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Basin –
I. Deciphering the regional a. Landsat imagery data, study of morpho- a. Preparation of regional
tectonic frame work structural tectonic features, lineaments, geomorphic tectonic map of the basin.
styles and basin fill (Scale 1:50,00,000)
anomalies, zones of the fractures,
faults etc. and drainage patters analysis
A. Sequence Identification
a)Study of termination characters( onlap…etc etc a. Key seismic lines on 5x10 km grid a. Seismic
sequences
of seismic reflectors( seis traces) identification
of broad seismic facies packs.
V. Play Analysis
a.Identification of source-reservoir- a. Analysis and integration of : a. Petroleum systems
cap rock locales and relationships. i. geochemical data b. Kitchen maps
ii.basin fill maps and facies data c. Subsidence & TTI curves
iii.paleostructural maps d.Identification of oil/gas
b.Study of kitchen areas, hydro- b. Geohistory analysis windows
carbon generation, migration and c. Propsect maps
entrapment
. Define depositional systems and lithofacies tracts within systems tracts and parasequences
or simple sequences
. Locate potential reservoirs and source rocks for possible sites of exploration
Gravity and Lineament map
Stratigraphic correlation of three sections.
Stratigraphic Diagrams
•Stratigraphic cross section (2d representation) hung on a
shared stratigraphic datum
Anticline
Fault
Salt Dome
Pinchout
Unconfor mity
American Petroleum Institute, 1986
American Petroleum Institute, 1986
Petroleum System at Critical Moment:
Critical moment refers to the time that best depicts the generation-
migration-accumulation of hydrocarbons in a petroleum system. In
fact, it is an interval of time rather than a geologically instantaneous
moment.
•The pod of active source rock (pink) lies within the oil and gas
windows.
Basis :