LATERAL MIGRATION OF HYDROCARBONS AS A POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF THEIR POWER-SERIES DISTRIBUTION BY MASS
V.R. Livshits
A.A. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: Petroliferous basin, lateral migration, primary oil accumulation, power-series distribution of hydrocarbon accumulations by mass, simulation model
Abstract
The author determines the conditions under which lateral migration of primary oil accumulations in the near-roof reservoir zone leads to their Pareto distribution by mass. It is shown that this power-series distribution is preserved in a wide range of the values of bed porosity, permeability, and slope angle, i.e., does not depend on the individual parameters of the petroliferous basin.
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