Petroleum geology
Haniyeh Ghayeni; Mohamad Hosein Mahmudy-Gharaie
Abstract
Investigating the hydrocarbon generation potential of the Kazhdumi Formation, as the most important oil source rock in the Zagros sedimentary basin, is of great importance. The expansion of the Kazhdumi Formation in the Zagros Basin has been associated with differences in sedimentation depth of the basin ...
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Investigating the hydrocarbon generation potential of the Kazhdumi Formation, as the most important oil source rock in the Zagros sedimentary basin, is of great importance. The expansion of the Kazhdumi Formation in the Zagros Basin has been associated with differences in sedimentation depth of the basin leading to varieties in sedimentary facies and the organic matter preservations. Five black shale samples from Perchestan and Tang-E Maghar sections were selected for analysis by Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and were compared to the data of 25 Kazhdumi samples from different oil fields of Nowrouz, Soroush, Azadegan and Chah-E Binak, previously studied in the Zagros Basin. Additionally, sedimentary environment and depositional conditions were investigated. Sedimentary and geochemical evidences indicate a dominant condition of high organic content shale deposition in the reducing to semi-oxidative environments. The values obtained for total organic carbon (TOC) ranged from 1.2 to 6.9%. Examination of the thermal maturity of the samples showed a wide range from the immature range to the middle oil window, which are often in the range of type II and III kerogens. Finally, the drawing of the TOC vs. S2 diagram represents the higher hydrocarbon generation potential of the Kazhdumi Formation in the Tang-E Magher section, and the TOC vs. HI diagram shows the greater oil generation in the Soroush field, compared to the other studied areas.
S Gholipour; A Kadkhodaie; M Makkipour; A .R Abadi chalaksaraee
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Total organic carbon content is one of the important parameters to evaluate the geochemical properties of oil- and gas-producing layers. In this study, total organic carbon content in the hydrocarbon-bearing formations was evaluated using log data in three stages. In the first stage, we used artificial ...
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Total organic carbon content is one of the important parameters to evaluate the geochemical properties of oil- and gas-producing layers. In this study, total organic carbon content in the hydrocarbon-bearing formations was evaluated using log data in three stages. In the first stage, we used artificial neural network to calculate the organic carbon content. In the second stage, total organic carbon was calculated by using ΔLogR computational method. Finally in the last stage, well log data were classified into a set of electrofacies, which were performed using the most efficient clustering analysis method, i.e. MRGC method. Based on cluster validity tests, this method is the best to cluster petrophysical data in certain electrofacies. Cluster analysis was employed for classification of data from both neural network and ΔLogR methods. The results showed that intelligent systems are more appropriate than traditional techniques which are based on ΔLogR approaches, and also have higher accuracy. The proposed method has been presented with a case study from the Azadegan oilfield.
M Fereidoni; M Lotfi; N Rashid nejad; M Rashidi
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The Qalikuh area,~35 km southwest of Aliqudarz, contains oil shale deposits in Garue and Sargelu formations(Jurassic-Cretaceous). Some 20 samples across two sections(Charun3-Deh ye Qali3) were selected and analyzed(Rock Eval – ICP – XRD – XRF) to study organic and mineral parameters(to ...
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The Qalikuh area,~35 km southwest of Aliqudarz, contains oil shale deposits in Garue and Sargelu formations(Jurassic-Cretaceous). Some 20 samples across two sections(Charun3-Deh ye Qali3) were selected and analyzed(Rock Eval – ICP – XRD – XRF) to study organic and mineral parameters(to determine type of organic material and kerogen, total organic carbon, thermal evolution, concentration, and classification of elements and minerals) and to model the relations between these parameters. The Qalikuh oil shale has a great potential for oil production with high levels of TOC (13.5 wt%), type 2 kerogen, low thermal maturity. However Qalikuh oil shale has metallic and nonmetallic element anomalies and high concentrations of strategic elements compared to Clark values. Dendritic diagrams suggest variable origins for elements and minerals in the samples. Some are associated with development of organic materials, TOC parameters, Resin and Asphaltene, and some are associated with clastic materials, aluminosilicates and source rock weathering.
R Behbahani; R Lak; N Chanani; G Hosseinyar
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In order to study of organic geochemistry of bed sediments in Khowr-e-Mussa and its adjacent marine areas, 61 surface sediment samples were collected. Based on granulometric analysis of the sediments, 4 major sedimentary types comprising mud, sandy mud, muddy sand, and slightly gravelly muddy sand were ...
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In order to study of organic geochemistry of bed sediments in Khowr-e-Mussa and its adjacent marine areas, 61 surface sediment samples were collected. Based on granulometric analysis of the sediments, 4 major sedimentary types comprising mud, sandy mud, muddy sand, and slightly gravelly muddy sand were determined. The bed sediments are mainly composed of terrigenous (quartz, feldespar, rock fragments, carbonate lithics and clay minerals) and chemical – biochemical (bivalve, gastropod, foraminifera, ostracod and bryozoa) particles. Based on the organic geochemistry studies, the total organic carbon (TOC) varies from 0.11 to 0.70 %wt, which increases in the muddy sediments. The studied kerogens (based on S2/TOC diagram) indicate that the kerogen types III (%33) and mixture of III-II (%55) are the most abundant. In addition, the hydrogen index versus Tmax diagram, revealed the similar results. The studied kerogens indicated that this part of the Persian Gulf affected by the transportation of terrestrial (fluvial, III type) rather than the marine organic matter (II type).
