The Impact of Cloud-
hosted Technologies on
Global to Basin Screening
With global exploration picking up,
explorers face the combined challenges
of undertaking frontier exploration with a
reduced work force, and ever-increasing
volumes of data. We examine how cloud-
hosted screening technologies can help
address these issues.
CONTENTS
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The Drift Towards Plate
Tectonics
From continental drift to a holistic
understanding of the whole Earth system
— how does plate tectonics inform natural
resource exploration? Here we review the
evolution of the theory through the centuries,
and how its various applications support
hydrocarbon exploration, and will continue to
do so in the future.
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Supporting Efficient &
Informed Decision Making
NEFTEX ® INSIGHTS CORE SOLUTION
Forecasting Hydrocarbon
Volumes: A Geochemical
Approach
Editor
Rebecca Head
Editorial Advisors
The assessment of hydrocarbon resources
is a challenge in exploration. This article
presents a workflow to calculate the volume
of hydrocarbons generated, and the amount
of petroleum in reservoirs, illustrated by
a case study of the Bakken Petroleum
System, Williston Basin. The application
of this workflow to different basins would
enable them to be ranked in terms of their
potential.
Mike Simmons
Thomas Jewell
Design and Circulation
Reduce the time it takes to get up to speed on the geological
essentials of a new area of interest, leaving your team with
more time to focus on developing proprietary insights and
making informed decisions.
Stefanie Clayton
On the cover: Patagonian Clouds. Source: @amy.
thephotographer
The Neftex ® Insights Core Solution allows you to benefit from
the ability to:
» » Identify the key tectonic events that contributed to the
evolution of a region or basin
» » Assess the stratigraphic evolution, and the presence and
distribution of petroleum system elements
» » Identify proven and potential plays, providing insights into the
untapped potential
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The Exploration Handbook
— Play Cross Sections
Find out more about how the Neftex Insights portfolio can
accelerate your team’s time to autonomy.
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Play cross sections are simplified
geological cross sections that illustrate the
stratigraphic and structural context of one
or several plays along a particular transect.
This article shows how play cross sections
reveal important insights into the tectono-
stratigraphic evolution of an area, and can
be predictive
of play
elements and potential
Predominantly deep-marine
mudstones
Sand-rich clastic intervals
plays.
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Salt
Predominantly shallow-marine carbonates
Predominantly deep-marine carbonates
Basement