Following Oil From Source To Trap… Think Like Oil! Marlan W Downey www.roxannaoil.com/thinkoil marlandowney@mindspring.com