Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining a dominant hydrocarbon migration mechanism in a sedimentary basin, using a numerical basin simulation simulating a hydrocarbon migration according to at least two migration mechanisms and measurements of physical quantities performed in the basin. A numerical basin simulation and a gridded representations of different states is used to determine a contribution of each hydrocarbon migration mechanism for each state for the cells of the gridded representation of this state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modeling a sedimentary basin, said sedimentary basin having undergone a plurality of geological events defining a sequence of states {Ai} of the basin, each extending between two successive geological events, the method comprising the implementation by data processing means (21) of steps of: (a) Obtaining measurements of physical quantities of said basin, which are acquired from sensors (20); (b) For each of said states Ai, constructing a meshed representation of said basin depending on said measurements of physical quantities; (c) For each of said states Ai, and for each cell of the meshed representation, 1. computing an effective stress applied to the cell at the end of the state Ai; 2. computing an overpressure in the cell at the end of the state Ai depending on said effective stress computed at the end of the state Ai.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modeling a sedimentary basin, said sedimentary basin having undergone a plurality of geological events defining a sequence of states {Ai} of the basin, each of said states extending between two successive geological events, the method comprising the implementation by data processing means (21) of steps of: (a) Obtaining measurements of physical quantities of said basin, which are acquired from sensors (20); (b) For each of said states Ai, constructing a meshed representation of said basin depending on said measurements of physical quantities; (c) For each of said states Ai, and for each cell of said meshed representation, computing an overpressure in the cell at the end of the state Ai by solving an equation of the Darcy equation type; characterized in that step (c) comprises a prior step (c).