The space-time structure of oil and gas field growth in a complex depositional system
Nonrenewable Resources
By: L.J. Drew, R. F. Mast, and J.H. Schuenemeyer
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Abstract
Shortly after the discovery of an oil and gas field, an initial estimate is usually made of the ultimate recovery of the field. With the passage of time, this initial estimate is almost always revised upward. The phenomenon of the growth of the expected ultimate recovery of a field, which is known as "field growth," is important to resource assessment analysts for several reasons. First, field growth is the source of a large part of future additions to the inventory of proved reserves of crude oil and natural gas in most petroliferous areas of the world. Second, field growth introduces a large negative bias in the forecast of the future rates of discovery of oil and gas fields made by discovery process models. In this study, the growth in estimated ultimate recovery of oil and gas in fields made up of sandstone reservoirs formed in a complex depositional environment (Frio strand plain exploration play) is examined. The results presented here show how the growth of oil and gas fields is tied directly to the architectural element of the shoreline processes and tectonics that caused the deposition of the individual sand bodies hosting the producible hydrocarbon. ?? 1994 Oxford University Press.
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Drew, L., Mast, R., Schuenemeyer, J., 1994, The space-time structure of oil and gas field growth in a complex depositional system: Nonrenewable Resources, v. 3, no. 3, p. 169-182, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02259042.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The space-time structure of oil and gas field growth in a complex depositional system |
| Series title | Nonrenewable Resources |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF02259042 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher location | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nonrenewable Resources |
| First page | 169 |
| Last page | 182 |