A three-dimensional model to predict future oil discoveries in spatially connected multiple plays

Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology
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Abstract

A discovery-process model that had been devised previously to estimate the size distribution of oil and gas fields remaining to be discovered in a single producing horizon was adapted to a basin containing spatially connected multiple plays and producing horizons. This model used the concept of the area of influence of wells to estimate search effort. Other variables estimated from the historical drilling and discovery data are the effective basin size and the exploration-drilling efficiency. Data from the Midland Basin are used to illustrate how the model works. ?? 1980 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A three-dimensional model to predict future oil discoveries in spatially connected multiple plays
Series title Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology
DOI 10.1007/BF01028880
Volume 12
Issue 5
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher location Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology
First page 459
Last page 472
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