PetroMod

Schlumberger

Application to 1-D Basin Modeling

Purpose
Basin and Petroleum System Modeling

Simulation of basin evolution: tracking hydrocarbon generation and expulsion

Estimate volume hydrocarbon entrapment, flow and accumulation

Spatial scale: 10s to 100s of Kms.

Time scale: 100s to Mas

Dynamic reservoir geometry

1D model: examines burial history at a point location.

2-D model: either in map or cross section, can be used to reconstruct oil and
gas generation, migration and accumulation along a cross section.

3-D model: reconstructs petroleum systems at reservoir and basin scales and
has the ability to display the output in 1D, 2D or 3D, and through time

Al-Hajeri and Al Saeed et al. (2009)

Create New Project

New model folders

New model folders

2-D and 3-D Petromod Tools

PetroMod 1-D

Create new model

Conceptual Model Building Steps

1. Structural and Stratigraphic

Model
2. Present day petroleum system
analysis

Al-Hajeri and Al Saeed et al. (2009)

Output

Input

Generic Events

Al-Hajeri and Al Saeed et al. (2009)

Basin and Petroleum System Modeling

Materials
Main Input
Sediment deposition (Stratigraphy)
Erosion
Lithology
Petroleum System Elements (PSE)
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Kinetics
Hydrogen Index
Boundary Conditions
Paleo-Water Depth (PWD)
Sediment Water Interface Temperature (SWI-Temperature)
Heat Flow

Al-Hajeri and Al Saeed et al. (2009)

Main Input

TOC: Quantity of organic carbon in source rock,

both kerogen and bitumen.
HI: (S2/TOC) x 100
An estimate of hydrogen richness in source rock. It
help estimating maturity if kerogen content is known.
HI-OI plot can give a rough assessment of petroleum
generative potential of a source rock
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/econresource/oilandgas/marcell
us/sourcerock_index/sourcerock_quanity/index.htm

Main Input

Main Input

Kinetics

Reaction tabs

Well Assignment

Well Assignment

Boundary Conditions

Paleo-Water Depth (PWD) is an important parameter which controls the

rate of sedimentation, erosion, and the volume of water controls pressure
load on top of a system.

Temperature controls transformation of kerogen into petroleum

Paleo-Heat flow

Sediment-Water Interface Temperature (SWIT)

Al-Hajeri and Al Saeed et al. (2009)

Boundary Conditions

McKenzie Model for Heat Flow during Rifting

Boundary Conditions: Heat flow (McKenzie Model)

Petroleum System Element Edit

Burial History Preview

Checking Geometric evolution of the model
This is not simulated data (No compaction added)

Simulation

Results: Time Plots

Results: Burial History Plot with HC Potential Overlay

Results: Burial History Plot with Paleo-Temp Overlay