| Titre | Thermal maturity and organic petrology of the Upper Ordovician Utica and Lorraine shales, southern Quebec, Canada |
| Auteur | Haeri Ardakani, O; Sanei, H; Lavoie, D; Chen, Z; Mechti, N |
| Source | Proceedings of Geoconvention 2014; 2014 p. 1-5 |
| Année | 2014 |
| Séries alt. | Secteur des sciences de la Terre, Contribution externe 20130383 |
| Éditeur | CSPG |
| Réunion | CSPG Geoconvention 2014; Calgary; CA; mai 12-14, 2014 |
| Document | livre |
| Lang. | anglais |
| Media | papier |
| Province | Québec; Ontario |
| SNRC | 21L; 31H; 31I |
| Lat/Long OENS | -75.0000 -71.0000 46.7500 45.0000 |
| Sujets | hydrocarbures; capacité de production d'hydrocarbures; eau souterraine; ressources en eau souterraine; pollution de l'eau souterraine; géochimie des eaux souterraines; analyse environnementales; etudes de
l'environnement; effets sur l'environnement; bitume; réflectance de la vitrinite; carbone organique; Argile d'Utica ; combustibles fossiles; hydrogéologie; géochimie; géologie de l'environnement |
| Illustrations | location maps; stratigraphic columns |
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| Programme | Caractérisation des réservoirs de schiste, Les géosciences pour les nouvelles sources d'énergie |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
This study presents the preliminary results of the organic matter characterization of core samples from the Upper Ordovician Utica and Lorraine shales in the
southwestern Quebec. Samples have generally fair present TOC content of ranging from 0.08 to 2.25%. The current TOC content of samples represents only the remaining 94-98% of the residual carbon in the sample. Samples from the one of the study wells
at the deeper section of the Utica Shale, are in the dry gas zone while shallower samples of Utica and Lorraine shales are in the oil generation window. The thermal maturity data obtained from the Rock-Eval¿s Tmax for the overmature samples is not
reliable due to negligible S2 content.
The major organic matter constituents of samples are matrix and migrated solid bitumen and chitinozoan skeleton. Organic carbon comprises of up to 4.7% in volume of total rock. A portion of organic matter in
samples may contribute to porosity enhancement, such as matrix pyrobitumen, which is likely resulting from the formation of gas by secondary cracking of bitumen compounds. Porous matrix solid bitumen appear to be formed during migration and
dissemination of bitumen into the porous clay fraction of the rock. This is often associated with significant bacterial sulfate reduction possibly in the early stages of generation and migration of bitumen. Based on organic petrology and Rock-Eval
data it appears that the siltstone facies of the Utica Shale especially for the deeply buried section of the Utica Shale in this area acts as a reservoir rather than source rock.
Random vitrinite reflectance (VRo) measurement is shown to be a
robust method for indicating the thermal maturity in these samples. Recent improvements in petrographic analysis allow accurate reflectance measurements on nanoscale spots, providing reliable information on thermal maturity. The reflectance has been
measured on matrix and solid bitumen and chitinozoan skeletons. There is a significant agreement between bitumen reflectance and chitinozoan reflectance when they converted to vitrinite reflectance. |
| Résumé | (Résumé en langage clair et simple, non publié)
Cette étude présente les résultats préliminaires de la caractérisation de la matière organique dans des échantillons de carottes de schistes
d'Utica et de Lorraine de l'Ordovicien supérieur dans le sud-ouest du Québec. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293438 |
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