TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.     Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the 1990s: An Introduction

 

2.     Tectonic Setting of the WorldÕs Giant Oil and Gas Fields, by Paul Mann, Lisa Gahagan, and Mark B. Gordon

 

3.     Reserve Growth of the WorldÕs Giant Oil Fields, by T. R. Klett and James W. Schmoker

 

4.     Barracuda and Roncador Giant Oil Fields, Deepwater Campos Basin, Brazil, by Hamilton Duncan Rangel, Paulo de Tarso M. Guimar‹es, and Adali Ricardo Spadini

 

5.     The Curiana Field, Llanos Foothills, Colombia: Lessons Learned from the Rapid Development of a Giant Oil Field, by E. A.Warren, A.W. Mitchell, C. Estrada, R. C. Merrill,W. Leel, J. Hervochon, and O. Pulido

 

6.     The Sihil Field: Another Giant Below Cantarell, Offshore Campeche, Mexico, by JosŽ A. L. Aquino, JosŽ M. Ruiz, Marcos A. F. Flores, and Jesœs H. Garc’a

 

7.     Geologic Characterization of the Jujo-Tecominoacan Fields, Tabasco, Mexico, by Jorge Rosillo, Julio Corrillo, and Carlos Milland

 

8.     Offshore Litoral de Tabasco Fields, Southeastern Mexico, by CŽsar Cabrera-Cuervo

 

9.     Succssful Exploration and Development of Significant Oil Fields in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, by David T. Lawrence and Alex van den Berg

 

10.  Coalbed Methane in the Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, Western United States: A Giant Unconventional Gas Play, by Walter B. Ayers, Jr.

 

11.  The Sunrise-Troubadour Gas-Condensate Fields, Timor Sea, Australasia, by R. J. Seggie, R. B. Ainsworth, D. A. Johnson, J. P. M. Koninx, N. Marshall, A. Murray, S. E. Phillips, B. Spaargaren, and P. M. Stephenson

 

12.  Fifty Years of Exploration in the Niger Delta, West Africa, by Luc Saugy and Jerome A. Eyer

 

13.  Kizombia, A Deep-Water Giant Field, Block 15, Angola, by S. Anne Reeckmann, D. K. S.Wilkin, and J.W. Flannery

 

14.  Karachaganak Field, Northern Pre-Caspian Basin, Northwestern Kazakhstan, by T. OÕHearn, S. Elliott, and A. Samsonov

 

15.  Yuzhno Khilchuyu Field, Timan-Pechora Basin, Russia, by K. Swirydczuk, B. I. Rapoport, V. F. Lesnichy, and J. A. Quadir

 

16.  The Masila Fields, Republic of Yemen, by W. A. King, B. R. Mills, S. Gardiner, and A. A. Abdillah

 

17.  The Peciko Case History: Impact of an Evolving Geologic Model on the Dramatic Increase of Gas Reserves in the Mahakam Delta, by Bernard Lambert, Bernard C. Duval, Yves Grosjean, Iskandar M. Umar, and Patrick Zaugg

 

18.  Petroleum Geology of the Peng Lai 19-3 Oil Field, Bohai Bay, PeoplesÕ Republic of China, by M. D. Kuykendall, J. B. OÕReilly, B. D. Patton, R. P. Mott, Judy Yang-Logan, Ma Qian Gui, Liu Ying, Sang Hua, Tian Li Xin, and Zhao Peng Fei