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ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
卷 143, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.103997
关键词
Shale; Gas; Petroleum; Isotopes; Methane; Thermogenic; Microbial
资金
- Gates Foundation Environmental Development Fund at Colorado School of Mines
We studied a large dataset of similar to 2600 shale gas samples from 76 geological formations in 38 sedimentary basins located in eleven countries. Shale gases contain mostly hydrocarbons dominated by methane. Shale gases can have primary microbial, secondary microbial and thermogenic origin. However, gases produced from most commercially successful shale plays (e.g., the Marcellus, Haynesville, Eagle Ford and Barnett in the USA, the Vaca Muerta in Argentina and the Wufeng-Longmaxi in China) are thermogenic. It appears that formations with greater gas endowment such as the Marcellus and the Haynesville contain late-mature thermogenic gas. Shale plays with early-mature thermogenic and secondary microbial gas such as the Antrim (USA) and the New Albany (USA) formations have relatively low endowments of recoverable gas. Shale plays with primary microbial gas are not significant from commercial exploration perspective. Isotope reversals (delta C-13 of methane > delta C-13 of ethane) are observed in shale plays with mature organic matter (vitrinite reflectance > 2%) that experienced significant uplift (>2 km). It appears that isotope fractionation during desorption from depressurized late-mature shales leads to isotope reversal in the residual gas produced from shale formations (e.g., the Wufeng-Longmaxi). Significant contribution of adsorbed gas (enriched in C-13-rich C2+ hydrocarbons relative to the co-occurring free gas) in the production from some plays (e.g., the Fayetteville, USA) may result in isotope rollovers. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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