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petroleum trap

Subsurface reservoir of petroleum. The oil is always accompanied by water and often by natural gas; all are confined in porous rock. The natural gas, being lightest, occupies the top of the trap and is underlain by the oil and then the water. A layer of impervious rock, called the roof rock, prevents the escape of the petroleum. The part of the trap that is actually occupied by the oil and gas is called the petroleum reservoir.

petroleum trap

pə′trō·lē·əm ‚trap

(geology)

Stable underground formation (geological or physical) of such nature as to trap and hold liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons; usually consists of sand or porous rock surrounded by impervious rock or clay formations.

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But Martens and his colleagues, who have examined the ratios of various carbon isotopes in the deep-sea methane, now suggest that it does not seep out of petroleum traps beneath the seafloor.

Buried rock, bacteria yield deep-sea feast by Monastersky, Richard / Science News

Not only does the Yucatan have a similar geology as the Gulf, but it also has an analogous subduction zone -- a geological phenomenon which continually generates both petroleum and petroleum traps and renders the 'chicken-and-the-egg' problem of timing somewhat irrelevant.

Providence Energy Group Signs Petroleum Concessions in Belize, C.A by Business Wire

The primary petroleum trap styles consist of tilted extension fault blocks and sandstone drapes or carbonate buildups over highstanding rift blocks.

GHP Exploration Enters Second Egyptian Concession by Business Wire

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