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  7. Conclusions

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- [Instructor] In conclusion, downhole fluid analysis and new asphaltene thermodynamics enable the new discipline reservoir fluid geodynamics. Without these two, without the measurement of the fluid distributions, and without the proper thermodynamics, you cannot identify what's equilibrated, what isn't equilibrated, what's undergoing some geodynamic process. These are both requirements for RFG. We have shown that you can get many different reservoir realizations via different RFG processes even for the same petroleum system model, this is very important. Equilibrated asphaltenes indicate reservoir connectivity, this is proven in production. When you don't have equilibrated asphaltenes, it's crucial to understand the RFG processes in order to interpret whether the reservoir's connected. For instance, whether you have a lateral sweep. Lateral sweep in trap filling is a new process that we have identified in these case studies. It's in addition to the much more traditional density stacking of reservoir fluids. But we now know this is very common. We have a new method for AOP determination, asphaltene onset pressure. It's the most robust in the industry and should be used all the time, it is being now used all the time in the Gulf of Mexico. Finally we have a universal workflow for RFG. Basically we always get the DFA survey and we then always perform the thermodynamic analysis both on asphaltenes and on dissolved gas. And we also look at the biomarker using 2D GC so we have us a routine universal workflow that we can employ in every reservoir from the first well to the habutz. If we had that many in a reservoir. Thank you very much.