Improving the Exploration Process by Learning from the Past (eBook)

Cover 1
Contents 12
Preface 6
List of Contributors 8
Chapter 1. Managing risk worldwide: global portfolio management at Shell EP 14
Chapter 2. A look to the past to avoid old traps in the future 22
Chapter 3. Prediction accuracy in petroleum prospect assessment: a 15 year retrospective in BP 28
Chapter 4. Evaluation of Norwegian Wildcat Wells (Article 1) 36
Chapter 5. Volumes before and after exploration drilling: results from the project Evaluation of Norwegian Wildcat Wells (Article 2) 46
Chapter 6. Probability of discovery and the reasons for dry wells: results from the project: Evaluation of Norwegian Wildcat Wells (Article 3) 60
Chapter 7. Suggestions for an improved exploration process „ lessons from the project Evaluation of Norwegian Wildcat Wells (Article 4) 70
Chapter 8. Exploration potential east of the Troll Field, offshore Norway, after dry well 32/4-1 78
Chapter 9. Exploring the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea „ Norsk Hydro's lessons from nearly 20 years of experience 112
Chapter 10. The exploration experience from Midgard to Kristin „ Norwegian Sea 126
Chapter 11. Making exploration pay: technology, history, and discipline 144
Chapter 12. From basin modelling to basin management: reuse of basin-scale simulations 154
Chapter 13. Quick mapping of basin modelling results „ a key for quantifying prospect sensitivities 172
Chapter 14. Hydrodynamic activity and tilted oil–water contacts in the North Sea 184
Chapter 15. Reservoir characterisation using 4C seismic and calibrated 3D AVO 200
Chapter 16. From seismic to biomarkers „ the value of additional data in continually refining geological models 216
Chapter 17. Exploring mature areas: the role of technology 244
Chapter 18. Managing subsurface knowledge three initiatives in BP
Chapter 19. Future challenges in exploring the remaining hydrocarbon potential of the Norwegian Continental Shelf 272
References index 286
Subject index 290