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082 _aCD W938 1 0013960
210 _aWPC (16th.)
245 0 0 _aWorld conventional hydrocarbon resources
_bHow much remains to be discovered, where is it?
270 _a12/09/06 ; 26/08/2003
300 _a12 p.
520 _aAbstract del autor, extraído del trabajo. Uncertainty surrounding Earth’s remaining conventional hydrocarbon supplies continues to cause argument and confusion. Although it has proved possible to achieve reasonable agreement over the approximate amount of remaining proved reserves, assessment of prospective (undiscovered) resources is more difficult and estimates vary widely. A sound understanding of global controls (topography, bathymetry, climate and eustasy) and basin controls (stratigraphy, burial history) on petroleum system components has acted as a basis for detailed analysis of each proven and potential play in every basin. Variations in quality and distribution of reservoir, source rock, migration distance, seal and preservation can be mapped and the juxtaposition of these elements produces an active play area, within which hydrocarbons may be preserved. Analysis of exploration history of structural domains within this active play enables estimation of the number of remaining prospects. Plotting pool size distributions for each play enables recognition of a fractal trend and its break points. Taken together these factors enable definition of a final pool size distribution. Of approximately 700 sedimentary basins worldwide, 350 have been analysed to the play level and 175 were taken through the entire methodology. Extrapolation of the play results to include all the world’s basins gives an estimated global prospective resource of 864 BBOE. This analysis indicates that only 25% of Earth’s total conventional hydrocarbon resource remains to be found.
773 _gv. 1, p. 121-132
942 _cCONGTP
100 1 _aFowler, R.M.
_99474
100 1 _aBurgess, C.J.
_99475
100 1 _aOtto, S.C.
_99476
100 1 _aHarris, J.P.
_99477
100 1 _aBastow, M.A.
_99478
110 2 _aRobertson Research International Limited
_99479
111 2 _aWorld Petroleum Congress (16th. : 2000 jun. 11-15 : Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
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700 1 _aBurgess, C.J.
_99475
700 1 _aOtto, S.C.
_99476
700 1 _aHarris, J.P.
_99477
700 1 _aBastow, M.A.
_99478
710 2 _aRobertson Research International Limited
_99479
800 1 _aFowler, R.M.
_99474
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