Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia
Several organic-rich shale horizons in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, acted as source rocks for conventional oil and gas fields. The aim of this study is to investigate one of its units, the Goldwyer Formation (Ordovician in age, as the Utica Shale in USA) as a potential shale gas play. Geoch...
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| author | Torghabeh, A.K. Rezaee, Reza Pimentel, N. Johnson, Lukman Alshakhs, Munther |
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| description | Several organic-rich shale horizons in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, acted as source rocks for conventional oil and gas fields. The aim of this study is to investigate one of its units, the Goldwyer Formation (Ordovician in age, as the Utica Shale in USA) as a potential shale gas play. Geochemical analysis such as Rock-Eval pyrolysis and total organic carbon (TOC) estimation, as well as thermal and burial history modelling were used. The organic matter is mixed type II/III kerogen and the total organic carbon (TOC) values range between 0.16 and 4.8 wt%. Tmax values between 335°C and 471°C and vitrinite reflectance values between 0.71 and 1.3 Ro% point to the main oil to wet and dry thermogenic gas zones, with a trend of increasing maturity in the west-central part of the basin. The results of this study show that the Goldwyer shale may be considered as potential shale-gas play. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-895762022-11-14T05:15:54Z Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia Torghabeh, A.K. Rezaee, Reza Pimentel, N. Johnson, Lukman Alshakhs, Munther Science & Technology Technology Energy & Fuels Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering shale gas burial history thermal modelling Canning Basin Goldwyer Formation PERTH BASIN CLUSTER-ANALYSIS ELECTROFACIES REFLECTANCE VITRINITE Several organic-rich shale horizons in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, acted as source rocks for conventional oil and gas fields. The aim of this study is to investigate one of its units, the Goldwyer Formation (Ordovician in age, as the Utica Shale in USA) as a potential shale gas play. Geochemical analysis such as Rock-Eval pyrolysis and total organic carbon (TOC) estimation, as well as thermal and burial history modelling were used. The organic matter is mixed type II/III kerogen and the total organic carbon (TOC) values range between 0.16 and 4.8 wt%. Tmax values between 335°C and 471°C and vitrinite reflectance values between 0.71 and 1.3 Ro% point to the main oil to wet and dry thermogenic gas zones, with a trend of increasing maturity in the west-central part of the basin. The results of this study show that the Goldwyer shale may be considered as potential shale-gas play. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89576 10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.099170 English INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD restricted |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Technology Energy & Fuels Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering shale gas burial history thermal modelling Canning Basin Goldwyer Formation PERTH BASIN CLUSTER-ANALYSIS ELECTROFACIES REFLECTANCE VITRINITE Torghabeh, A.K. Rezaee, Reza Pimentel, N. Johnson, Lukman Alshakhs, Munther Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia |
| title | Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia |
| title_full | Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia |
| title_short | Petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the Goldwyer Formation - Canning Basin, Western Australia |
| title_sort | petroleum geochemistry, burial history and shale gas potential of the goldwyer formation - canning basin, western australia |
| topic | Science & Technology Technology Energy & Fuels Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering shale gas burial history thermal modelling Canning Basin Goldwyer Formation PERTH BASIN CLUSTER-ANALYSIS ELECTROFACIES REFLECTANCE VITRINITE |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89576 |