Abstract:

After reviewing a few main available methods of calculation for hydrocar-bon production,the writer,based on the mechanism of hydrocarbon forma-tion through the evolution of kerogen,suggests a new method of calculatinghydrocarbon production according to the variation in elemental proportionduring the evolution of kerogen,and using this method,calculates theamount of hydrocarbon produced by individual types of kerogen at differentmature stages.The results are shown in the following table(primary kero-gen considered as 100%).