Practical petroleum geochemistry for exploration and production / Harry Dembicki, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dembicki, Harry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Geology.

Petroleum.

Geochemistry.

Petroleum--Prospecting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2017.

Summary:

Practical Petroleum Geochemistry for Exploration and Production provides readers with a single reference that addresses the principle concepts and applications of petroleum geochemistry used in finding, evaluating, and producing petroleum deposits.

Contents:

Front Cover

PRACTICAL PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY FOR EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 - Introduction

Introduction

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY

DEFINITIONS

Petroleum

Geochemistry

Petroleum System

Sedimentary Organic Matter

Other Sedimentary Organic Deposits

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY REVIEW

Covalent Bonds

Hydrocarbons

Aromatic Hydrocarbons

N-S-O Compounds

Asphaltenes

Reactions

STABLE ISOTOPE REVIEW

2 - The Formation of Petroleum Accumulations

INTRODUCTION

INCORPORATING ORGANIC MATTER INTO SEDIMENTS

KEROGEN FORMATION

SOURCE ROCK DEPOSITION

MATURATION AND HYDROCARBON GENERATION

PETROLEUM MIGRATION

ORIGIN OF NONHYDROCARBON GASES

Carbon Dioxide

Nitrogen

Hydrogen Sulfide

Helium

Hydrogen

COALS AS OIL-PRONE SOURCE ROCKS

SUMMARY

3 - Source Rock Evaluation

DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

SAMPLE COLLECTION

Cuttings

Headspace Gas/Canned Cuttings

Drilling Mud and Mud Additive Sample

Core and Sidewall Cores

TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON

ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS

Source Richness Interpretations

Thermal Maturity Interpretations

Source Quality Interpretations

SOLVENT EXTRACTION, S-A-R-A ANALYSIS, AND EXTRACT DATA

Source Richness and Quality Interpretations

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

Recognizing Contamination

HEADSPACE GAS ANALYSIS

PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

KEROGEN ISOLATION

ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS

VITRINITE REFLECTANCE

Interferences With Vitrinite Reflectance

Lack of Vitrinite

Cavings and Reworked Vitrinite

Unconformities/Normal Faults

Reverse Faults.

Change in Geothermal Gradient/Heat Flow

Igneous Intrusives

Suppression and Misidentification

Vitrinite Anisotropy

Maturity Interpretations With Vitrinite Reflectance

ALTERNATIVE REFLECTANCE METHOD

Liptinite/Sporinite/Exinite Reflectance

Solid Bitumen Reflectance

Graptolite, Scolecodont, and Chitinozoan Reflectance

VISUAL KEROGEN TYPING

THERMAL ALTERATION INDEX

KEROGEN FLUORESCENCE

CONODONT ALTERATION INDEX

WIRELINE LOG INTERPRETATIONS

Gamma Ray

Formation Density

Sonic Transit Time

Resistivity

Source Rock Presence Interpretations

USING OUTCROP SAMPLES

STRATEGIES IN SOURCE ROCK EVALUATION

Background Information

Defining the Problem

Making Interpretations

4 - Interpreting Crude Oil and Natural Gas Data

BULK PROPERTIES OF CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS

API Gravity

Gas Specific Gravity

Viscosity

Pour Point

Cloud Point

Flash Point

Weight Percent Sulfur

Nickel (Ni) and Vanadium (V) Contents

S-A-R-A

Solution Gas-Oil Ratio and Solution Oil-Gas Ratio

Heating Value of Natural Gas

PHASE BEHAVIOR

CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS ALTERATION

Thermal Alteration

Biodegradation

Water-Washing

Gas-Washing

Deasphalting

Devolatilization

Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction

Contamination

OIL-TO-OIL AND OIL-TO-SOURCE ROCK CORRELATIONS

Biomarkers

Biomarker Analysis

Comparing Data for Oil-to-Oil and Oil-to-Source Rock Correlations

CRUDE OIL INVERSION

Presence of Individual Biomarker Indicators

Relative Abundance of Groups of Compounds

Biomarker Ratios

STRATEGIES AND OBSTACLES IN OIL CORRELATION AND OIL INVERSION STUDIES

NATURAL GAS DATA

THE SOURCE OF NATURAL GAS: BIOGENIC VERSUS THERMOGENIC

THE MATURITY OF THERMOGENIC NATURAL GAS.

GAS-TO-GAS AND GAS-TO-SOURCE ROCK CORRELATIONS

STRATEGIES AND OBSTACLES IN INTERPRETING GAS DATA

5 - Reservoir Geochemistry

PAY ZONE DETECTION

Mud Gas Analysis

Mud Gas Data Interpretation

Fluorescence and Cut

Isotubes

Rock-Eval Pyrolysis

Solvent Extraction/Gas Chromatography

Thermal Extraction-Gas Chromatography

HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT WAXES

ASPHALTENES

RESERVOIR CONTINUITY

Reservoir Continuity Using Mud Gas Data

Reservoir Continuity Using Oil Samples

Reservoir Continuity Using Gas Samples

PRODUCTION ALLOCATION

PRODUCTION PROBLEMS AND PERIODIC SAMPLING

MONITORING ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

RESERVOIR SOURING

STRATEGIES IN RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY

6 - Surface Geochemistry

MICROSEEPAGE

DIRECT INDICATORS OF HYDROCARBON MICROSEEPAGE

Soil Gas

Adsorbers

INDIRECT INDICATORS OF HYDROCARBON MICROSEEPAGE

Microbial

Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

Iodine

Induced Polarization and Resistivity

Magnetic Contrasts

MICROSEEPAGE SURVEY DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION

ONSHORE MACROSEEPAGE

OFFSHORE MACROSEEPAGE

LOCATING POTENTIAL SEAFLOOR SEEP SITES

Sea Surface Slicks

Water Column "Sniffers"

Seafloor Features Associated With Seepage

Locating Potential Seafloor Seep Features

SAMPLING POTENTIAL SEAFLOOR SEEP SITES

ANALYZING SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS FOR THERMOGENIC HYDROCARBONS

SEA SURFACE SLICKS

Oil Slick Sampling and Analysis

Offshore Gas Seep Sampling and Analysis

Beach Tar Sampling and Analysis

7 - Unconventional Resources

COALBED METHANE

Petroleum Geochemistry and Coalbed Methane

SHALE GAS

Petroleum Geochemistry and Shale Gas

Additional Support for Shale Gas Plays

SHALE OIL

HYBRID SYSTEMS

Petroleum Geochemistry and Hybrid Systems

8 - Basin Modeling

BURIAL HISTORY.

THERMAL HISTORY

MODELING MATURATION, HYDROCARBON GENERATION, AND EXPULSION

Maturation Modeling

Hydrocarbon Generation Modeling

Expulsion Modeling

MODELING MIGRATION

Ray-Path Modeling

Darcy Flow Modeling

Invasion Percolation Modeling

PREDICTING PRESERVATION

1-D MODEL RESULTS

Burial History Diagrams

Depth Profiles

Time Profiles

MODEL VALIDATION

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

VOLUMETRIC ESTIMATIONS

THE ROLE OF BASIN MODELING IN UNCONVENTIONAL PLAYS

9 - Petroleum System Concepts and Tools

ELEMENTS AND PROCESSES

TEMPORAL ASPECTS

SPATIAL ASPECTS

PLAYS AND PROSPECTS

A WORKING PETROLEUM SYSTEM

RISKING

Index

A

B

C

D

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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OCLC:

961452161