JMA Geological Field Work The Adventure Continues Mobil JMA
JMA History of Petroleum First Use: Egyptians: oil to preserve mummies Egyptians: oil to preserve mummies Chinese: natural gas for fuel Chinese: natural gas for fuel Babylonians: oil to seal walls and pave streets Babylonians: oil to seal walls and pave streets Americans: tar to seal canoes Americans: tar to seal canoes First Drilling: Chinese using bamboo: to 800 in 347 AD Chinese using bamboo: to 800 in 347 AD Americans using cable tool: to 70 in 1859 AD Americans using cable tool: to 70 in 1859 AD First Product: Kerosene for lamps Kerosene for lamps Gasoline was unwanted by-product Gasoline was unwanted by-product Demand Increase: Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution - Internal Combustion Engine (1885) - Global Economic Growth
JMA History of Petroleum First Use: Egyptians: oil to preserve mummies Egyptians: oil to preserve mummies Chinese: natural gas for fuel Chinese: natural gas for fuel Babylonians: oil to seal walls and pave streets Babylonians: oil to seal walls and pave streets Americans: tar to seal canoes Americans: tar to seal canoes First Drilling: Chinese using bamboo: to 800 in 347 AD Chinese using bamboo: to 800 in 347 AD Americans using cable tool: to 70 in 1859 AD Americans using cable tool: to 70 in 1859 AD First Product: Kerosene for lamps Kerosene for lamps Gasoline was unwanted by-product Gasoline was unwanted by-product Demand Increase: Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution - Internal Combustion Engine (1885) - Global Economic Growth
JMA Petroleum Industry Breakthroughs s s1960s1970s1980s1990s Anticlinal Theory Rotary Drilling Seismograph Well Logging Offshore Drilling Digital Computer Directional Drilling 3D Seismic 3D Simulation Basin and Reservoir Concept of Where-to-Drill Drill deeper 1D Subsurface imaging Subsurface rock and fluid properties Access to new areas and basins Access to areas with surface obstacles More precise subsurface imaging Predicting fluid movement 2D Subsurface imaging & data management JMA
JMA Anticlinal Theory Gas Gas Oil Oil Water Petroleum Accumulates in Structural Closure