ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Roxanna Oil and Gas Company
Eddie Little
DISCUSSION TOPICS
Emphasis on S1 measurement
of distillable hydrocarbons.
S1 Peak
max
Volatilizatio
n of existing
HC
S2 Peak
Pyrolysis of
kerogen
(nonvolatile organic
Potential
matter)
Oil
Existing
Oil
TEMPERATURE
TIME
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
METHODOLOGY (CONT.)
Step 2: volume of oil per section (cc)
METHODOLOGY (CONT.)
Step 3: barrels of oil per section
Assumes:
2.5 g/cc Bulk Density
50 API Oil Gravity
CONVERSIONS
1 section = 640 Acres
1 cc = 8.10713194 E-10 Acre-ft
1 cc = 6.28981077E-6 Bbl
Specific gravity = 141.5/(131.5 + API gravity)
Specific gravity 1 =1 g/cc
1 mg = .001 g
4.0
S1
3.0
MG/G
2.0
1.0
72,00
0
56,00
0
40,00
0
BBL/FT
(Min. Target
Vol.)
24,00
0
8,000
0.0
Assumes:
2.5 g/cc Bulk
Density
50 API Oil Gravity
(R.C. Lagomarsino)
Well
Well A
A
Well
Well B
B
COMBO
LIQUIDS/GAS
FAIRWAY
OIL
FAIRWAY
7,760
1.0
2.0
3.0
5.0
6.0
Average S1 = 3.55
g/mg
56.525 MBBL/640
ac/ft
Weighted
Weighted Avg.
Avg. ==
11.0
11.0
MMBBL/640
MMBBL/640 Ac.
Ac.
(Min.
Vol.)
S1 Data
(Min. Target
Target
Vol.)
7,780
7,800
Depth (ft)
7,820
7,840
7,860
7,880
7,900
4.0
S1 (mg/g)
Well
Well A
A
Well
Well B
B
COMBO
LIQUIDS/GAS
FAIRWAY
OIL
FAIRWAY
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
Average S1 = 1.86
g/mg
29.616 MBBL/640
ac/ft
Weighted
Weighted Avg.
Avg. ==
4.0
4.0
MMBBL/640
MMBBL/640 Ac.
Ac.
(Min.
(Min. Target
Target Vol.)
Vol.)
4
Depth (ft)
6
S1 Data
8
10
12
S1 (mg/g)
CONCLUSIONS
Rock-Eval S1 value provides early measurement
of oil in place.
Can be up-scaled easily for various thicknesses
for quantified values of oil-in-place.
Measurements of oil-in-place compared to
production decline analysis will provide
improved measures of recovery efficiency.
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