Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 1451-1463.doi: 10.11743/ogg20210619

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Discussion on evaluation method of total oil and movable oil in-place

Qiulin Guo(), Jian Wang, Xiaoming Chen, Ningsheng Chen, Xiaozhi Wu, Zhuangxiaoxue Liu   

  1. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2020-04-13 Online:2021-12-28 Published:2021-12-16

Abstract:

The calculation of total oil yield (TOY) and movable oil yield (MOY) of shale is a core technology in assessing shale oil resource potential. A method of evaluating the heterogeneity of TOC content in shale samples and a calculation method to correct the content of adsorbed oil are proposed based on data of two separate pyrolysis experiments. The calculation method is subsequently applied to evaluate 29 shale samples from the Qianjiang Formation in the Jianghan Basin and 32 shale samples from the Shahejie Formation in the Bohai Bay Basin, and the results show that: (1) The mean deviations of TOC are 0.16% and 0.34%, respectively, indicating heterogeneity of the two sample groups; (2) The adsorbed oil content deviations of pre-and post-correction are 0.85 mg/g and 0.84 mg/g respectively, showing that the equivalent TOC correction can lead to more accurate results in calculating adsorbed oil, TOY and MOY. Besides, a method to calculate evaporative hydrocarbon loss is proposed based on shale oil density and formation oil volume factor. These newly proposed methods are used to evaluate the 7th shale oil layer group of Yanchang Formation (Chang 7 shale oil layer group) in the Ordos Basin. The results are as follows: (1) Adsorbed oil accounts for 63% of the TOY, the MOY accounts for 37% of the TOY, the TOY is 3.5 times of S1, and the evaporative hydrocarbon loss accounts for 9% of the TOY and 29% of S1; (2) The shale oil in-place is 111.2×108t and the movable oil in-place is 40.1×108t in the study area, indicating that the Chang 7 shale oil layer group is of great exploration potential.

Key words: resource potential, total oil yield (TOY), movable oil yield (MOY), shale oil, Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin

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