Geological simulation and issues of petroleum fields development
| Article # 19_2025 | submitted on 04/18/2025 displayed on website on 06/02/2025 |
| 16 p. | Livshits V.R. |
| Modeling the process of hydrocarbon migration and forming a power-law distribution of their accumulations by mass | |
| The probabilistic distribution of hydrocarbon accumulations by their mass is the most important characteristic of an oil and gas basin, which is of theoretical interest for both the theory of naphtido-genesis and for assessing the structure of the basin's resources. Computational experiments performed on a simulation stochastic model showed that the power-law distribution of hydrocarbon accumulations by mass can be a consequence of the process of lateral migration of primary accumulations in the near-roof zone of the reservoir. It was also established that two oppositely directed factors play a key role in forming the power-law distribution: displacement and merging of primary accumulations and loss of their mass along migration paths. Keywords: petroleum basin, naphtido-genesis, primary hydrocarbon accumulations, lateral migration, simulation stochastic model, power-law distribution of accumulations by mass. |
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| article citation | Livshits V.R. Modelirovanie protsessa migratsii uglevodorodov i formirovanie stepennogo raspredeleniya ikh skopleniy po masse [Modeling the process of hydrocarbon migration and forming a power-law distribution of their accumulations by mass]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2025, vol. 20, no. 2, available at: https://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2025/19_2025.html EDN: QGXDIB |
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Kontorovich A.E., Burshteyn L.M. Livshits V.R. Sovremennoe sostoyanie i perspektivy razvitiya nelineynoy teorii naftidogeneza [Current state and prospects for development of nonlinear theory of naphtido-genesis]. Sbornik nauchnykh trudov k 70-letiyu VNIGRI. St. Petersburg: VNIGRI, 1999, pp. 49-54. (In Russ.).
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Livshits V.R. Lateral'naya migratsiya uglevodorodov, kak vozmozhnyy mekhanizm formirovaniya stepennogo raspredeleniya ikh skopleniy po masse [Lateral migration of hydrocarbons as a possible mechanism for the formation of a power-law distribution of their accumulations by mass]. Geologiya i geofizika, 2017, no. 3-4, pp. 372-383. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15372/GiG20170303
Livshits V.R., Sharnin A.A. Ob odnom vozmozhnom mekhanizme formirovaniya raspredeleniya skopleniy uglevodorodov po krupnosti [On one possible mechanism for the formation of hydrocarbon accumulation distribution by size]. Geologiya nefti i gaza, 2011, no. 5, pp. 12-18. (In Russ.). EDN: OGYMYJ
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Otsenka potentsial'nykh resursov uglevodorodov na osnovanii modelirovaniya protsessov ikh generatsii, migratsii i akkumulyatsii [Assessment of potential hydrocarbon resources based on modeling of their generation, migration and accumulation processes]. S.G. Neruchev, T.K. Bazhenova, S.V. Smirnov, O.A. Andreeva, L.I. Klimova. St. Petersburg: Nedra, 2006, 364 p. (In Russ.). EDN: QKGCSH
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Rodkin M.V. Stepennoe raspredelenie zapasov UV v mestorozhdeniyakh: modeli generatsii i svyaz' s protsessami vospolneniya zapasov v razrabatyvaemykh mestorozhdeniyakh UV [Power distribution of hydrocarbon reserves in fields: generation models and connection with reserve replenishment processes in developed hydrocarbon fields]. Genezis uglerodnykh flyuidov i mestorozhdeniy. Moscow: GEOS, 2006, pp. 84-92. (In Russ.).
Shpil'man V.I. Kolichestvennyy prognoz neftegazonosnosti [Quantitative forecast of oil and gas content]. Moscow: Nedra, 1982, 215 p. (In Russ.).
Shpil'man V.I. Metodika prognozirovaniya razmerov mestorozhdeniy [Methodology for forecasting the size of fields]. Tr. in-ta ZapSibNIGNI, 1972, vol. 53, pp. 118-126. (In Russ.).
Sobol' I.M. Chislennye metody Monte-Karlo [Numerical methods of Monte Carlo]. Moscow: Nauka, 1973, 312 p. (In Russ.).
Tisso B., Vel'te D. Obrazovanie i rasprostranenie nefti [Formation and distribution of oil]. Moscow: Mir, 1981, 502 p. (In Russ.).
Vassoevich N.B. Teoriya osadochno-migratsionnogo proiskhozhdeniya nefti [Theory of sedimentary-migration origin of oil]. Izvestiya AN SSSR. Ser. Geologiya, 1967, no. 11, pp. 135-156. (In Russ.).
Vassoevich N.B., Trofimuk A.A., Kontorovich A.E., Neruchev S.G. Novye issledovaniya v oblasti diagnostiki nefteproizvodyashchikh otlozheniy i otsenki prognoznykh zapasov nefti i gaza ob"emno-geneticheskim metodom [New studies in the field of diagnostics of oil-producing strata and assessment of predicted oil and gas reserves by the volumetric-genetic method]. Ed. A.A. Trofimuk. Izbrannye trudy. V 4 t. T. 1: Teoreticheskie problemy geologii nefti i gaza. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN, filial «Geo», 2001, pp. 106-122. (In Russ.).