Organic maturity, hydrous pyrolysis and elastic property in shales

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2011, CURC 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2053-2064

  Zargari, Saeed ^a   Prasad, Manika ^a   Mba, Kenechukwu C ^b   Mattson, Earl D ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Exxon Mobil   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PYROLYSIS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

CLASTIC RESERVOIRS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROUS PYROLYSIS; MODULUS MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; TRANSFORMATION RATIO;

SHALE;

EID: 84860636449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/149403-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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