TerraMod

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• TerraMod
• Basin Modelling Software
• DEMONSTRATION
• OF
• RIFT MODELS

TerraMod
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TerraMod Rift Modelling

• Event Types
• Deposition
• Erosion
• Thrust
• Intrusion
• Simulates Most Geological Situations
• Optimisation Routines Assist Refinement of
  Geological Models

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Double Click to Select Project
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Create New Project Choose Project Preferences
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Project Information Database
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Customise Age Schemes
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Customise Colour Schemes
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Click on Lithotype Colour to Customise
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Click on Lithotype Ornament to Customise
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Click Once on a Well From this Well List to Open
Well
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Data Input Interface Built Around a
Spreadsheet. Spreadsheet Builds into Database
Architecture.
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Add More Layers
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Add More Layers by Tabbing Down or Using Mouse to
Click on New Row Note Default Values for Many
Parameters.
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Select Geological Event Type for Each Layer
Using Pop-Up Menu (Mouse Click).
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Use Age Scheme for Assistance with Entering
Durations of Layers Erosion Events and for
Checking Model Integrity with Base Age Facility
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View Base Age and Top Depth After Model Input is
Complete to Check Model Integrity
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Add Lithology to Layers Using In-Built 70
Lithotypes - Containing Lab. Derived
Petrophysical Definitions of Most Major
Lithologies.
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Water Depth Data Input Assistance Select from
Three Schemes for Descriptors of Major
Depositional Environments
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Use Palaeo-Surface Temperature Graph to Estimate
Surface Temperatures Through Time Associated with
Palaeo-Latitudes.
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• Stratigraphic Column
• Check Model Integrity - Displays Lithology,
  Layer Number, Layer Depth, Layer Age.
• Multiple Zoom Modes.
• Colour and Black White Printing of
  Stratigraphic Column

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Stratigraphic Column

• Zoom In to Review Top Depths and Base Ages of All
  Layers
• Check Integrity of Model at All Levels
• Check Erosion Events Actually Erode the Correct
  Layers

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• Zoom Out to Review More of the Model
• Printable Stratigraphic Columns Available version
  1.62

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• Multiple Levels of Zoom Out

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• Source Rock Characterisation
• Source Rocks Are Characterised and Parameters
  Defined for Individual Layers.
• Each Parameter Critical to Volumetric
  Calculations Defined Separately
• Note HC Volumes Calcuated From Net Source Prone
  Thickness.

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Calibration Data
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• Calibration Data
• Entered in User Friendly Spreadsheets Linked to
  Core Database.

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Customisable Source Rocks Kinetics
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• Customisable Source Rocks Kinetics
• Define Kinetic Parameters for Individual Source
  Rock Layers Within the Model.

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Calibration Data
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• Calibration Data
• Entered in User Friendly Spreadsheets Linked to
  Core Database.

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• Single Well Simulation Control Dialog
• Select Number of Iterative Runs to be Made
  During the Simulation.

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Gridding Parameters
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Gridding Parameters Select Degree of Fineness
or Coarseness for the Simulations (affects
Finite Difference Gridding of
Model).
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Multi-Well Simulation Control Dialog
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• Multi-Well Simulation Control Dialog
• Use this Facility to Run a Series of Well
  Simulations in Batch Processing Mode.

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Simulation Tracking Multi-Well Simulation Mode.
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• Simulation Tracking Multi-Well Simulation Mode.
• Illustrates the Processing Flow of the
  Simulation Algorithms Gives Simulation Status.

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Automatic Optimisation Procedures
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• Automatic Optimisation Procedures
• Simulation First Back-Strips Stratigraphy and
  then Makes a Forward Model

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• Automatic Optimisation Procedures
• Simulation First Back-Strips Stratigraphy and
  then Makes a Forward Model
• First Check Calculated Thicknesses Porosities
  Against Input Values

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• Automatic Optimisation Procedures
• Simulation First Back-Strips Stratigraphy and
  then Makes a Forward Model
• First Check Calculated Thicknesses Porosities
  Against Input Values

• Marked Deviations Between Input Calculated
  Values Suggest Problems With Input Data
• Run Simulation Iterations Several Times Using
  Automatic Optimisation Facility if Lithological
  and/or Porosity Parameters Cannot Be Refined
  From Exploration Database.

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• Central Manager for Screen Plotting Printing
• Set Up Printer Settings Once From Central
  Control Dialog
• Select Any Well From Project from Here
• Batch Printing Facility Available as Modular
  Upgrade.

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• Depth Plots Selection
• Select Up To Two Plots to View
• Select Time Slice to Review
• Select Manual Depth Scale on Y-Axis for
  Comparitive Plots.

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Model Results Are Reviewed on Screen Plots
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Model Results Are Reviewed on Screen Plots
Calibration Parameters are Reviewed in Depth
Plot Facility to Check Model Integrity
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Plots can Be Reviewed and Printed Independently
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Depths To Hydrocarbon Generation Windows are
Plotted for Easier Maturity Mapping.
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Comparison of Different Kerogens Maturity
Windows for Type III Kerogen Calculate to be
Deeper for Exactly the Same Model Input Parameters
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After Model Has Been Optimised With the
Calibration Data and Re-Simulated Model Results
Can be Used to Assess Petroleum SystemTime Plots
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Time Plot Control Dialog
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• Time Plot Control Dialog
• Normally Select One Layer at a Time to Review
  Development of Parameters Through Time.

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• Time Plot Control Dialog
• Normally Select One Layer at a Time to Review
  Development of Parameters Through Time.
• Note Auto-Scaling of Plots Can be Over-Ridden
  to Manual Scaling for Comparisons.

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• Calculated Sedimentation Rate
• Very Useful for Checking Model Integrity
• Indicates Common Errors Introduced from
  Innacurate Assignement of Ages to Stratigraphic
  Layers (This is One of the Most Common Errors in
  Model Construction).

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Heating rate and Sedimentation Rate
Inter-Dependent variables Heating Rate Critically
Affects Hydrocarbon Generation
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Note Hydrocarbon Generation Windows are
Calculated Independently of Vitrinite Reflectance

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Complete Basement (Layer 1) Subsidence History
Including Water Depths
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Correlate Subsidence and Heat Flow Histories for
Refinement of Model
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• Report Facility Print Print Preview For -
• All Input Data
• Results of Calculated Hydrocarbon Generation
  Volumetrics

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