Quantification and Prediction of Hydrocarbon Resources (eBook)

A.G. Dore, R. Sinding-Larsen (Herausgeber)

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1996 | 1. Auflage
351 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-054009-2 (ISBN)

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The oil price shocks of the mid-1980s and their aftermath created radical changes in the petroleum industry, and underlined the need for reliable information on petroleum resources. Integration between the disciplines of petroleum geology, exploration geophysics, reservoir/petroleum engineering and economics became a necessity for resource management and strategic planning. This volume is designed to bring together some of the best techniques evolved to meet these challenges. The very broad scope of the volume, ranging from the macro (global) to micro (field and prospect) level, provides an overview of the thought processes currently prevalent in the industry and academia on the subject of resource quantification and prediction.

This is one of the first books to cover the extensive assembly of hydrocarbon quantification and prediction techniques - of value to petroleum industry management, geoscientists, engineers and economists. Containing hundreds of illustrations, some in colour, the book is arranged in 26 chapters with a detailed subject index. Many service companies and university departments with links to the industry will also find much to interest them.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Quantification and Prediction of Hydrocarbon Resources 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
Preface 6
List of Contributors 8
Part I: World Hydrocarbon Resources 12
Chapter 1. World oil: reserves, production, politics and prices 12
Chapter 2. Gas in the 21st century: a world-wide perspective 32
Chapter 3. Estimating global oil resources and their duration 54
Part II: Definition and Classification of Hydrocarbon Resources 68
Chapter 4. The world of reserve definitions—can there be one set for everyone? 68
Chapter 5. Resource classifications and their usefulness in the resource management of an oil company 74
Chapter 6. Reserve and resource definition: dealing with uncertainty 82
Chapter 7. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's Resource Classification System 88
Part III: Assessment of Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Resources 94
Chapter 8. A method for the statistical assessment of total undiscovered resources in an area 94
Chapter 9. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's assessment of the undiscovered resources of the Norwegian Continental shelf—background and methods 102
Chapter 10. Cross-validation of resource estimates from discovery process modelling and volumetric accumulation modelling: example from the Lower and Middle Jurassic play of the Halten Terrace, off shore Norway 116
Chapter 11. The Russian method for prediction of hydrocarbon resources of continental shelves, with examples from the Barents Sea 126
Chapter 12. Offshore Brazil: analysis of a successful strategy for reserve and production growth 134
Part IV: Risk Analysis 146
Chapter 13. Risk analysis: from prospect to exploration portfolio and back 146
Chapter 14. Risk analysis and full-cycle probabilistic modelling of prospects: a prototype system developed for the Norwegian shelf 164
Chapter 15. Play fairway analysis and risk mapping: an example using the Middle Jurassic Brent Group in the northern North Sea 178
Chapter 16. A model-based approach to evaluation of exploration opportunities 194
Chapter 17. Risk and probability in resource assessment as functions of parameter uncertainty in basin analysis exploration models 210
Chapter 18. Risk assessment using volumetrics from secondary migration modelling: assessing uncertainties in source rock yields and trapped hydrocarbons 230
Chapter 19. Prospect resource assessment using an integrated system of basin simulation and geological mapping software: examples from the North Sea 248
Part V: Management of Discovered Resources 264
Chapter 20. Enhanced oil recovery—the international perspective 264
Chapter 21. Nessie: a process analysis of a generic North Sea field life cycle 272
Chapter 22. Changing perceptions of a gas field during its life cycle: a Frigg field case study 284
Part Vl: Hydrocarbon Resources: the Economic Interface 302
Chapter 23. Choosing between rocks, hard places and a lot more: the economic interface 302
Chapter 24. The usefulness of resource analysis in national economic planning—examples from the Norwegian Shelf 324
Chapter 25. Evaluation of undrilled prospects—sensitivity to economic and geological factors 336
Chapter 26. The World Bank's financial support to the petroleum sector in developing countries 350
References index 356
Subject index 360

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.12.1996
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bergbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-054009-0 / 0080540090
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-054009-2 / 9780080540092