Emerging Trends
from 69 Giant Oil and Gas Fields Discovered from 2000-2006
Mann, Paul1, M.K. Horn2,
Ian M. Cross3 (1) Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2) Sourcetoreservoir.com, Tulsa, OK (3) IHS
Energy, Houston, TX
932 giant oil and gas fields account for
about 50±10% of the world's petroleum reserves. In the period of
2000-2006, 33 new oil giants and 36 new gas giants were added to the existing
863 oil and gas giants discovered in the interval of 1868-1999. We have
identified several dominant clusters of giants occupying specific tectonic
settings. Most clusters of 2000-06 discoveries occupy established provinces
like the rift/collisional setting of the Persian Gulf (6 oil/5 gas giants, or
15% of the new discoveries), the passive margin setting of northwest Australia
(8 gas), the passive margin of west Africa (5 oil/2 gas), the passive margin of
the deepwater GOM (6 oil), and the passive margin of Brazil (7 oil/3 gas).
However, new emerging clusters include the passive margin setting of
AAPG Search and Discover Article #90063©2007 AAPG Annual Convention, Long Beach, California