221
Index
Adsett platform play, 10–11
Alberta, 18, 80, 155
Anderson–Darling test, 88
area of closure, 124–5, 136–7, 147
Arps and Roberts (discovery process)
method, 3, 17, 72–3, 85, 152,
161–4, 166
fi nite population approach to, 17,
161, 163–4
Kaufman’s variation (anchored
method), 3, 17, 152, 161,
164, 170
Arrhenius, law of, 159
assessment. See resource
BDSCV. See Bayesian Lognormal/
Nonparametric–Poisson
Discovery Process Model
Bashaw reef complex play, 9, 49,
121–2, 124, 170–71, 173
basin, 4, 10–13, 19, 21–3, 25, 27, 39–44,
49, 73, 81, 83, 91–3, 96–104, 110,
114, 122–4, 137, 143, 146, 149,
152–4, 156–71
analogous, 4, 143, 153
analysis, 7, 16, 140
characteristics, 153–4, 156–9, 169
classifi cation, Klemme’s, 154–6
conceptual, 146, 153–4
evaluation, 153, 163, 171
extrapolating past performance
of, 171
frontier, 136–7, 146, 153–4
habitat, 154, 156, 168
mature, 146, 153
as natural population, 7, 11, 18, 22,
101, 143
potential, summing, 158
resource evaluation, 3–4, 8, 152
classifi cation method, 152–5, 158
tectonic history of, 153–4, 158–9
Bayesian Lognormal/Nonparametric–
Poisson Discovery Process
Model (BDSCV), 27, 36–40,
161–2
inherent statistical assumptions, 38
Beaverhill Lake Group, 19
Beaverhill Lake play, 6, 18–22, 34–7,
42, 47–50, 54, 56–9, 91–4, 106,
111, 120–22, 143–5, 150–51
biased sample, 25–28, 34, 45, 88
Bickel, Nair, and Wang’s
nonparametric fi nite
population method, 3, 7, 17,
100–101, 152, 161–4
Bivariate Lognormal, Multivariate
Discovery Process Model
(MDSCV), 27, 40, 43, 45, 123
Black Creek basin, 23, 25
Boltzmann equation, 159
booked gas reserves, 80–83, 85
British Columbia, 9–11, 18
burial and thermal history, 8, 107,
127–8, 140, 143, 154, 157–8
modeling, 158–61
Canada, East Coast, 106, 115, 124–7
cap rock, absence or presence of,
107, 112
carbonate facies belt, 9–10
carbonate platform, 9–10, 18–19
Cardium sandstone play, 21–2, 51,
103–4, 121–2
Chen and Sinding–Larsen’s
geo-anchored method, 3, 17,
152, 161–4, 166
China, eastern, 114, 159–60
chi-square test, 114–15
chronostratigraphic data, 143
Clarke Lake barrier reef play, 10–11
Clearwater Rundle A gas pool, 82, 84
closure, 107, 111–15, 124–5, 130,
136–8, 147
comparative studies, 4, 7, 120, 143,
147, 153
conditional analysis, 59–60
conditional probability, 44, 59, 114
rule of multiplication, 112
conversion factor, 120, 124
correlation (statistical), 18, 22, 27, 103,
120–23
analysis, 115
coeffi cients, 44, 94, 121
and covariance, effect of, 121
Index
Adsett platform play, 10–11
Alberta, 18, 80, 155
Anderson–Darling test, 88
area of closure, 124–5, 136–7, 147
Arps and Roberts (discovery process)
method, 3, 17, 72–3, 85, 152,
161–4, 166
fi nite population approach to, 17,
161, 163–4
Kaufman’s variation (anchored
method), 3, 17, 152, 161,
164, 170
Arrhenius, law of, 159
assessment. See resource
BDSCV. See Bayesian Lognormal/
Nonparametric–Poisson
Discovery Process Model
Bashaw reef complex play, 9, 49,
121–2, 124, 170–71, 173
basin, 4, 10–13, 19, 21–3, 25, 27, 39–44,
49, 73, 81, 83, 91–3, 96–104, 110,
114, 122–4, 137, 143, 146, 149,
152–4, 156–71
analogous, 4, 143, 153
analysis, 7, 16, 140
characteristics, 153–4, 156–9, 169
classifi cation, Klemme’s, 154–6
conceptual, 146, 153–4
evaluation, 153, 163, 171
extrapolating past performance
of, 171
frontier, 136–7, 146, 153–4
habitat, 154, 156, 168
mature, 146, 153
as natural population, 7, 11, 18, 22,
101, 143
potential, summing, 158
resource evaluation, 3–4, 8, 152
classifi cation method, 152–5, 158
tectonic history of, 153–4, 158–9
Bayesian Lognormal/Nonparametric–
Poisson Discovery Process
Model (BDSCV), 27, 36–40,
161–2
inherent statistical assumptions, 38
Beaverhill Lake Group, 19
Beaverhill Lake play, 6, 18–22, 34–7,
42, 47–50, 54, 56–9, 91–4, 106,
111, 120–22, 143–5, 150–51
biased sample, 25–28, 34, 45, 88
Bickel, Nair, and Wang’s
nonparametric fi nite
population method, 3, 7, 17,
100–101, 152, 161–4
Bivariate Lognormal, Multivariate
Discovery Process Model
(MDSCV), 27, 40, 43, 45, 123
Black Creek basin, 23, 25
Boltzmann equation, 159
booked gas reserves, 80–83, 85
British Columbia, 9–11, 18
burial and thermal history, 8, 107,
127–8, 140, 143, 154, 157–8
modeling, 158–61
Canada, East Coast, 106, 115, 124–7
cap rock, absence or presence of,
107, 112
carbonate facies belt, 9–10
carbonate platform, 9–10, 18–19
Cardium sandstone play, 21–2, 51,
103–4, 121–2
Chen and Sinding–Larsen’s
geo-anchored method, 3, 17,
152, 161–4, 166
China, eastern, 114, 159–60
chi-square test, 114–15
chronostratigraphic data, 143
Clarke Lake barrier reef play, 10–11
Clearwater Rundle A gas pool, 82, 84
closure, 107, 111–15, 124–5, 130,
136–8, 147
comparative studies, 4, 7, 120, 143,
147, 153
conditional analysis, 59–60
conditional probability, 44, 59, 114
rule of multiplication, 112
conversion factor, 120, 124
correlation (statistical), 18, 22, 27, 103,
120–23
analysis, 115
coeffi cients, 44, 94, 121
and covariance, effect of, 121