BASE & Basin Spatial Layers
Two options for querying and viewing Basin Data in map-based workflows
IHS offers two powerful solutions for accessing Basin Data in a map-based view for highly visual play studies and comparative analysis.
BASE — Basin analog generation and stratigraphic analysis
BASE was co-developed by IHS and ENI to help new ventures
teams develop a rapid understanding of new frontier areas, as well as screen new areas very quickly on a global basis using direct analogs and comparative metrics.
BASE also adds a seamless GIS front-end to basin analysis, which enables quick visualization and more immediate insights.
Using BASE, geologists who are not basin specialists have found they can:
- Save significant time developing an understanding of a new basin or area, by using queries to visually display and combine basin, play and reserves data. This replaces an intensive manual process, shortening cycle times by days.
- Conduct deeper analysis of a basin with just a few button clicks. From any basin map, you can choose to assess textual descriptions and basin images — the information featured in our Basin Monitors.
- Quickly conduct analog queries on an ad-hoc basis.
BASE also offers a wealth of resources and fast, seamless workflows for basin specialists and teams engaged in complex comparative basin studies.
- Analog queries with a high level of complexity can be developed easily. You can start with just a few attributes, such as tectonic setting and age restrictions, then add more filters based on source and reservoir rocks, and covering attributes such as age and lithology.
- Mapping of queries allows you to quickly combine supplementary data such as wells and fields to build a fast initial picture. This helps you rapidly assess similarities and differences in exploration patterns in geologically analogous settings.
- An interactive evolution diagram offers a unique and rigorous way to view geological and tectonic elements together for a concise overview of petroleum systems integrated with E&P data such as porosity. You can add proprietary data easily, increasing accuracy of basin analysis.
- Play mapping allows you to interactively develop play fairway maps that define the extent of known petroleum systems, as well as develop new play concepts in both your new ventures and current core areas.
Basin Spatial Layers
Basin spatial layers offer the ultimate method for highly visual comparative basin studies. With our basin layers added to your GIS environment, you can easily combine IHS's extensive basin and E&P data with your proprietary data, improving the quality of your analysis and final decisions.
Basin Spatial Layers are a collection of more than 150 pre-defined attributes that can be quickly queried and displayed in a GIS mapview. Some attributes are raw data from IHS basin and E&P databases., but most are actually filters or calculated metrics using our data as a source, Examples:
- License area vs. basin size
- Reserves associated to play
- Percentage of seal success
- Number of traps in basin
Fast mapviews of single attributes, or combinations of attributes, give you an unparalleled ability to speed up and deepen your understanding of complex basin characteristics and yet-to-find potential.
Request a list of basin attributes covered by our Basin Spatial Layers.
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SAMPLE Basin Evolution Diagram from BASE |
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The combination of different queries in a hierarchal sequence provides a unique tool to investigate particular basin evolution types on a worldwide scale. |
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The result of a query can be further analyzed in the Basin Evolution Diagram.
Or, be plotted on the ProbE GIS map to investigate the spatial distribution of the basin evolution. |
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The BASE Play Map allows you to investigate and define the spatial distribution of Seal, Source and Reservoir Formations within a selected Basin. |
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The occurrence of these selected units in Well and/or Fields within the Basin are plotted on the GIS map. The interactive system allows the user to draw polygons around the plotted features. Combining different polygons for source rocks, reservoirs and seals gives the ability to delineate user-defined Play interpretations. |