Quantitative evaluation of TOC, organic porosity and gas retention distribution in a gas shale play using petroleum system modeling: Application to the Mississippian Barnett Shale

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-330

  Romero Sarmiento, Maria Fernanda ^a   Ducros, Mathieu ^a   Carpentier, Bernard ^a   Lorant, François ^b   Cacas, Marie Christine ^a   Pegaz Fiornet, Sylvie ^a   Wolf, Sylvie ^a   Rohais, Sébastien ^a   Moretti, Isabelle ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c GDF SUEZ   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Barnett; Basin modeling; Organic porosity; Retention; Shale gas; TOC

Indexed keywords

BARNETT; BASIN MODELING; ORGANIC POROSITIES; RETENTION; SHALE GAS; TOC;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GAS ADSORPTION; GASES; KEROGEN; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROSITY;

SHALE;

ADSORPTION; BASIN ANALYSIS; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR ROCK; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 84879498961     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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