Hydrocarbon accumulation and entrapment in hydrodynamic sedimentary basins

3 Hydrocarbon accumulation and entrapment in hydrodynamic sedimentary basins 

Each type of groundwater flow system that may develop in a sedimentary basin is characterized by a specific distribution of the magnitude and direction of the net driving force for groundwater flow (Chapter 2). As a consequence, each groundwater flow system will modify the accumulation and trapping conditions for hydrocarbons in a certain basin in a specific way in comparison with theoretical hydrostatic conditions for that basin. 

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