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Petroleum System Elements
Professor L. González
From: Dolson, J., 2016 , Understanding Oil and Gas Shows and Seals in the Search for Hydrocarbons. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. 497p.
Elements of the Petroleum System
Essential Elements
• Source Rock – an organic rich sedimentary rock
• Reservoir – a porous rock that can store the hydrocarbons
• Trap and Seal – a structure or impermeable barrier that prevents
hydrocarbons from escaping
Mofied from Zhao et al., 2019, The petroleum system: a new classification shceme based on reservoir qualities: Petroleum Science v.16, p.229-251
Source Rocks
• Generally, but not always, a
fine-grained sedimentary rock.
• Sediment rich in organic
matter.
Pebble Shale, North Slope Alaska: Smith, T., 2012, GEOExPro, v.9 (2).
https://www.sintef.no/globalassets/upload/petroleumsforskning/software/of_mod/of-mod1.jpg
Source Rocks
• Generally, but not
always, a fine-
grained sedimentary
rock.
• Sediment rich in
organic matter.
• Buried rapidly so
organic matter is not
oxidized in early
stages
Hülse, et al., 2018, OMEN-SED 1.0: a novel, numerically efficient organic matter sediment diagenesis module for coupling to Earth system models:
Geosci. Model Dev. V. 11, p. 2649-2689.
Source Rocks
From: McCarthy et al., 2011, Basic Petroleum Geochemistry for Source Rock Evaluation: Oilfield Review v. 23, p. 32-43.
Burial history,
Aminzadeh and Dasgupta, 2013, Chapter 2 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology, Developments in Petroleum Science, Vol. 60., p
15-36.
Burial history, geothermal gradient, and maturation
From: McCarthy et al., 2011, Basic Petroleum Geochemistry for Source Rock Evaluation: Oilfield Review v. 23, p. 32-43.
Source Rock Organic Matter
CnH2(n+1)
CnH2n CnH2(n-1)
From: McCarthy et al., 2011, Basic Petroleum Geochemistry for Source Rock Evaluation: Oilfield Review v. 23, p. 32-43.
Source Rock Analysis – Rock Eval
From: McCarthy et al., 2011, Basic Petroleum Geochemistry for Source Rock Evaluation: Oilfield Review v. 23, p. 32-43.