About
The Stanford BPSM program provides expertise in visualization and quantification of the geohistory of sedimentary basins and petroleum systems. The primary objectives are to train the next generation of basin and petroleum system modelers, devise quantitative tools that can be used to rigorously evaluate geologic risk in various exploration settings, and conduct basic and applied energy-focused research.
Founding of BPSM
Our industrial affiliates program was developed by a team of Stanford geoscientists in order to train students in quantitative modeling of sedimentary basins and petroleum systems. The program was developed in 2008 with the cooperation and support of the Department of Geological & Environmental Science (now the Earth & Planetary Sciences) and the Energy Science & Engineering within the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, with the Department of Geophysics joining later.
What We Study
Over the last decade, three-dimensional (3-D) imaging and modeling of the subsurface through time (4-D) have co-evolved and emerged as a major research focus of the petroleum industry because of the need to organize data and archive data, visualize geologic processes, communicate with stakeholders, and convert static data into dynamic processed data and interpretations.