PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

By WILLIAM TAYLOR

CONTENTS VII CONTENTS CHAPTER GEOLOGY OF AZERBAIJAN AND THE SOUTH CASPIAN BASIN GENERAL OVERVIEW, 1 GEOLOGIC SETTING OF SUPER-DEEP DEPOSITS, 5 SAATLY SUPER DEEP WELL, SD-1, 9 CHAPTER MUD VOLCANOES YASAMALY VALLEY, 18 ALYATY RIDGE, 20 CHAPTER REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS CHAPTER LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK ONSHORE OIL AND GAS FIELDS REGION I: APSHERON PENINSULA, 32 REGION II: PRE-CASPIAN–KUBA MONOCLINE, 43 REGION III: LOWER KURA LOWLAND, 44 REGION IV: YEVLAKH-AGDZHABEDI AREA, 44 CHAPTER OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FIELDS CASPIAN SEA OVERVIEW, 52 ZONE I: WESTERN PORTION OF APSHERON–PRE-BALKHAN ANTICLINAL TREND, 57 ZONE II: SOUTH APSHERON OFFSHORE AREA, 91 ZONE III: BAKU ARCHIPELAGO, 101 CHAPTER GENERAL REGULARITIES IN OIL AND GAS DISTRIBUTION I AZERBAIJAN PORTION OF THE SOUTH CASPIAN BASIN, 113 II TURKMENISTAN PORTION OF THE SOUTH CASPIAN BASIN, 199 III REGIONS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH CASPIAN BASIN, 212 CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS (CHAPTERS 1–7) MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY INTRODUCTION, 243 MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF GEOLOGIC SYSTEMS, 244 CHAPTER MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (STATIC GEOLOGIC SYSTEMS) MAPPING OF STRUCTURES WITHIN THE APSHERON–PRE-BALKHAN ANTICLINE TREND, 248 RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION USING LOG DATA, 254 MODELING OF SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES BASED ON WELL-LOGGING DATA, 284 ENTROPY AS CRITERION OF HETEROGENEITY OF ROCKS, 290 ANISOTROPY OF STRATIFIED ROCKS, 297 PERMEABILITY OF RESERVOIR ROCKS, 302 SURFACE ACTIVITY OF ROCKS, 313 MODELS OF OIL COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES, 324 CHAPTER MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES (DYNAMIC GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS) METHODOLOGY OF SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, 347 MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF SEDIMENT COMPACTION, 355 NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF OIL- AND GAS-BEARING ROCK PROPERTIES, 365 CHAPTER OTHER APPLICATIONS OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHODOLOGY BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CALCULATION TECHNIQUES, 384 SIMULATION OF RESERVOIR-ROCK PROPERTIES, 386 SIMULATION OF PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS, 390 SIMULATION OF WATER INVASION INTO OIL-SATURATED ROCKS, 398 SIMULATION OF PORE-FLUID (FORMATION) PRESSURE, 400 SIMULATION OF HYDROCARBON RESOURCES AND EVALUATION OF OIL AND GAS RESERVES, 403 CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS (CHAPTERS 8–13)