Influence of Total Organic Content on CO–Water– Sandstone Wettability and CO Geo-Storage Capacity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cut Aja Fauziah ◽  
Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi ◽  
Stefan Iglauer ◽  
Ahmed Barifcani
Keyword(s):  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Total Organic Content

Study on the distribution of extractable organic matter in pores of lacustrine shale: An example of Zhangjiatan Shale from the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. SF109-SF126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxi Yu ◽  
Xiaorong Luo ◽  
Ming Cheng ◽  
Yuhong Lei ◽  
Xiangzeng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Ordos Basin ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Capacity Control ◽  
Yanchang Formation ◽  
Geochemical Characterization ◽  
Extractable Organic Matter

Shale oil and gas have been discovered in the lacustrine Zhangjiatan Shale in the southern Ordos Basin, China. To study the distribution of extractable organic matter (EOM) in the Zhangjiatan Shale ([Formula: see text] ranges from 1.25% to 1.28%), geochemical characterization of core samples of different lithologies, scanning electron microscope observations, low-pressure [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] adsorption, and helium pycnometry were conducted. The content and saturation of the EOM in the pores were quantitatively characterized. The results show that the distribution of the EOM in the shale interval is heterogeneous. In general, the shale layers have a higher EOM content and saturation than siltstone layers. The total organic content and the original storage capacity control the EOM content in the shale layers. For the siltstone layers, the EOM content is mainly determined by the original storage capacity. On average, 75% of the EOM occurs in the mesopores, followed by 14% in the macropores, and 11% in the micropores. The EOM saturation in the pores decreases with the increase in pore diameter. The distribution of EOM in the shale pores is closely related to the pore type. Micropores and mesopores developed in the kerogens and pyrobitumens and the clay-mineral pores coated with organic matter are most favorable for EOM retention and charging.

Shale Gas-in-Place Calculations Part I: New Pore-Scale Considerations

SPE Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray J. Ambrose ◽  
Robert C. Hartman ◽  
Mery Diaz-Campos ◽  
I. Yucel Akkutlu ◽  
Carl H. Sondergeld
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Organic Material ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Pore Space ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Gas Storage ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Free Gas ◽  
Adsorbed Phase ◽  
Small Pore

Summary Using focused-ion-beam (FIB)/scanning-electron-microscope (SEM) imaging technology, a series of 2D and 3D submicroscale investigations revealed a finely dispersed porous organic (kerogen) material embedded within an inorganic matrix. The organic material has pores and capillaries having characteristic lengths typically less than 100 nm. A significant portion of total gas in place appears to be associated with interconnected large nanopores within the organic material. Thermodynamics (phase behavior) of fluids in these pores is quite different; gas residing in a small pore or capillary is rarefied under the influence of organic pore walls and shows a different density profile. This raises serious questions related to gas-in-place calculations: Under reservoir conditions, what fraction of the pore volume of the organic material can be considered available as free gas, and what fraction is taken up by the adsorbed phase? How accurately is the shale-gas storage capacity estimated using the conventional volumetric methods? And finally, do average densities exist for the free and the adsorbed phases? We combine the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with the volumetrics for free gas and formulate a new gas-in-place equation accounting for the pore space taken up by the sorbed phase. The method yields a total-gas-in-place prediction. Molecular dynamics simulations involving methane in small carbon slit-pores of varying size and temperature predict density profiles across the pores and show that (a) the adsorbed methane forms a 0.38-nm monolayer phase and (b) the adsorbed-phase density is 1.8–2.5 times larger than that of bulk methane. These findings could be a more important consideration with larger hydrocarbons and suggest that a significant adjustment is necessary in volume calculations, especially for gas shales high in total organic content. Finally, using typical values for the parameters, calculations show a 10–25% decrease in total gas-storage capacity compared with that using the conventional approach. The role of sorbed gas is more important than previously thought. The new methodology is recommended for estimating shale gas in place.

Seismic based characterization of total organic content from the marine Sembar shale, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Aziz ◽  
Tahir Hussain ◽  
Matee Ullah ◽  
Asher Samuel Bhatti ◽  
Aamir Ali
Keyword(s):  
Organic Content ◽  
Indus Basin ◽  
Total Organic Content ◽  
Lower Indus Basin

Preliminary Study of Utilizing Ozone in Treatment of Operationally Exhausted Metalworking Fluids

2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 1117-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Gerulova ◽  
Eva Buranská ◽  
Zuzana Turňová ◽  
Jozef Fiala
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Capacity ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Metalworking Fluids ◽  
Industrial Products ◽  
Total Organic Content ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Kinetics Of

The article deals with preliminary study of possible utilization of ozone oxidative capacity for eliminating the organic content of operationally exhausted MWFs. This research was focused on the treatment of 17 samples clean MWFs diluted concentrates (samples mostly from Castrol, Shell Macron GmbH, Fuchs Oil corp., Agip GmbH, Blaser Swisslube AG, Cimcool Industrial Products BV, Houghton, Exxon Mobile and Quaker) by ozone. The study is focused to the effect of high concentrations of ozone during 4 hours on the kinetics of total organic content using parameters such as COD and TOC. The concentration of the tested MWFs was set at 1% (v/v). Selected MWFs consisted of all types of water miscible – emulsions, semi-synthetic and synthetic fluids.

Prospects and Challenges of Developing Unconventional Petroleum Resources in the Anambra Inland Basin of Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Mosto Onuoha ◽  
Chidozie I. Dim
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Shale Oil ◽  
Thermal Maturity ◽  
Total Organic Content ◽  
Anambra Basin ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources

ABSTRACT The boom in the development of unconventional petroleum resources, particularly shale gas in the United States of America during the last decade has had far reaching implications for energy markets across the world and particularly for Nigeria, a country that traditionally has been Africa’s leading crude oil producer and exporter. The Cretaceous Anambra Basin is currently the only inland basin in Nigeria where the existence of commercial quantities of oil and gas has been proven (outside the Tertiary Niger Delta Basin). The possibility of similarly finding commercially viable resources of unconventional petroleum resources in the basin appears quite attractive on the basis of the existence of seepages of shale oil and presence of coal-bed methane in some of the coal seams of the Mamu Formation (Lower Coal Measures) in the basin. This paper presents the results of our preliminary assessment of the shale oil and gas resources of the Anambra Basin. Our main objective is to locate the zones of very high quality plays within the basin, focusing on their depositional environments (whether marine or non-marine), areal extent of the target shale formations, gross shale intervals, total organic content, and thermal maturity. Data on the total organic content (TOC %, by weight) and thermal maturity of shales from different wells in the basin show that many of the shales have high TOCs (i.e greater than 2%) comparable to known shale gas and shale oil plays globally. Shale oil seepages are known to occur around Lokpanta in south-eastern Nigeria, but there is a general predominance of gas-prone facies in our inland basins indicating good prospects for finding unconventional petroleum in this and other Nigerian inland sedimentary basins. The main challenge to the exploration of unconventional resources in Nigeria today has to do with the absence of the enabling laws and regulatory framework governing their exploration and subsequent exploitation. The revised Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently under consideration in the National Assembly is expected to introduce drastic and lasting changes in the way the petroleum industry business is conducted in the country, but all the provisions of the draft law pertain mainly to conventional oil and gas resources.

Pore Characterization of the Marcellus Shale by Nitrogen Adsorption and Prediction of Its Gas Storage Capacity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-59
Author(s):  
Yixuan Zhu ◽  
Timothy Carr ◽  
Zhongmin Zhang ◽  
Liaosha Song
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Marcellus Shale ◽  
Nitrogen Adsorption ◽  
Well Logging ◽  
Gas Storage ◽  
Micropore Volume ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Type I ◽  
Pore Characterization

In a shale gas reservoir, pore characterization is an important factor to determine gas storage capacity. However, the nanometer (nm) scale pore system in shale is difficult to explore by traditional optical, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) or even nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) well logging. We investigated the pore structure and storage capacity of the Marcellus Shale through integration of petrophysical analysis from lab and well logging data, and nitrogen adsorption. The isotherm of Marcellus Shale is a composite isotherm, which has features of Type I, Type II and Type IV isotherms with Type H4 of hysteresis loop, suggesting slit-like pores developed in the Marcellus Shale. Quantitative analysis of pore volumes from the nitrogen adsorption indicates that density porosity may be more proper to approximate shale porosity and estimating the shale gas volume. In addition, the specific surface area, micropore and mesopore volumes have positive relationship with kerogen volume and total organic content (TOC). By employing Langmuir and Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) models, simulated result indicates that higher adsorbed quantity of the Marcellus Shale could be the result of increase of micropore volume contributed, by increase of kerogen or TOC content. The proposed equations rapidly compute TOC, a key parameter to predict gas storage capacity in over-matured shale such as the Marcellus Shale.

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