Quantification and Prediction of Hydrocarbon Resources : Proceedings of the Norwegian Petroleum Society Conference, Stavanger, Norway, 6-8 December 1993

by Direm, A. G.; Sinding-larsen, Richard; Dore, A. G.; Sinding-larsen, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780444824967
• ISBN10: 0444824960
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	V	(2)
List of Contributors	VII
I. World Hydrocarbon Resources	1	(56)
World oil: reserves, production, politics and prices	1	(20)
C. J. Campbell
Gas in the 21st century: a world-wide perspective	21	(22)
I. Lerche
Estimating global oil resources and their duration	43	(14)
R. G. Miller
II. Definition and Classification of Hydrocarbon Resources	57	(26)
The world of reserve definitions -- can there be one set for everyone?	57	(6)
T. J. Beardall
Resource classifications and their usefulness in the resource management of an oil company	63	(8)
K. A. Abrahamsen
K. Lindbo
J. Vollset
Reserve and resource definition: dealing with uncertainty	71	(6)
J. Wilkinson
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's Resource Classification System	77	(6)
K. R. Knudsen
III. Assessment of Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Resources	83	(52)
A method for the statistical assessment of total undiscovered resources in an area	83	(8)
E. Damsleth
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's assessment of the undiscovered resources of the Norwegian Continental shelf -- background and methods	91	(14)
H. Brekke
J. -E. Kalheim
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, offshore Norway	105	(10)
R. Sinding-Larsen
Z. Chen
The Russian method for prediction of hydrocarbon resources of continental shelves, with examples from the Barents Sea	115	(8)
K. O. Sandvik
E. V. Zakharov
Offshore Brazil: analysis of a successful strategy for reserve and production growth	123	(12)
S. J. Morbey
IV. Risk Analysis	135	(118)
Risk analysis: from prospect to exploration portfolio and back	135	(18)
G. M. Kaufman
Risk analysis and full-cycle probabilistic modelling of prospects: a prototype system developed for the Norwegian shelf	153	(14)
J. H. Snow
A. G. Dore
D. W. Dorn-Lopez
Play fairway analysis and risk mapping: an example using the Middle Jurassic Brent Group in the northern North Sea	167	(16)
S. Grant
N. Milton
M. Thompson
A model-based approach to evaluation of exploration opportunities	183	(16)
B. A. Duff
D. Hall
Risk and probability in resource assessment as functions of parameter uncertainty in basin analysis exploration models	199	(20)
S. Cao
A. E. Abbott
I. Lerche
Risk assessment using volumetrics from secondary migration modelling: assessing uncertainties in source rock yields and trapped hydrocarbons	219	(18)
W. Krokstad
O. Sylta
Prospect resource assessment using an integrated system of basin simulation and geological mapping software: examples from the North Sea	237	(16)
B. Dahl
I. Meisingset
V. Management of Discovered Resources	253	(38)
Enhanced oil recovery -- the international perspective	253	(8)
J. J. G. Stosur
Nessie: a process analysis of a generic North Sea field life cycle	261	(12)
P. McGaughrin
K. Ashton
N. Fuller
R. G. Heywood
R. W. Holt
B. L. King
S. White
Changing perceptions of a gas field during its life cycle: a Frigg field case study	273	(18)
E. Torheim
VI. Hydrocarbon Resources: the Economic Interface	291	(54)
Choosing between rocks, hard places and a lot more: the economic interface	291	(22)
H. H. Haldorsen
The usefulness of resource analysis in national economic planning -- examples from the Norwegian Shelf	313	(12)
J. -E. Kalheim
H. Brekke
Evaluation of undrilled prospects -- sensitivity to economic and geological factors	325	(14)
C. Hermanrud
K. Abrahamsen
J. Vollset
S. Nordahl
C. Jourdan
The World Bank's financial support to the petroleum sector in developing countries	339	(6)
E. Mayorga-Alba
S. Smith
References index	345	(4)
Subject index	349