Maturity analysis: Vitrinite

Reflectance Technique
D-19-PG-11
Muhammad Osama

UNCONVENTIONAL
RECOURCES
  What is difference between
conventional and unconventional
reservoir?
 What is Shale reservoir rock?
 How will you know your source
rock produce oil or gas?

Agenda

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Conventional and Unconventional
Recourses
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Introduction:
Shale Reservoir

 Shale is the fine-grained sedimentary

rock, whose original constituents were
organic materials, clays and/or detrital
materials. And characterize by thin
lamina breaking with an irregular
curving fracture
 Get the Hydrocarbon from the Source
rock (Kitchen) before it migrate.
 50% stay in source rock.
 Geologically 0.001-0.004 mm grain size called shale.

Permeability in nano Darcy.

Shale reservoir may or may not have porosity.

Shale reservoir is not clay.

Properties of Shale Reservoir

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  HC released from organic material between the
thin lamina and trapped there.
 Is it Oil or Gas?
 The type of HC depends on Temperature
 60-120 C is Oil window
 120-150 C is Gas window
 ( if you know what happened millions of years
ago)

Where does HC live in unconventional

reservoir? 6

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 By Vitrinite reflectance method or VR-Lab

Reflectance Reflection

Reflection of light

Send light to organic material

Check how much it reflects

Soft material reflect less light.

How will you know your source rock

produce Oil or Gas?
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How VR
measure in
Lab?

 The sample is prepared as per

ASTM guidelines.
 Put under the microscope.
 Send the light and read the
reflection.

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Organic Matter Flow Chart

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Vitrinite Reflectance VR-Lab

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Source rock is a sedimentary rock of grain size 0.001-0.004 mm.
 HC lives in laminated layers of shale rock.
Type of HC depend on Temperature.
Maturity of HC can be found using VR-Lab.
0.3-0.5% reflection Immature
0.5-1.5% reflection  Oil window
1.5-2% reflection  Gas window
2%> reflection  overmature

Summary

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 Thank you
Muhammad Osama
D-19-PG-11
4mosama911@gmail.com

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