Stratigraphy applied to oil industry

Abstract

Stratigraphy and the oil industry are intricately intertwined and have been so ever since the industry started exploring in challenging settings. Stratigraphic understanding forms the basis for basin exploration, field evaluation, reservoir development and production. Because of this need for stratigraphic understanding, the oil industry is a key driver in the development of new and faster ways to develop stratigraphic correlations. However, this end user position of the oil industry is repaid many times over by the sheer amount of stratigraphic information supplied during a drilling campaign as well as funding supplied for academic development of the science. Indeed, the relationship between the oil industry and the science of stratigraphy is a very healthy one and is truly symbiotic. Keywords:Oil and Gas Industry, Basin Exploration, Stratigraphic Methods, Commercial Stratigraphic Application