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Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry | Volume 2
December 06 -07, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
Pet roleum Engineer ing, Oil and Gas
International Conference on
Joint Event
Microseeps are the non-visual forms ofmacroseeps that are
detected by use of iodine, soil gas, radiometric, chemical
and magnetic methods. They are typically referred to as surface
geochemistry as they are limited to the upper 20 feet of the soil
or bedrock section. Off-shore surface geochemistry has been
used in the form of detecting microseeps in the water column
or as analysis of cores from the upper one to three meters of
the sea floor substrate. Surface geochemistry can be an integral
part in finding petroleum reservoirs in mature or new areas
when used in conjunctionwith subsurface and seismic data. The
concept ofmicroseeps are viablebasedon the concept vertically
migrating hydrocarbons migrate from a reservoir to the surface
along micro-pores, micro-fractures and micro-unconformities.
The petroleum fluids migrate as the result of simple physics
whereby they move higher toward an area of ever decreasing
pressure. The petroleum compounds eventually enter the soil
substrate and react with existing oxides, carbonates, metals,
plants, bacteria, water and clay’s. They cause changes in Eh, pH,
deposition of or removal of radioactive, halogen and carbonate
minerals. Petroleum compounds, such as methane and ethane
will escape into the atmosphere. One of the pressing questions
for an explorationist is whether a target defined by subsurface
geology, 3D or 2D seismic contains hydrocarbons. The only
direct method of determining the presence or absence of
hydrocarbons prior to drilling is detecting the presence of
macro or microseeps.
Both the mining and environmental industries use surface geo-
chemical methods to detect buried ore deposits or areas of
contamination. The mining industry is using soil gas methods
to define ore deposits affiliated too organic material whether
organic shales, bitumen or “live” petroleum such as the Carlin
GoldDistrict inNevada. Theenvironmental industryuses various
forms of soil gas methods as well as analyzing for halogenated
hydrocarbons, specifically iodine, to delineate and define
contaminated areas. Several case histories will be presented.
Speaker Biography
Steven A Tedesco serves as the chief executive officer and president of Running Foxes
Petroleum Inc. He was chief executive officer of Admiral Bay Resources Inc., from
November 2005 and was its president from February 2005. He was acting as chief
financial Officer of Admiral Bay Resources Inc., from September 2010 to June 13,
2018. He serves as the founding president of Atoka Geochemical Services Corp., the
parent company of Atoka Coal Labs, a leading service provider to the CBM industry
and also serves as the president of Atoka Coal bed Methane Laboratories Corp. He
serves as a CBM Consultant of Peabody Coal, Newfield Exploration, Calpine, Berry
Petroleum and Wolverine Gas & Oil. He is responsible for geological concepts and
has financed the assembly of 12 coal bed methane projects for 1.6 million acres in
the Illinois and Western Interior Basin with several private and public companies. He
served as chief executive officer and president at Advanced Cannabis Solutions, Inc.,
until August 14, 2013. He served as the chief executive officer and president of Promap
Corporation since November 1987. He was director of Admiral Bay Resources Inc.
from March 2, 2004 to June 13, 2018. He served as a director of Promap Corporation
since November 1987 and Advanced Cannabis Solutions, Inc., until August1, 2013.
He is the sole author of one technical book and has developed a unique method for
calculating gas from mechanical logs, which is patent pending. He holds a master’s
in science in geology from Southern Illinois University, specializing in coal in 1981.
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Steven A Tedesco
Energid Energy Inc, USA
Microseeps as pathfinder and regional filtering tool in petroleum exploration
Steven A Tedesco, Oil & Gas 2018 &
Petroleum Engineering 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7331-C2-004