Evolution of petrophysical properties of oil shales during high-temperature compaction tests: Implications for petroleum expulsion

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-124

  Eseme, E ^a,b   Krooss, B M ^a   Littke, R ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Activation Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil flow rate; Oil shale; Permeability; Petroleum expulsion efficiency; Petroleum generation index; Petroleum source rocks

Indexed keywords

BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; CAPILLARY DISPLACEMENT; COMPACTION TEST; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GERMANY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERGRANULAR; JURASSIC; KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; MATRIX; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; MIOCENE; OIL FLOW RATE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORIGINAL SAMPLE; PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENTS; PERMIAN; PETROLEUM GENERATION; PETROLEUM GENERATION INDEX; PETROPHYSICAL; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE THROAT; POSIDONIA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRE-DEFORMATION; SATURATION LEVELS; SOURCE ROCKS;

COAL; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL SHALE; POROSITY; SHALE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TEXTURES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; MIOCENE; PERMEABILITY; PERMIAN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; SATURATION; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK;

GERMANY;

POSIDONIA;

EID: 84856571348     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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