Material Balance Method Combined with Hydrocarbon Generation Kinetics to Calculate the Efficiency of Hydrocarbon Expulsion

2014 ◽  
Vol 977 ◽  
pp. 73-77
Author(s):  
Ai Hua Huang ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Shan Si Tian ◽  
Hai Tao Xue ◽  
Zhi Wei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Balance ◽  
Order Reaction ◽  
Balance Method ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Burial History ◽  
First Order ◽  
Geochemical Parameters ◽  
Material Balance Method ◽  
Hydrocarbon Expulsion

In order to calculate the efficiency of hydrocarbon expulsion by material balance method, we analyzed and corrected the geochemical parameters of five source rock samples. The hydrocarbon generation kinetic parameters of these samples were calibrated by the model of limited parallel first order reaction, and then these were extrapolated with the burial history and thermal history, then we got the hydrocarbon-generating section. Combined with the corrected geochemical parameters calculate the generating hydrocarbon amounts and expulsive hydrocarbon amounts. The result shows that: expulsion efficiency of hydrocarbon source rocks in this research were mainly between 59.1% -91.8%. It is determined by maturity (Ro), type of organic matter and pyrolysis parameters S1、S2.

New insights into the petroleum prospectivity of the Browse Basin: the results of a multi-disciplinary study

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadege Rollet ◽  
Emmanuelle Grosjean ◽  
Dianne Edwards ◽  
Tehani Palu ◽  
Steve Abbott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Source Rock ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Burial History ◽  
North West ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Hydrocarbon Expulsion

The Browse Basin hosts large gas accumulations, some of which are being developed for conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG). Extensive appraisal drilling has been focused in the central Caswell Sub-basin at Ichthys and Prelude, and along the extended Brecknock-Scott Reef Trend; whereas elsewhere the basin remains underexplored. To provide a better understanding of regional hydrocarbon prospectivity, the sequence stratigraphy of the Cretaceous succession and structural framework were analysed to determine the spatial relationship of reservoir and seal pairs, and those areas of enhanced source rock development. The sequence stratigraphic interpretation is based upon a common North West Shelf stratigraphic framework that has been developed in conjunction with industry, and aligned with the international time scale. Sixty key wells and 2D and 3D seismic data have been interpreted to produce palaeogeographic maps and depositional models for the Cretaceous succession. Geochemical analyses have characterised the molecular and stable isotopic signatures of fluids and correlated them with potential source rocks. The resultant petroleum systems model provides a more detailed understanding of source rock maturity, organic richness and hydrocarbon-generation potential in the basin. The model reveals that many accumulations have a complex charge history, with the mixing of hydrocarbon fluids from multiple Mesozoic source rocks, including the Lower–Middle Jurassic J10–J20 supersequences (Plover Formation), Upper Jurassic–Lowermost Cretaceous J30–K10 supersequences (Vulcan Formation), and Lower Cretaceous K20–K30 supersequences (Echuca Shoals Formation). Burial history and hydrocarbon expulsion models, applied to these Jurassic and Cretaceous supersequences, suggest that numerous petroleum systems are effective within the basin. For example, hydrocarbons are interpreted to have been generated from several source pods within the southern Caswell Sub-basin with migration continuing onto the Yampi Shelf, an area of renewed exploration interest.

scholarly journals Evaluation of hydrocarbons generated from the Permo-Carboniferous source rocks in Huanghua Depression of the Bohai Bay Basin, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1229-1244
Author(s):  
Xiao-Rong Qu ◽  
Yan-Ming Zhu ◽  
Wu Li ◽  
Xin Tang ◽  
Han Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Bohai Bay ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Burial History ◽  
Bohai Bay Basin ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
The North ◽  
Huanghua Depression ◽  
History Of

The Huanghua Depression is located in the north-centre of Bohai Bay Basin, which is a rift basin developed in the Mesozoic over the basement of the Huabei Platform, China. Permo-Carboniferous source rocks were formed in the Huanghua Depression, which has experienced multiple complicated tectonic alterations with inhomogeneous uplift, deformation, buried depth and magma effect. As a result, the hydrocarbon generation evolution of Permo-Carboniferous source rocks was characterized by discontinuity and grading. On the basis of a detailed study on tectonic-burial history, the paper worked on the burial history, heating history and hydrocarbon generation history of Permo-Carboniferous source rocks in the Huanghua Depression combined with apatite fission track testing and fluid inclusion analyses using the EASY% Ro numerical simulation. The results revealed that their maturity evolved in stages with multiple hydrocarbon generations. In this paper, we clarified the tectonic episode, the strength of hydrocarbon generation and the time–spatial distribution of hydrocarbon regeneration. Finally, an important conclusion was made that the hydrocarbon regeneration of Permo-Carboniferous source rocks occurred in the Late Cenozoic and the subordinate depressions were brought forward as advantage zones for the depth exploration of Permo-Carboniferous oil and gas in the middle-northern part of the Huanghua Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China.

scholarly journals Reducing Hydrocarbon in Place Uncertainty in Akasia Bagus Structure as Potential Field and Redevelopment Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Handoyo ◽  
Suryo Prakoso
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Material Balance ◽  
Production Optimization ◽  
Balance Method ◽  
Water Influx ◽  
Natural Flow ◽  
Production Economic ◽  
Conventional Material ◽  
Original Oil In Place ◽  
Material Balance Method

<em>The success of the discovery of new structure Akasia Bagus with potential L layer in 2009 at PT Pertamina EP's Jatibarang Field was followed up by the drilling infill wells with Plan of Development (POD) mechanism which is currently in the process of drilling the last well. The basis of the L layer hydrocarbon calculation in place on the POD is a static analysis. The wells currently produced are still able to flow with natural flow and enough production data since 2009 this structure was found. This study will present an analysis of production in the L layer of Akasia Bagus structure for Original Oil In Place (OOIP) updates using the conventional material balance method and then carry out the best development strategy to optimize oil production. Economic analysis is also carried out for reference in making decision on which scenario to choose. The conventional material balance method gets an OOIP value of 17.36 MMSTB, with the drive energy ratio being 5:3:2 for water influx : fluid expansion : gas cap expansion. Three (3) production optimization scenarios were analyzed, the results showed that the addition of 2 infill wells reached Recovery Factot (RF) of oil up to 23% of OOIP, minimal water production and attractive economic results.</em>

scholarly journals Reserve evaluation of high pressure and ultra-high pressure reservoirs with power function material balance method

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedong Sun ◽  
Hongyu Wang ◽  
Songbai Zhu ◽  
Haifeng Nie ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Power Function ◽  
Material Balance ◽  
Balance Method ◽  
Ultra High Pressure ◽  
Material Balance Method

scholarly journals Analysis of Petroleum System for Exploration and Risk Reduction in Abu Madi/Elqar'a Gas Field, Nile Delta, Egypt

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Keshta ◽  
Farouk J. Metwalli ◽  
H. S. Al Arabi
Keyword(s):  
Nile Delta ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Basin Modeling ◽  
Burial History ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Upper Miocene ◽  
Migration Pathways

Abu Madi/El Qar'a is a giant field located in the north eastern part of Nile Delta and is an important hydrocarbon province in Egypt, but the origin of hydrocarbons and their migration are not fully understood. In this paper, organic matter content, type, and maturity of source rocks have been evaluated and integrated with the results of basin modeling to improve our understanding of burial history and timing of hydrocarbon generation. Modeling of the empirical data of source rock suggests that the Abu Madi formation entered the oil in the middle to upper Miocene, while the Sidi Salem formation entered the oil window in the lower Miocene. Charge risks increase in the deeper basin megasequences in which migration hydrocarbons must traverse the basin updip. The migration pathways were principally lateral ramps and faults which enabled migration into the shallower middle to upper Miocene reservoirs. Basin modeling that incorporated an analysis of the petroleum system in the Abu Madi/El Qar'a field can help guide the next exploration phase, while oil exploration is now focused along post-late Miocene migration paths. These results suggest that deeper sections may have reservoirs charged with significant unrealized gas potential.

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