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There are two general exploration situations that influence prospect generation. The first situation involves frontier, or less mature basins, where the presence of hydrocarbons ...
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Geology
Geology is the study of the Earth, its structure, composition, history, and the processes that have shaped it over time. It is an interdisciplinary field that draws on aspects of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics to understand the Earth’s physical and biological systems.
Geologists study a wide range of Earth materials and processes, such as rocks, minerals, fossils, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers, oceans, and atmospheric processes. They use a variety of techniques and tools, such as field observations, laboratory experiments, and computer simulations, to study these materials and processes and to develop models that explain how they have evolved over time.
The insights gained from geology have many practical applications, including natural resource exploration and extraction, environmental management, hazard mitigation, and land-use planning. Geology is also important for understanding the history of life on Earth and for studying the geology of other planets in our solar system and beyond.
Sedimentary Basin Models
Stratigraphy now incorporates many topics normally assigned to other subdisciplines within the earth sciences, and we are in the midst of an evolution of stratigraphic analysis termed quantitative dynamic stratigraphy. In quantitative dynamic stratigraphy (QDS) ...
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Maturation processes refer to the natural physical and chemical changes that occur in organic matter over time as it is buried deeper and subjected to higher temperatures and pressures. These processes are important in petroleum geology because they can lead to the formation of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) from organic-rich …
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Source rocks are rocks that contain sufficient organic material to create hydrocarbons when subjected to heat and pressure over time. Source rocks ...
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Geodynamic models are process/response models that estimate subsidence and heat flow histories of basins. We use these models to estimate values, like maturation levels or ...
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Sedimentary basins form in response to tectonic processes, such as heating events and tectonic loading. These processes control the temporal and spatial evolution of subsidence. Changes in the shape of the basin as ...
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As we explore for hydrocarbons we must ask ourselves many questions: Are hydrocarbon source rocks present? When were hydrocarbons generated?
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