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64th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, 2002

P122 BASE - A NEW TOOL FOR BASIN ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES J. ROELOFSEN ... more P122 BASE - A NEW TOOL FOR BASIN ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES J. ROELOFSEN 1 G. CADEL 2 D. ARBOUILLE 1 and E. ALIVERTI 2 Introduction Basin analysis involves many disciplines which range from achieving a basic understanding of geological processes to assessing the risk and probability of finding hydrocarbons. To date various tools have been designed for basin analysis including seismic workstations and basin-modeling software. However until now there were no software programs available to enable coherent analysis of all geological processes which form part of the basin evolution. Lack of such tools hampers the ability of

71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009, 2009

Distribution of hydrocarbon remaining reserves, reserves addition, annual production and consumpt... more Distribution of hydrocarbon remaining reserves, reserves addition, annual production and consumption across the globe by geological provinces, countries and regions shows some interesting and highly imbalance scenarios. Such simple analyses would help in

The discovery of sub-salt and pre-salt fields has resulted in the addition of significant reserve... more The discovery of sub-salt and pre-salt fields has resulted in the addition of significant reserves in different parts of the globe. However, these may represent only a fraction of the play reserves. The question is how much are left? One way of evaluating the remaining reserves is to use geological models; another way is to use Field Size and Yet-To-Find (YTF) analyses. We focus here on the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM), offshore Brazil and offshore West Africa regions. We summarize the main hydrocarbon exploration events and give a description of the play characteristics. Creaming curves and field size graphs are presented and parabolic fractal distributions allow us to propose a low and a high estimate of the remaining recoverable reserves. The US GoM has been extremely prospective with over 80 sub-salt/pre-salt discoveries. In the 1970s and 1980s, many wells were drilled into salt but the play exploration really took off during the 1990s. In 1995-1997, companies stepped up leasing into...

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Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2011

Over the past 75 years, hydrocarbon exploration of Arctic regions north of the Arctic Circle (66°... more Over the past 75 years, hydrocarbon exploration of Arctic regions north of the Arctic Circle (66°N) has yielded some 450 discoveries which collectively account for 2.5% of global conventional liquids discovered to date and 15.5% of the world's discovered conventional natural gas. Accumulations occur in rocks ranging from Cambrian to Pleistocene in age but 94% of all Arctic hydrocarbon resources occur in clastic reservoirs of Mesozoic age. Although discoveries have been reported from 15 different basins onshore and offshore Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia, 75% of all discovered resources are located in the portion of Russia's Western Siberia Basin that lies north of 66°N. Hydrocarbon accumulations discovered in the Arctic region have been generated from nearly 40 different petroleum systems. The main elements of these petroleum systems such as sources, reservoirs and seals are described and the chronology of these depositional events is summarized in two chronologic charts ...

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Sedimentology, 1994

The qualities of a laser diffraction grain size analyser, the Coulter LS-100 (range claimed by th... more The qualities of a laser diffraction grain size analyser, the Coulter LS-100 (range claimed by the manufacturer: 0+900 pm in a single measurement), are evaluated on sediments of fluvial and lacustrine origin. Accuracy and resolution of measurement on standard latex spheres are excellent. Reproducibility of the results on natural sediments appears to be satisfactory, but the method underestimates the fraction of clay particles with an efficiency of detection (3670%) proportional to the clay content determined from pipette analysis. This efficiency is somewhat higher than those reported from other instruments of the same Comparison of the Coulter LS-100 with other sizing techniques shows good agreement with the sieving method but some differences appear with the electroresistance particle technique: median and mean size values measured by the Coulter Counter TAl are systematically lower than those obtained by the Coulter LS-100. Analyses show good correlation with those of a Malvern Laser particle analyser but a discrepancy appears with very fine silt and clay sized sediments. The Coulter LS-100 detects a higher clay content than that measured with the Malvern Laser Sizer 2600. Except when precise measurements of clay content are needed, the Coulter LS-100 produces precise and accurate results in size ranges required for geological and environmental studies. generation.. .

Marine Geology, 1991

... Large areas of the nor-th-central delta comprised salt-and freshwater marshes, some as far so... more ... Large areas of the nor-th-central delta comprised salt-and freshwater marshes, some as far south as Kafr El Sheikh, as ... Methodology Twenty-one Smithsonian sediment borings were recovered around Burullus lagoon in the northern Nile delta in 1988 and 1989 (Fig.l). These ...

Hydrobiologia, 1990

Two sediment sampling campaigns were conducted in 1978 and 1988 in Lake Geneva (Switzerland). Org... more Two sediment sampling campaigns were conducted in 1978 and 1988 in Lake Geneva (Switzerland). Organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorus and its various forms were analyzed. Results indicate a stability of organic carbon and nitrogen mass, and a significant increase of phosphorus. The variation of phosphorus mass is related to the increase of nonapatite inorganic phosphorus. This study attempts to quantify the phosphorus exchanges at the water sediment interface. The dissolved oxygen level in the bottom water determines the exchange direction. In aerobic conditions, sediments accumulate the excess of phosphorus, while in anaerobic conditions, they constitute an internal source.