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Abstract
DOI: 10.1306/09182017314
Super
basins
—New paradigm for oil and gas supply
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Bob Fryklund,1 and Philip (Pete) Stark2
1IHS Markit, Houston, Texas; [email protected]
2Independent Geologist, Denver, Colorado; [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Super basins
are sedimentary
basins
with more than 5 billion BOE cumulative production and at least 5 billion BOE remaining recoverable resources. Super
basins
are characterized by two or more
source
rocks
, stacked
reservoirs
, mature infrastructure, established service sectors, large amounts of data, and access to markets. Super
basins
commonly have multiple operators that form a community whose competitive atmosphere helps drive efficiency and performance. In an effort to identify sources for future oil and gas supplies, studies of the geology, hydrocarbon richness, and above-ground factors for 400 global
basins
led to the super basin concept. Super
basins
have continuous organic-rich mud
rocks
and other tight
reservoirs
that heretofore were not considered commercial targets. Based on analogy with proven resource plays in North American super
basins
, it is now possible to unlock substantial hydrocarbon potential in these tight
rocks
by employing horizontal drilling and multistage fracturing technologies.
Super basins
exist both onshore and offshore. The largest super
basins
are onshore, dominantly in forelands and passive margins, and have both
conventional
and tight rock potential. This paper focuses on the top 25 onshore super
basins
that are estimated to have 859 billion BOE of incremental technically recoverable resources. Offshore
basins
do not have the massive tight rock potential as onshore
basins
because of higher infrastructure costs. The archetype for the onshore super basin is the Permian Basin (west Texas) with 37 billion BOE produced and 60 billion bbl of oil and 300 TCF gas remaining.
With huge resources, super basins
can serve as supply disrupters and act as a regulator for the global price of crude oil and natural gas. Super basin concepts have caused geoscientists to think differently about petroleum
basins
. Super
basins
should be viewed as ecosystems that have below- and above-ground questions and technology and market considerations that must be resolved to assure commercial success.
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