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Integrating Basin/Petroleum System Analysis and Play/Prospect Assessment

Conference Paper · February 2012

DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20143902

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Integrating Basin/Petroleum System Analysis and
Play/Prospect Assessment
R. Sinding-Larsen* (Norwegian University of Science & Technology)

SUMMARY
Petroleum system modeling is a vital component of exploration that contributes to volumetric and risk
assessment at basin, play, and prospect scales. It can be applied during all stages of exploration, from
regional charge evaluations for frontier basins with little or no well control to complex charge evaluations
for individual prospects or fields within thoroughly explored areas.
This paper presents integrated workflows that capture the results from basin and petroleum system
analysis and populate play and prospect databases with information on potential hydrocarbon
accumulations,including volumetric dependency among accumulations as well as leak connections among
hydrocarbon pools.
Alternative scenarios for the evolution of the petroleum system are used for capturing prospect risk and
hydrocarbon entrapment uncertainty. Adding this stochastic dimension to the play and prospect databases
provides a more robust understanding of the full range of possible outcomes that if used properly may
provide significant competitive advantage.

Petroleum Play Assessment Workshop

13-15 February 2012, Malaga, Spain
Abstract
Petroleum system modeling is a vital component of exploration that contributes to volumetric and risk
assessment at basin, play, and prospect scales. It can be applied during all stages of exploration, from regional
charge evaluations for frontier basins with little or no well control to complex charge evaluations for individual
prospects or fields within thoroughly explored areas. This paper presents integrated workflows that capture the
results from basin and petroleum system analysis and populate play and prospect databases with information on
potential hydrocarbon accumulations, including volumetric dependency among accumulations as well as leak
connections among hydrocarbon pools. Alternative scenarios for the evolution of the petroleum system are used
for capturing prospect risk and hydrocarbon entrapment uncertainty. Adding this stochastic dimension to the
play and prospect databases provides a more robust understanding of the full range of possible outcomes that if
used properly may provide significant competitive advantage.

Petroleum Play Assessment Workshop

13-15 February 2012, Malaga, Spain

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