scholarly journals Investigation of Source Rock Heating and Structural Changes in the Electromagnetic Fields Using Experimental and Mathematical Modeling

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 991
Author(s):  
Liana Kovaleva ◽  
Rasul Zinnatullin ◽  
Airat Musin ◽  
Victor Kireev ◽  
Tagir Karamov ◽  
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The paper presents the results of an experimental study of heating and the structural resultant changes of source rocks under the influence of the electromagnetic field in the microwave and radio-frequency ranges. The samples from the Bazhenov Formation (West Siberia, Russia) and the Domanic Formation (Ural, Russia) have been tested. It is shown that samples from these formations demonstrate very different heating rates at the same electromagnetic field parameters and the their heating rate depends on the type of the electromagnetic field (radio-frequency or microwave) applied. The temperature of the Bazhenov Formation samples reaches 300 °C within one hundred seconds of the microwave treatment but it slowly rises to 200 °C after twelve minutes of the radio-frequency influence. The samples of the carbonate Domanic Formation heat up more slowly in the microwave field (within two hundred seconds) and to lower temperatures in the radio-frequency (150 °C) than the Bazhenov Formation samples. The study of the structure of the samples before and after experiments on the electromagnetic treatment shows fracture formation during the heating process. Numerical simulations of heating dynamics of source rock samples have been based on a simple mathematical model of the electromagnetic influence and main features of heating for different types of source rock have been revealed. The opportunities for application of electromagnetic heating for oil source rock recovery are discussed.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Andreevich Zubkov ◽  
Pavel Vladimirovich Molodykh ◽  
Ivan Vasilievich Goncharov ◽  
Vadim Valerievich Samoilenko ◽  
Svetlana Vasilievna Fadeeva

Abstract The article presents the results of two-year of research aimed at replenishing the resource and raw material base of the northwestern part of the Tomsk region. The practical application possibilities of basin modeling at the prospecting and exploratory stages of geological study of the subsurface are illustrated. The research was divided into two phases. The first of them has sub-regional coverage and includes an area of 25,000 km2 bounded by the Chkalovsky oil and gas condensate field in the southeast and the administrative boundaries of Tomsk Oblast in the northwest. The section is confined to the Alexandrovsky arch, covers part of the Koltogorsko-Nyurolsky chute and the eastern periclinal of the Nizhnevartovsky arch. At the first stage, a three-dimensional model of oil-and-gas bearing basin formation was created, the tasks of which were to replenish the history of generation and formation of ideas about the ways of hydrocarbon migration. The basin submergence has been reconstructed here and the thermal flow history has been restored. The uneven intensity of heat flow at the bottom of the sedimentary cover over the area is explained by tectonic processes and is complicated by a massive granitoid intrusion. In JSC "Tomsk Petroleum institute", the knowledge base of geochemical features of oil-and-gas source rocks and oils of Western Siberia was formed for years, which allowed to use their own kinetic spectra for the surveyed region. To calibrate the paleotemperatures, both the optical characteristics of vitrinite coals and the indicators of the geochemical properties of organic matter of the Bazhenov formation (4/1 MDBT and Tmax) were used. As a result, the conclusion about the presence of two generation centers of different nature was made, the time and volume of oil generation by organic matter of the Bazhenov formation were predicted. Next, the modeling parameters of hydrocarbon migration and accumulation are described. Modeling shows that the primary migration occurs due to the emergence of abnormally high pore pressure during the generation of hydrocarbons and fluid autofracture of the oil and gas source rock. The results of calculations of secondary migration by two different methods are compared. Despite a number of limitations, the results obtained show a fairly high convergence to real data. At the second stage, on the basis of the regional (parent) model a local daughter model of the formation of the Traygorodsko-Kondakovskoye field within the area of 480 km2 covered by 3D seismic exploration was plotted. The rationale for the necessity and description of the results of additional special geochemical studies of fluids and oil source rock, carried out before starting to build a detailed model of the local stage, is given. The article outlines the basic parameters and gives the differences between the local model and the parent model. Conclusions are made about the possibility of assessing the conductive properties of fault in the formation of deposits. The prediction of trap saturation and resource potential assessment is the result, the achievement of which reduced the risks of geological exploration and formed the recommendations for further geological study of the subsurface.


2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 919-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Granat ◽  
B. Opyd ◽  
D. Nowak ◽  
M. Stachowicz ◽  
G. Jaworski

Abstract The paper describes preliminary examinations on establishing usefulness criteria of foundry tooling materials in the microwave heating technology. Presented are measurement results of permittivity and loss tangent that determine behaviour of the materials in electromagnetic field. The measurements were carried-out in a waveguide resonant cavity that permits precise determination the above-mentioned parameters by perturbation technique. Examined were five different materials designed for use in foundry tooling. Determined was the loss factor that permits evaluating usefulness of materials in microwave heating technology. It was demonstrated that the selected plastics meet the basic criterion that is transparency for electromagnetic radiation.


Author(s):  
S., R. Muthasyabiha

Geochemical analysis is necessary to enable the optimization of hydrocarbon exploration. In this research, it is used to determine the oil characteristics and the type of source rock candidates that produces hydrocarbon in the “KITKAT” Field and also to understand the quality, quantity and maturity of proven source rocks. The evaluation of source rock was obtained from Rock-Eval Pyrolysis (REP) to determine the hydrocarbon type and analysis of the value of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) was performed to know the quantity of its organic content. Analysis of Tmax value and Vitrinite Reflectance (Ro) was also performed to know the maturity level of the source rock samples. Then the oil characteristics such as the depositional environment of source rock candidate and where the oil sample develops were obtained from pattern matching and fingerprinting analysis of Biomarker data GC/GCMS. Moreover, these data are used to know the correlation of oil to source rock. The result of source rock evaluation shows that the Talangakar Formation (TAF) has all these parameters as a source rock. Organic material from Upper Talangakar Formation (UTAF) comes from kerogen type II/III that is capable of producing oil and gas (Espitalie, 1985) and Lower Talangakar Formation (LTAF) comes from kerogen type III that is capable of producing gas. All intervals of TAF have a quantity value from very good–excellent considerable from the amount of TOC > 1% (Peters and Cassa, 1994). Source rock maturity level (Ro > 0.6) in UTAF is mature–late mature and LTAF is late mature–over mature (Peters and Cassa, 1994). Source rock from UTAF has deposited in the transition environment, and source rock from LTAF has deposited in the terrestrial environment. The correlation of oil to source rock shows that oil sample is positively correlated with the UTAF.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-415
Author(s):  
He Bi ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Yun Jiang ◽  
Jing-Jing Fan ◽  
Xiao-Yue Chen

AbstractThis study considers the Upper Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation, Yaojia Formation, and the first member of the Nenjiang Formation in the Western Slope of the northern Songliao Basin. Dark mudstone with high abundances of organic matter of Gulong and Qijia sags are considered to be significant source rocks in the study area. To evaluate their development characteristics, differences and effectiveness, geochemical parameters are analyzed. One-dimensional basin modeling and hydrocarbon evolution are also applied to discuss the effectiveness of source rocks. Through the biomarker characteristics, the source–source, oil–oil, and oil–source correlations are assessed and the sources of crude oils in different rock units are determined. Based on the results, Gulong and Qijia source rocks have different organic matter primarily detrived from mixed sources and plankton, respectively. Gulong source rock has higher thermal evolution degree than Qijia source rock. The biomarker parameters of the source rocks are compared with 31 crude oil samples. The studied crude oils can be divided into two groups. The oil–source correlations show that group I oils from Qing II–III, Yao I, and Yao II–III members were probably derived from Gulong source rock and that only group II oils from Nen I member were derived from Qijia source rock.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijun Zhang ◽  
Tianyi Su ◽  
Shiwei Zhang

Aiming at improving the food quality during microwave process, this article mainly focused on the numerical simulation of shape effect, which was evaluated by microwave power absorption capability and temperature distribution uniformity in a single sample heated in a domestic microwave oven. This article only took the electromagnetic field and heat conduction in solid into consideration. The Maxwell equations were used to calculate the distribution of microwave electromagnetic field distribution in the microwave cavity and samples; then the electromagnetic energy was coupled as the heat source in the heat conduction process in samples. Quantitatively, the power absorption capability and temperature distribution uniformity were, respectively, described by power absorption efficiency (PAE) and the statistical variation of coefficient (COV). In addition, we defined the comprehensive evaluation coefficient (CEC) to describe the usability of a specific sample. In accordance with volume or the wave numbers and penetration numbers in the radial and axial directions of samples, they can be classified into different groups. And according to the PAE, COV, and CEC value and the specific need of microwave process, an optimal sample shape and orientation could be decided.


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