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Applications

BMT™ is particularly well suited for addressing the following:

Sequence Stratigraphy

• geohistory analysis that can incorporate a high- resolution sequence stratigraphic framework, structural reconstruction of normal and reverse faults, and subsidence analysis in a single integrated program
• geohistory analysis that can incorporate user- specified movement of salt simulating diapirism, pillowing and salt-induced inversion

Subsidence Analysis

• modelling the flexural-isostatic response of the lithosphere to extension by faulting and to erosion
• estimate tectonic subsidence/uplift (displacements that cannot be ascribed to loading)
• model the palaeo-heat flow into the basin (rift basins)

Hydrocarbon Maturation

• area, timing, duration and rate of source rock maturation together with timing of fault movement and prospective trap formation
• evaluation of the effect of faulting on maturation timing and distribution
• evaluation of the thermal influence of salt distribution and movement on maturation timing and distribution

Hydro carbon Migration and Entrapment

• reconstructed fault geometries give insight into possible role of faults as conduits or barriers between mature sources and potential reservoirs through time
• fault restoration algorithm provides insights into the timing of trap formation with respect to source rock maturation

Reservoir Quality Prediction

• burial history can give insight into possible diagenetic effects on porosity where diagenetic reactions are temperature-dependent (for example illite formation, quartz cementation, opal to quartz transformation, etc.)

Learning Tool

• One of the most important but often overlooked benefits of basin modelling is that it requires that the user to carefully consider the factors controlling the history of the basin under study. With BMT™, you must evaluate the stratigraphy, lithology types and distributions, palaeo- depositional environments, subsidence history and structural deformation, etc.

Model Scales of Observation

• BMT™ can be used at scales of observation ranging from an entire basin to that of a producing field. As a result, it can be used for reconnaissance work in largely unexplored basins to help constrain the necessary geological factors for economically viable production or it can be used to evaluate a prospect or outpost well in a mature basin.

Basin Types

• BMT™ is designed specifically to model rift basins, but can also be applied to a number of other types such as forearc and cratonic basins.

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