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....................................................................................................................................v LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... ix INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 Approach....................................................................................................................................2 Foundation .................................................................................................................................3 FLUID-FLOW REGIMES IN THE RMLB ....................................................................................6 Regional Velocity Inversion Surface ........................................................................................11 Gas-Charged Domains .............................................................................................................15 Basinwide Rock/Fluid Systems: Wind River Basin.................................................................17 Validity of the Technique .........................................................................................................20 Wind River Basin Fluid-Flow System .....................................................................................20 COMMERCIAL GAS-CHARGED RESERVOIR TARGETS .....................................................24 Distribution of Potential Reservoir Intervals ...........................................................................24 Seismic Frequency and Lithologic Correlations ................................................................26 Intersection of Gas-Charged Domains and Sandstone-Rich Reservoir Intervals .............29 Pressure Regimes .....................................................................................................................32 CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................35 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..............................................................................................................37 REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................37 Table of