Submitted / in review
Foschi, M. et al., Assessment of past and future top-seal leakage via natural hydrothermal conduits at the depleted gas field and planned carbon dioxide storage site KB15-FB (Shell Offshore Carbon Storage project, the Netherlands). (International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, submitted)
Jenkins, L.T., Foschi, M., MacMinn, C.W., Gas injection and leakage in layered aquifers, (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in review)
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Published
Wang, Q., Sun, Q., You, K., Foschi, M. 2024. Overpressure‐driven hydrofracture growth in the northern South China Sea. Basin Research, 36(4), p.e12894.
Foschi, M., Etiope, G., and Cartwright, J.A., 2023. Seismic evidence of extensive microbial gas migration and trapping in submarine gas hydrates (Rakhine Basin, Bay of Bengal). Marine and Petroleum Geology Volume 149, 106100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106100
Campbell, B.C, Foschi, M., Cartwright, J.A., 2023. Calculating the large leakage flux of a breached hydrocarbon trap using geophysical interpretation of a paleo-gas-water contact. Marine and Petroleum Geology,148, 106063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.106063
Kearney, L.M., MacMinn, C.W., Katz, R.F., Kirkham, C. and Cartwright, J., 2023. Episodic, compression-driven fluid venting in layered sedimentary basins. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 479(2274), p.20220654.
Foschi, M. and Van Rensbergen, P., 2022. Topseal integrity assessment using seal properties and leakage phenomena. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 139, 105573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105573.
Hooker, J.N., Cartwright, J., Stephenson, B. and Day, C.C., 2022. Continuous versus punctuated vein widening in the Marcellus Formation, USA: the fine line between pressure fringes and hydraulic fractures. Geological Magazine, 159(11-12), pp.2020-2035.
Sun, Q, Cartwright, J, Foschi, M, Lu, X, Xie, X., 2021. The interplay of stratal and vertical migration pathways in shallow hydrocarbon plumbing systems. Basin Res. 2021; 00: 1– 22. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12552
Cartwright, J.A., Kirkham, C., Foschi, M., Hodgson, N., Rodriguez, K. and James, D., 2021. Quantitative reconstruction of pore-pressure history in sedimentary basins using fluid escape pipes. Geology, 49 (5): 576–580. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G48406.1
Foschi, M., Cartwright, J.A., MacMinn, C.W., and Etiope, G., 2020. Evidence for massive emission of methane from a deep-water gas field during the Pliocene. PNAS, 107(45), pp. 1-8. doi:10.1073/pnas.2001904117
Abu-Mahfouz, I.S., Cartwright, J., Idiz, E., Hooker, J.N. and Robinson, S.A., 2020. Silica diagenesis promotes early primary hydrocarbon migration. Geology, 48(5), pp.483-487.
Foschi, M. and Cartwright, J.A., 2020. Seal failure assessment of a major gas field via integration of seal properties and leakage phenomena. AAPG Bulletin, 104(8), pp. 1627-1648.
Jenkins, L.T., Foschi, M., MacMinn, C.W., 2019. Impact of pressure dissipation on fluid injection into layered aquifers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 877, pp. 214-238. doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.593
Meng, Q., Hooker, J. and Cartwright, J.A., 2019. Role of pressure solution in the formation of bedding-parallel calcite veins in an immature shale (Cretaceous, southern UK). Geological Magazine, 156(5), pp.918-934.
Cartwright, J., 2019, April. Polygonal Faults and Seal Integrity. In Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop (Vol. 2019, No. 1, pp. 1-4). European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers.
Foschi, M., Paganoni, M., Cartwright, J.A. and Idiz, E., 2019. Microbial vs thermogenic gas hydrates in the South Falkland Basin: BSR distribution and fluid origin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 102, pp.695-703.
Al-Fahmi, M.M. and Cartwright, J.A., 2019. Comparison of carbonate reservoir fractures from core and modern electrical borehole images. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 101, pp.252-264.
Paganoni, M., King, J., Foschi, M., Mellor-Jones, K. and Cartwright, J.A., 2018. A natural gas hydrate system in the Exmouth Plateau (NW Shelf of Australia) sourced by thermogenic hydrocarbon seepage. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 99, pp. 370-392. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.10.029
Bertoni, C., Cartwright, J.A., Foschi, M. and Martin, J., 2018. Spectrum of gas migration phenomena across multi-layered sealing sequences. AAPG Bulletin, 102(6), pp. 1011-1034.
Foschi, M., Cartwright, J.A. and MacMinn, C.W., 2018. Sequential vertical gas charge into multilayered sequences controlled by central conduits. AAPG Bulletin, 102(5), pp. 855-883.
Paganoni, M., Cartwright, J.A., Foschi, M.,Shipp, R.C. and Van Rensbergen, P., 2018. Episodic focused fluid-flow across the gas hydrate stability zone in an active margin. Marine Geology, 395, pp. 82-103.
Bertoni, C., Kirkham, C., Cartwright, J., Hodgson, N. and Rodriguez, K., 2017. Seismic indicators of focused fluid flow and cross-evaporitic seepage in the Eastern Mediterranean. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88, pp.472-488.
Foschi, M. and Cartwright, J.A., 2016. South Malvinas/Falkland Basin: Hydrocarbon migration and petroleum system. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, pp.124-140.
Paganoni, M., Cartwright, J.A., Foschi, M., Shipp, R.C. and Van Rensbergen, P., 2016. Structure II gas hydrates found below the bottom‐simulating reflector. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(11), pp.5696-5706.
Paganoni, M., Cartwright, J.A., Foschi, M., Shipp, R.C. and Van Rensbergen, P., 2014. Controls on the Seismic Espression of Gas Hydrates in Marine Settings. In EAGE Shallow Anomalies Workshop.
Foschi, M., and Cartwright, J.A., 2014. Hydrocarbon plumbing system in the South Falkland Basin. In EAGE Shallow Anomalies Workshop. http://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20147431
Foschi, M., Cartwright, J.A. and Peel, F.J., 2014. Vertical anomaly clusters: Evidence for vertical gas migration across multilayered sealing sequences. AAPG Bulletin, 98(9), pp.1859-1884. https://www.doi.org/10.1306/04051413121
Bureau, D., Mourgues, R., Cartwright, J., Foschi, M. and Abdelmalak, M.M., 2013. Characterisation of interactions between a pre-existing polygonal fault system and sandstone intrusions and the determination of paleo-stresses in the Faroe-Shetland basin. Journal of Structural Geology, 46, pp.186-199.
Books
Hajana, I.M., Foschi, M., Cartwright, J.A., 2013. Atlas of Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators. CapRock Group
Bertoni, C., Cartwright, J.A., Foschi, M., Kirkham, C., Manton, B., Van Rensbergen, P., 2018. A Seismic Atlas of Vertical Hydrocarbon Migration. Shell