Method and apparatus for rapidly evaluating the hydrocarbon production capacity of sediments, using small samples thereof
US3953171A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 1974 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/218
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The method comprises the steps of heating a sample of sediments, determining a group of two parameters S.sub.1 and S.sub.2 which represent, respectively, the amounts of at least one hydrocarbon compound and of at least one oxygen-containing compound formed by heating the organic material contained in the sediment, and evaluating from the determination of this group of parameters the capacity of the sediments to constitute a good mother rock (i.e. source) for hydrocarbons.
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