Integrated Stratigraphic, Structural, and Petroleum Systems Analyses in Intraslope Basins with Allochthonous Salt Systems - Examples from the Thunder Horse and Mensa Minibasins, Northern Deep Gulf of Mexico

A031 3-D INTERPRETATION AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS MODELING OF THE THUNDER HORSE AND MENSA GIANT OIL AND GAS FIELDS NORTHERN DEEP GULF OF MEXICO 1 Paul Weimer Veit Matt Todd Lapinski Aaron van den Berg Renaud Bourorllec and John Roesink Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309-0399 The Thunder Horse and Mensa fields are two of the largest oil and gas fields respectively in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The evolution of the two minibains and fields reflects the complex interaction of salt tectonics basement structures and major and minor faults. A detailed analysis of the area was