Big-picture geophysics and reservoir packages

摘要

Understanding what makes super basins work will be key to unlocking the ultimate potential of these areas. Within the E&P industry super basins are a well-known concept. While the term "super basin" is a relatively new idea, coined by IHS Markit, it is based on a series of subsurface and surface characteristics: These basins must have 5 Bboe of produced hydrocarbons and at least 5 Bboe of remaining resource. The prolific production of hydrocarbons from them has buoyed the quest for energy since the early 1900s. Many of the giant fields known today were discovered in the early phase in these basins and led to the exploration drilling and discovery of about 10 Bboe of reserves in basins around the world (the Arabian basins, the Niger Delta basin, the Gulf of Mexico, Permian Basin, Alaska's North Slope and the Brazil presalt, to name a few). The continued search for additional hydrocarbon resources has resulted in many innovations, changes in technology, leaps in geologic understanding and improvement in the exploration process, which have created the potential for the U.S. to regain its foothold as the largest producer of oil.