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. Today, there are few reference books available on how petroleum geochemistry is applied in exploration and production written specifically for geologists, geophysicists, and petroleum engineers.
This book fills that void and is based on training courses that the author has developed over his 37-year career in hydrocarbon exploration and production. Specific topical features include the origin of petroleum, deposition of source rock, hydrocarbon generation, and oil and gas migrations that lead to petroleum accumulations.
Also included are descriptions on how these concepts are applied to source rock evaluation, oil-to-oil, and oil-to-source rock correlations, and ways of interpreting natural gas data in exploration work. Finally, a thorough description on the ways petroleum geochemistry can assist in development and production work, including reservoir continuity, production allocation, and EOR monitoring is presented.
Authored by an expert in petroleum geochemistry, this book is the ideal reference for any geoscientist looking for exploration and production content based on extensive field-based research and expertise.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. The Formation of Petroleum Accumulations - p. 19 3. Chapter 3. Source Rock Evaluation - p. 61 4. Definitions and Fundamental Concepts - p. 62 5. Sample Collection - p. 63 6. Total Organic Carbon - p. 66 7. Rock-Eval Pyrolysis - p. 67 8. Solvent Extraction, S-A-R-A Analysis, and Extract Data - p. 80 9. Gas Chromatography - p. 82 10. Headspace Gas Analysis - p. 88 11. Pyrolysis–Gas Chromatography - p. 91 12. Kerogen Isolation - p. 95 13. Elemental Analysis - p. 96 14. Vitrinite Reflectance - p. 98 15. Alternative Reflectance Method - p. 109 16. Visual Kerogen Typing - p. 111 17. Thermal Alteration Index - p. 113 18. Kerogen Fluorescence - p. 115 19. Conodont Alteration Index - p. 117 20. Wireline Log Interpretations - p. 118 21. Using Outcrop Samples - p. 125 22. Strategies in Source Rock Evaluation - p. 126 23. Chapter 4. Interpreting Crude Oil and Natural Gas Data - p. 135 24. Chapter 5. Reservoir Geochemistry - p. 189 25. Chapter 6. Surface Geochemistry - p. 217 26. Chapter 7. Unconventional Resources - p. 253 27. Chapter 8. Basin Modeling - p. 273 28. Chapter 9. Petroleum System Concepts and Tools - p. 309 29. Index - p. 325
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. Today, there are few reference books available on how petroleum geochemistry is applied in exploration and production written specifically for geologists, geophysicists, and petroleum engineers.
This book fills that void and is based on training courses that the author has developed over his 37-year career in hydrocarbon exploration and production. Specific topical features include the origin of petroleum, deposition of source rock, hydrocarbon generation, and oil and gas migrations that lead to petroleum accumulations.
Also included are descriptions on how these concepts are applied to source rock evaluation, oil-to-oil, and oil-to-source rock correlations, and ways of interpreting natural gas data in exploration work. Finally, a thorough description on the ways petroleum geochemistry can assist in development and production work, including reservoir continuity, production allocation, and EOR monitoring is presented.
Authored by an expert in petroleum geochemistry, this book is the ideal reference for any geoscientist looking for exploration and production content based on extensive field-based research and expertise.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. The Formation of Petroleum Accumulations - p. 19 3. Chapter 3. Source Rock Evaluation - p. 61 4. Definitions and Fundamental Concepts - p. 62 5. Sample Collection - p. 63 6. Total Organic Carbon - p. 66 7. Rock-Eval Pyrolysis - p. 67 8. Solvent Extraction, S-A-R-A Analysis, and Extract Data - p. 80 9. Gas Chromatography - p. 82 10. Headspace Gas Analysis - p. 88 11. Pyrolysis–Gas Chromatography - p. 91 12. Kerogen Isolation - p. 95 13. Elemental Analysis - p. 96 14. Vitrinite Reflectance - p. 98 15. Alternative Reflectance Method - p. 109 16. Visual Kerogen Typing - p. 111 17. Thermal Alteration Index - p. 113 18. Kerogen Fluorescence - p. 115 19. Conodont Alteration Index - p. 117 20. Wireline Log Interpretations - p. 118 21. Using Outcrop Samples - p. 125 22. Strategies in Source Rock Evaluation - p. 126 23. Chapter 4. Interpreting Crude Oil and Natural Gas Data - p. 135 24. Chapter 5. Reservoir Geochemistry - p. 189 25. Chapter 6. Surface Geochemistry - p. 217 26. Chapter 7. Unconventional Resources - p. 253 27. Chapter 8. Basin Modeling - p. 273 28. Chapter 9. Petroleum System Concepts and Tools - p. 309 29. Index - p. 325
