Exploration

Basin Modeling and Petroleum System Analysis

The IFP Group has been pioneering the development and the use of Petroleum System Analysis and Basin Modeling techniques since the late 1980’s.  These techniques include the modeling of burial, thermal history, oil and gas generation and migration processes with the TemisFlow® technology. TemisFlow® is the leading industrial tool in its domain, widely used by oil and gas companies and consulting firms around the globe.

Beicip-Franlab consultants have a unique experience with the use of these techniques in a large variety of exploration contexts, from mature exploration to exploration of immature basins, in all kind of geological situations (for example intracontinental basins, continental margins, compressive basins, shallow water / deep offshore, non-conventional oil and gas). Our regional experience covers the world’s most actively explored areas in the five continents. Our track record includes an impressive list of oil and gas discoveries made by our customers around the globe.

Exploration and Petroleum System Analysis / Basin Modeling at Beicip-Franlab

The aim of Beicip-Franlab consultants is using leading edge Petroleum System Analysis and Basin Modeling techniques to make optimal decisions in exploration, in a large variety of situations, such as:

  • Regional evaluation and play assessment

  • Prospect generation and prospect ranking

  • Pre-drill risk assessment, including pore pressure prediction and drilling optimization in overpressured areas

  • Uncertainty modeling using rigorous methods

Our consultants have a large experience helping operators at various levels:

  • Definition of exploration strategy

  • Fast track evaluation of blocks offered for tendering

  • Exploration of basins and blocks and prospect generation : fast track approaches, detailed integrated approaches

  • Evaluation of shale and exploration strategy in shale, identification of sweet spots

  • On-the-job training of professionals through joint studies

We also advise governments and agencies in promoting exploration and in independently assessing the national oil and gas potential.Beicip-Franlab consultants carry out exploration studies of all sizes. Analytical results and interpretations (geophysical, geological, and geochemical) can be provided by clients. Our consultants will then focus on the modeling process and interpretations of model results. Our teams can also carry out parts or all of geophysical, geological and geochemical interpretations and provide fully integrated exploration studies.Whatever the scope and size of the study, our consultants will make sure that the geological context, the stratigraphic architecture of the basin, its structural history and main characteristics are rigorously captured in the modeling process.

Petroleum System Analysis Solutions

We offer a large variety of studies using 1D, 2D or 3D approaches, depending on data availability and objectives. Our consultants have a second-to-none experience in petroleum / gas system assessment around the world. They will tailor the study that optimally fits your objectives in the following domains:

  • Burial / thermal / maturation history and kitchen evaluation

  • Interpretation of paleothermal indicators and thermal regimes

  • Assessment of source rock effectiveness

  • Assessment of shale potential and identification of sweet spots

  • Volumetric estimation of oil and gas generated, expelled, migrated, accumulated

  • Understanding of oil families and their corresponding sources

  • Generation and ranking of prospects (size, petroleum fluid characteristics, uncertainty)

  • Yet to find amounts

  • Understanding expulsion efficiencies

  • Pore pressure history, prediction of present day overpressures before drilling

  • Reconstruction of oil and gas migration pathways and migration efficiencies

  • Role of faults in oil and gas migration

  • Understanding of origin of gas: biogenic thermogenic, non-hydrocarbon gas (CO2).

  • Understanding seal efficiency and oil / gas columns

  • Post mortem interpretations

  • Delineation and development

  • Understanding of oil heterogeneities at field scale

Technology portfolio in basin modeling:

TemisFlow® is Beicip-Franlab’s integrated tool for Petroleum System Analysis and Basin Modeling. TemisFlow® offers all the functionalities required to understand and model oil and gas generation, migration and accumulation processes. It enjoys a unique reputation for scientific rigor and sound physical basis. Its new generation interface offers a remarkable ease of use and intuitive workflows linked with the OpenFlow®) platform. It easily connects with the most popular geomodelers and geomodeling tools of the market. TemisFlow® is the perfect tool for the exploration team for both conventional and non-conventional oil and gas.

CougarFlow® is a versatile uncertainty modeling application based on experimental design theory. Coupled with TemisFlow®, it will help ranking the most significant parameters that influence uncertainties in model predictions. It will then help evaluating the uncertainty on models outputs with a limited number of uns. Model results can then be represented with their corresponding probability and uncertainty.

Software
DionisosFlow
Software
TemisFlow