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CONTENTS
Meet Colin, our Product Owner
of Petroleum Systems Analysis
Underexploited Lowstand
Fan Potential in the Northern
Arabian Gulf
Welcome to the May issue of the Exploration Insights magazine! Our regular readers will
be familiar with the breadth of products that comprise the Neftex ® Insights portfolio. I
would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, and highlight some of the work
carried out by my team.
As the Product Owner of Petroleum Systems Analysis, I am responsible for our offerings
related to organic geochemistry, rock properties, play analysis, and basin modeling. When
brought together, these products give you the ability to assess petroleum system elements
on a global to field scale, as well as enabling you to identify valid analogues. Examples of
our work are highlighted in previous editions of this magazine, including: a geochemical
approach to predicting hydrocarbon volumes; our developments within geoscience
analytics and data visualization; and using 2D models to assess the pre-salt oil potential of
Southern Mexico.
Lowstand plays are not a new
phenomenon, but they are underexploited
in the Middle East. This article assesses
the potential for lowstand plays in
the northern Arabian Gulf. We utilize
Earth systems modeling to identify
lowstand plays, consider source-to-sink
relationships, and address reservoir quality.
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Petroleum geology has always fascinated me, from seeing the nodding donkey at
Kimmeridge Bay as a child, through my university studies at Southampton, to my career in
the industry. Over my 13 years in the industry, I have seen that understanding the context
of your data enables you to make better interpretations and models, which in turn leads to
better decision making. Spending the majority of my time at Neftex, working on frontier
regions or assessing play and field data, has further reinforced my desire to help our
clients find the most valid analogues to aid the exploration for hydrocarbons.
The Ups and Downs of
Short-term Cretaceous
Sea-level Change
A quantification of the magnitude of
short-term, eustatic sea-level change
is achievable by a synthesis of globally
derived sea-level estimates. For the
Cretaceous, such a synthesis, suggests
more moderate magnitudes than are
often published. These findings have
implications for stratigraphic prediction,
and for the consideration of the drivers of
short-term eustasy.
We are committed to helping our customers overcome their exploration challenges. As we
develop our technical content, delivery platforms, and next generation applications, we are
always interested in hearing how we can better meet your needs. If you have a corporate
subscription and would like to discuss the development of our petroleum element-focused
products, or would like more information about our work on basin modeling or play
analysis, please contact me.
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For general enquiries or support, please contact [email protected]
Colin Saunders
PRODUCT OWNER — PETROLEUM
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
The Exploration Handbook
— Plate Models
Plate models facilitate the reconstruction
of geospatial data to their paleo-positions.
They provide the canvas on which to
interpret data and make predictions of
resource occurrence in frontier regions.
We explore the role of plate models in
geoscience workflows, and how recent
advances enable greater access to them.
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Editor
Rebecca Head
Editorial Advisor
Mike Simmons
Artwork
On the cover: Persian Gulf sandstorm (http://www.
esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2008/07/Persian_Gulf_
sandstorm)
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