Petroleum resource potential of sedimentary basins on the Pacific Margin of Canada. Open File Number 3629
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:675978
The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the petroleum geology of Canada`s west coast basins and to present quantitative estimates of the oil and gas resources contained in those basins. Based on geographic and tectonic considerations, the basins and sub-basins were grouped into three general assessment regions: Queen Charlotte, Georgia, and Tofino. The oil and gas potential is calculated using a subjective assessment technique termed conceptual play analysis, which assumes that the individual sizes of pools in a properly defined play form a natural geological population and that the distribution of pool sizes within that population is log-normal. The pool size distribution is then combined with an additional distribution describing the number of prospects and the marginal probabilities of risk factors to calculate an estimate of both play potential and individual undiscovered pool sizes.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
- OSTI ID:
- 675978
- Report Number(s):
- MIC--98-06209/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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