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Model the volume of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion through time for multiple wells. Both conventional and unconventional resource plays can be modelled. A wide range of other values are modeled including maturity, porosity, permeability, pressure and temperature, all of which can be used to further analyze the petroleum system.

Burial History:

• Model complex stratigraphy, including unconformities
• Select from several calculation methods for compaction, porosity, and permeability
• Model porosity by mechanical, fluid flow, or chemical compaction
• Mix lithology or mineral components to create an unlimited number of custom lithologies
• Model changes in formation thickness due to salt or shale movement (diapirs).

Diagenesis and Pressure:

• Calculate pore fluid pressure to predict the timing and/or depth of abnormal pressure regions as well as subsequent fracturing
• Enhance porosity reduction by means of quartz cementation in sand and smectite-illite conversion in shales.

Thermal History:

• Model thermal maturation and predict timing of hydrocarbon generation/expulsion
• Model basement heat flow, radiogenic heat flow, and rifting heat flow
• Vary surface temperature and heat flow through time.

Logs:

• Drag and drop logs in LAS format
• Display logs adjacent to stratigraphy column for formation top editing
• Pick porosity points from a porosity log for use in calibration.

Source Rock Organic Richness:

• Determine Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from logs of resistivity and porosity
• Calculate Initial TOC