Patent Document ID: 9971061
Application ID: 14087302
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of developing a sedimentary basin using qualification of hydrocarbon potential of the sedimentary basin, comprising: breaking up the sedimentary basin into geologic layers with each geologic layer corresponding to a sediment deposition for a given time period; determining a composition of the geologic layers through coupling of a stratigraphic simulation with an organic matter production and degradation model by using an iterative stratigraphic simulation, from a past to a more recent time, within each geologic layer, by use of a stratigraphic model and the organic matter production and degradation model, by determining production of the organic matter within the geologic layer using the organic matter production and degradation model; modelling transport of sediments and the organic matter production using the stratigraphic model, determining degradation of the organic matter during the transport using the organic matter production and degradation model, determining stratigraphy of the basin by accounting for mass conservation by use of the transport of sediments and the degradation of organic matter, and determining organic matter degradation within the stratigraphy using the organic matter production and degradation model; quantifying hydrocarbon potential of the geologic layers of the sedimentary basin from the composition; and developing the sedimentary basin according to the quantification of the hydrocarbon potential to extract hydrocarbons from the sedimentary basin including at least one of performing exploratory drilling and performing exploitation drilling in a least one zone having a best potential for producing hydrocarbons in the sedimentary basin.