Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Hydrocarbon Migration and Accumulation in the Lublin Basin

Abstract

TX 75083-3836 U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractAnalysis of pressure and water chemistry data from the Devonian and Carboniferous formations of the Lublin Basin indicates that two regional fluid flow systems are operating within this basin. The Devonian basin is the juvenile basin with compaction-induced centrifugal, lateral water movement (before invasion by meteoric waters), and may be classified as prospective. The Carboniferous basin is an intermediate basin with centripetal water movement, artesian properties and invasion of meteoric water.In this paper author presents the hydrodynamic modelling of hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in the Lublin Basin, Poland. The pressure and water chemistry data have been used to identify hydrocarbon traps within the Devonian and Carboniferous sequences.