Reco: the goal of discovering a petroleum systemThe initial goal of establishing an active Permian aged petroleum system A petroleum system encompasses a pod of active source rock and all genetically related oil and gas accumulations. It includes all the geologic elements and processes that are essential if an oil and gas accumulation is to exist. The essential elements of a petroleum system include the following:
Petroleum systems have two processes:
These essential elements and processes must be correctly placed in time and space so that organic matter included in a source rock can be converted into a petroleum accumulation. A petroleum system exists wherever all these essential elements and processes are known to occur or are thought to have a reasonable chance or probability to occur.
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