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PART 1 - PRINCIPLES FOR THE STUDY OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS - GENERALITIES: 1. WHAT ARE SEDIMENTARY BASINS; 2. SEDIMENTARY BASINS AS COMPLEX SYSTEMS; 3. CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA; 4.PRINCIPAL FEATURES: DURATION; HEAT FLOW; DESTINY; SUBSIDENCE; PRODUCTION OF SEDIMENTS; CONSERVATION POTENTIAL (UPLIFT AND EXHUMATION); 5. FROM THE SEDIMENTARY BASIN TO THE DEFINITION OF CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL OIL AND GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (MEDIUM AND LOW ENTHALPY); CHARACTERS OF A STORAGE SITE (EXAMPLES).
PART 2 - DYNAMICS OF SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION 1. EXTENSIONAL BASINS; 2. FLEXURAL BASINS.
PART 3 - SUBSIDENCE AND BURIAL HISTORY: 1. COMPACTION PATHS OF POROUS SEDIMENTS; 2. POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY OF SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; 3. SUBSIDENCE AND BACKSTRIPPING HISTORY; 4. TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE; 5. ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING (PRACTICE)
PART 4 - THERMAL HISTORY: ARRHENIUS EQUATION AND THERMAL MATURITY INDICES; 2. FACTORS AFFECTING TEMPERATURE AND PALEO-TEMPERATURE IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS; 3. THERMAL AND THERMOS-CHRONOLOGICAL CALIBRATION METHODS AND PARAMETERS (ORGANIC MATTER DISPERSED IN SEDIMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURE THERMOS-CHRONOLOGY; CLAY MINERALOGY; CORRELATIONS) 4. EXAMPLES
PART 5 - PETROLEUM SYSTEM MODELLING: 1.SOURCE ROCKS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS 1.COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES; 2. SEDIMENTATION AND PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTER DISPERSED IN SEDIMENTS; 3. CLASSIFICATION AND THEORIES ON THE ORIGINS OF KEROGEN IN EOGENENIS PHASE; 4. MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES OF SOURCE ROCKS (CURRENT AND PAST CASE HISTORIES WITH SOME EXAMPLES FROM THE WORLD); 5. CATAGENIS AND METAGENESIS; 6. ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING (PRACTICE)
FINAL EXERCISE: 1. PRESENTATION OF A CASE OF PETROLEUM SYSTEM MODELING (CREATION OF GEOLOGICAL-GEOCHEMICAL DATABASE; MONODIMENSIONAL MODELING, FINAL PPT PRESENTATION).

PHILIP A. ALLEN, JOHN R. ALLEN, 2013. ANALYSIS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION TO PETROLEUM PLAY ASSESSMENT, 3RD EDITION BASIN. ISBN: 978-0-470-67377-5. 632 PAGES
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