Petroleum systems analysis : case studies

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"Petroleum systems analysis has come a long way from pure geochemical evaluation to integration of all petroleum elements, including source rock characteristics, hydrocarbon generation, expulsion and migration, traps, seals, and alterations of the hydrocarbon fluids and columns. Quantification of many of these processes is attempted by the use of more complex 3-D basin models. Huge research efforts have been done during the last twenty years to better calibrate basin models. This Memoir provides petroleum system experts a means of understanding the complexity of petroleum systems by providing examples and case studies from different parts of the world and highlighting one or more petroleum system issues. The outlook of petroleum system studies is currently just as challenging as when it started. Big strides are necessary in establishing a common ground for unifying the scale and resolution of basin models. Regional basin models that require large time steps and geometry cells have to be integrated with reservoir-scale models that normally use shorter time steps and grid points. The future lies in merging large basin models with reservoir simulation models to appropriately characterize the petroleum journey from source to reservoir, and further to constrain these models by integrating all available information from wells and seismic data."--Publisher's website.  Read more... A petroleum system and basin modeling study of northwest and east-central Saudi Arabia : effect of burial history and adjacent rock lithology on the gas potential of the Silurian Qusaiba Shales / Sedat Inan, Ahmed M. Hakami, and Mahdi A. AbuAli -- Paleogeography and paleo-earth systems in the modeling of marine paleoproductivity : a prerequisite for the prediction of petroleum source rocks / Jim Harris, Alexandra Ashley, Simon Otto, Paul Valdes, Rob Crossley, Ros Preston, John Watson, Mike Goodrich, and the Merlin+ Project Team -- Hydrocarbon generation and migration modeling in the Barmer Basin of Western Rajasthan, India : lessons for exploration in rift basins with late-stage inversion, uplift and tilting / Bodapati S. Naidu, Stuart D. Burley, John Dolson, Paul Farrimond, V. R. Sunder, Vachaspati Kothari, and Pinak Mohapatra -- Petroleum system restoration of the Huallaga-Marañon Andean Retroforeland Basin, Peru / Ysabel Calderón, Patrice Baby, Yessica Vela, Christian Hurtado, Adrien Eude, Martin Roddaz, Stéphane Brusset, Gérome Calvès, and Rolando Bolaños -- 2-D basin modeling of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin across the Montney-Doig System : implications for hydrocarbon migration pathways and unconventional resources potential / Mathieu Ducros, William Sassi, Rolland Vially, Tristan Euzen, and Vincent Combrez -- Kinematic, thermal, and petroleum modeling of the Northern Emirates / Jean-Paul Callot, Mihai Tarapoanca, François Roure, and Jean-Luc Faure -- Pressure and basin modeling in foothill belts : a study of the Kutubu Area, Papua New Guinea Fold and Thrust Belt / Jean-Paul Callot, William Sassi, François Roure, Kevin Hill, Nigel Wilson, and Renaud Divies -- Fluid flow modeling in the Llanos Basin, Colombia / Felipe Gonzalez-Penagos, Isabelle Moretti, and Xavier Guichet -- A comparative assessment of biomarker-based thermal maturity parameters / Aderoju Titilade and Stephen Bend -- Application of overburden amplitude variations to constrain hydrocarbon column heights in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea / Lidia Georgescu, Christian Hermanrud, Roar Heggland, and Trine Helle Simmenes -- Tracking migration by molecular geotracers in comparison with other geochemical properties, Summan Exploration Area, Northeast Saudi Arabia / Khaled R. Arouri, Yunlai Yang, Donald H. Williams, Saroj K. Panda, and Adnan Hajji -- Molecular density segregation and subtle multiple charging in a cool nonbiodegraded, undersaturated oil reservoir / Khaled R. Arouri, Yunlai Yang, Donald H. Williams, Emmanuel C. Uba, and Abid G. Bhullar.