The project goal is to develop, through basin analysis, the concept that petroleum systems acting in a basin can be identified through basin modeling. The specific objective is to demonstrate that the information and analysis resulting from the characterization and modeling of petroleum systems in the North Louisiana Salt Basin and the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin can be used to provide a reliable and advanced approach for targeting stratigraphic traps and specific facies associated with a geologic system and providing a refined assessment of undiscovered and underdeveloped reservoirs and associated resources.