The solution to rigorously account for the role of faulting in basin deformation and quantifying its impact on pressureregimes and hydrocarbon migration.

Ceres allows explorationists to model sedimentary basins and understand petroleum systems in complex structural environments such as salt-driven tectonic areas, fold-and-thrust belts and deltaic systems.

Applications where Ceres has improved our understanding of petroleum systems and reduced exploration risk include :

• Sensitivity analysis of hydrocarbon migration to faulting in the Bolivian foothills, the West African margin (offshore Congo and Niger delta) and northern Venezuela
• Reconstruction of pore pressure distribution and hydrocarbon migration in the Caspian Sea, and in sub-thrust reservoirs in the Canadian and Bolivian foothills
• Assessment of salt-tectonic effects on hydrocarbon migration in deep water Gulf of Mexico
• Understanding of structuration versus hydrocarbon migration in a fold-bend-fault structure in Venezuelian foothills