- ArcGIS based database including stratigraphic charts, structural and
depositional evolution maps, atlas of oil/gas fields, maps of petroleum system
elements and charts, petroleum system modeling, play fairways maps for hybrid
unconventional non-marine plays, spreadsheets of sample tests, reservoir
characterization of representative hybrid unconventional plays, and models for
play concepts.
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Preliminary assessment of risk for each petroleum system including reservoir and source rock distribution.
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Data uploads, quarterly updates, meeting presentations, final project report text and figures.
- Improve basin-specific geologic, geochemical and mineralogical knowledge
of
non-marine strata in major producing Asia-Pacific onshore basins with
producing or potential unconventional plays.
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Relate the basin evolution to development of non-marine petroleum system elements.
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Characterize properties of unconventional plays through data integration, interpretation and analysis of sample tests.
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Understand the similarities and differences in non-marine unconventional plays and on a regional basis determine analogs to typical U.S. unconventional plays.
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Generate predictive non-marine models for play habitat of stratigraphically associated hybrid unconventional tight sand/carbonate, shale and CBM hydrocarbon systems.
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Investigate and prioritize geological controls on unconventional accumulation and production.
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Recommended unconventional play opportunities.
- Collect, compile, archive and interpret data of non-marine onshore
Sichuan,
Ordos, Bohai Bay and Tarim Basins in China, Cooper Basin in Australia, and
Central Sumatra Basin, South Sumatra Basin, Kutei Basin and Tarakan Basin in
Indonesia through collaborative and holistic approaches.
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Conduct basin analysis, tectono-sequence stratigraphic analysis, depositional study and petroleum system analysis.
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Identification of stratigraphically associated hybrid shales, tight carbonate and siliciclastic systems, and CBM plays in key onshore non-marine basins in Asia-Pacific.
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Geologically characterize the non-marine unconventional plays in terms of stratigraphic association, depositional facies, environment of deposition, rock types, and rock properties.
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Sample tests for geochemistry, mineralogy, rock fabrics, petrophysics.
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Map the regional trends for key properties (facies, reservoir thickness, mineralogy, geochemistry, etc.) for potential target zones of hybrid unconventional plays.
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Characterization and evaluation of hybrid unconventional plays in Asia-Pacific and comparison of key properties between these unconventional plays and typical unconventional plays in U.S.
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Basin wide petroleum system analysis for unconventional plays based on source-accumulated hydrocarbons correlation and petroleum system modeling integrating geology, geophysics, outcrop, wells and geochemistry.
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Characterize producing and emerging plays, and create a catalog of unconventional plays for each type of basin and reservoir, and integrate the analysis of a representative sample of recently drilled wells.
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Generate robust play concepts and predict new exploration opportunities (stacked plays and favorable areas) by play fairway techniques and mapping.
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Comparative study for unconventional plays different depositional settings and basins.
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Provide Arc-GIS database.
