M114: Petroleum Systems Analysis—Case Studies
Edited by Mahdi A. AbuAli, Isabelle Moretti, and Hege M. Nordgård Bolås
Chapter 1: A Petroleum System and Basin Modeling Study of Northwest and East-Central Saudi
Arabia: Effect of Burial History and Adjacent Rock Lithology on the Gas Potential of the
Silurian Qusaiba Shales
Sedat Inan, Ahmed M. Hakami, and Mahdi A. AbuAli
Chapter 2: Paleogeography and Paleo-Earth Systems in the Modeling of Marine Paleoproductivity:
A Prerequisite for the Prediction of Petroleum Source Rocks
Jim Harris, Alexandra Ashley, Simon Otto, Paul Valdes, Rob Crossley, Ros Preston, John Watson,
Mike Goodrich, and the Merlin+ Project Team
Chapter 3: Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration Modeling in the Barmer Basin of Western
Rajasthan, India: Lessons for Exploration in Rift Basins with Late-Stage Inversion, Uplift
and Tilting
Bodapati S. Naidu, Stuart D. Burley, John Dolson, Paul Farrimond, V. R. Sunder,
Vachaspati Kothari, and Pinak Mohapatra
Chapter 4: Petroleum Systems Restoration of the Huallaga-Marañon Andean Retroforeland Basin, Peru
Ysabel Calderón, Patrice Baby, Yessica Vela, Christian Hurtado, Adrien Eude, Martin Roddaz,
Stéphane Brusset, Gérome Calvès, and Rolando Bolaños
Chapter 5: 2-D Basin Modeling of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin across the Montney-Doig
System: Implications for Hydrocarbon Migration Pathways and Unconventional
Resources Potential
Mathieu Ducros, William Sassi, Rolland Vially, Tristan Euzen, and Vincent Combrez
Chapter 6: Kinematic, Thermal, and Petroleum Modeling of the Northern Emirates
Jean-Paul Callot, Mihai Tarapoanca, François Roure, and Jean-Luc Faure
Chapter 7: Pressure and Basin Modeling in Foothill Belts: A Study of the Kutubu Area, Papua New
Guinea Fold and Thrust Belt
Jean-Paul Callot, William Sassi, François Roure, Kevin Hill, Nigel Wilson, and Renaud Divies
Chapter 8: Fluid Flow Modeling in the Llanos Basin, Colombia
Felipe Gonzalez-Penagos, Isabelle Moretti, and Xavier Guichet
Chapter 9: A Comparative Assessment of Biomarker-Based Thermal Maturity Parameters
Aderoju Titilade and Stephen Bend
Chapter 10: Application of Overburden Amplitude Variations to Constrain Hydrocarbon Column
Heights in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea
Lidia Georgescu, Christian Hermanrud, Roar Heggland, and Trine Helle Simmenes
Chapter 11: Tracking Migration by Molecular Geotracers in Comparison with Other Geochemical
Properties, Summan Exploration Area, Northeast Saudi Arabia
Khaled R. Arouri, Yunlai Yang, Donald H. Williams, Saroj K. Panda, and Adnan Hajji
Chapter 12: Molecular Density Segregation and Subtle Multiple Charging in a Cool Nonbiodegraded,
Undersaturated Oil Reservoir
Khaled R. Arouri, Yunlai Yang, Donald H. Williams, Emmanuel C. Uba, and Abid G. Bhullar