Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 15-22.doi: 10.11743/ogg20160103

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Correction of oil content-one key parameter in shale oil resource assessment

Xue Haitao1, Tian Shansi1, Wang Weiming1, Zhang Wenhua1,2, Du Tiantian1,2, Mu Guodong1,2   

  1. 1. China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266500, China;
    2. Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang 163318, China
  • Received:2015-10-16 Revised:2016-01-11 Online:2016-02-08 Published:2016-03-02

Abstract: Pyrolysis parameter S1 (content of free hydrocarbon) and chloroform-extractable bitumen "A" are often used to reflect oil content during shale oil resource assessment.However,due to inherent flaws of experimental procedures,laboratory-measured S1 values fail to truthfully record the loss of light (bitumen "A" only) and heavy hydrocarbons and the measured bitumen "A" values cannot truthfully record the loss of light hydrocarbons.In order to be more accurate in quantitative assessment of oil shale resources,we performed correlation of these parameters to mend up the losses based on analyses of hydrocarbon genesis kinetics of organic matter and comparison of the parameters before and after extraction experiments on samples from mudstone/shale of the Qingshankou Formation in Songliao Basin.The results show that the correlated average S1 and bitumen "A" are 4.2 and 1.2 times higher than the measured average ones,respectively.The S1 equals to bitumen "A" after correction,while the former is only 0.28 times the value of the latter before correction.This indicates the necessity of correction to the two parameters in the resource assessment.

Key words: light hydrocarbon correction, heavy hydrocarbon correction, oil content, shale oil, northern Songliao Basin

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