GEOCHEMISTRY OF TRENTON/BLACK RIVER GASES IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN

34 Pages·2004·2.73 MB·English

by  Chris Laughery

GEOCHEMISTRY OF
TRENTON/BLACK RIVER
GASES IN THE
APPALACHIAN BASIN
A PRELIMINARY REPORT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Colleagues
• COMPANIES
– Dick Beardsley and Ed
– Isotech Laboratories
Rothman (Triana)
– Triana Energy and – Jeff Bowers (Fortuna)
CNR – Monte Hay (Hay
Petroleum)
– Fortuna Energy Inc.
– Bill Grubaugh (Enervest)
– Hay Exploration
– Katharine Lee Avery
(WVGS)
– K Petroleum
– Dave Harris (KGS)
– CGAS
– Larry Wickstrom (OGS)
Exploration/Enervest
– Dennis Coleman and
Martin Schoell (Isotech)
OUTLINE
• Utility of isotope
geochemistry in
natural gas
exploration and
development
• Purpose of
Trenton/Black River
natural gas study
• Natural gas sample
distribution
• Results to date
• Preliminary
conclusions and
future work
UTILITY OF ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
IN NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
• Genetic Information
• Recognize and Quantify Gas Mixing
• Reservoir Identification
• Fault Block Mapping
GENETIC INFORMATION
GENETIC INFORMATION
Hydrogen Isotopes
Hydrogen
GENETIC INFORMATION
GENETIC INFORMATION
UUTTIILLIITTYY OOFF IISSOOTTOOPPEE
GGEEOOCCHHEEMMIISSTTRRYY IINN NNAATTUURRAALL GGAASS
EEXXPPLLOORRAATTIIOONN AANNDD DDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT
NNaattuurraall ggaasseess vvaarryy iinn IInnddiivviidduuaall ggaass ccoommppoonneennttss ((CCHH
44
cchheemmiiccaall aanndd iissoottooppee ,,CC HH ,, eettcc..)) ccaann bbee
22 66
ccoommppoossiittiioonn aass aa ffuunnccttiioonn cchhaarraacctteerriizzeedd bbyy tthheeiirr ssttaabbllee
ooff tthheeiirr ffoorrmmaattiioonn aanndd ccaarrbboonn ((1133CC// 1122CC)) aanndd hhyyddrrooggeenn
mmiiggrraattiioonn hhiissttoorryy.. ((22HH//11HH)) iissoottooppiicc ccoommppoossiittiioonnss
δδ 1133CC ((ppeerrmmiill)) == [[ ((1133CC// 1122CC)) / ((1133CC// 1122CC)) –– 11 ]] 11000000
ssaammppllee PPDDBB
δδ D ((ppeerrmmiill)) == [[ ((D//H)) / ((D//H)) –– 11 ]] 11000000
ssaammppllee SSMMOOWW