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Mineralogical and TOC Trends in the Ohio Utica Shale. Jake Harrington Dr . Julie Sheets, Dr. Dave Cole, Dr. Sue Welch, Mik e Murphy, Alex Swift. SEMCAL. Overview. Purpose Sample Selection Methodology Results Analysis The Future. 500 nm. D. Cole, SEMCAL, OSU. Why the Utica?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Mineralogical and TOC Trends in the Ohio Utica
ShaleJake Harrington
Dr. Julie Sheets, Dr. Dave Cole, Dr. Sue Welch, Mike Murphy, Alex Swift
SEMCAL
Overview
• Purpose• Sample Selection• Methodology• Results• Analysis• The Future
D. Cole, SEMCAL, OSU
500 nm
Why the Utica?• Significant energy potential• Not much data yet available• To determine geochemical and mineralogical trends in
Utica/Point Pleasant across Ohio
Why Mineralogy and Total Organic Carbon (TOC)?
• Possible relationship between minerals and TOC concentration
• Comparable to other unconventional reservoirs
Ohio Stratigraphy
Ohio Geological Survey
Sample Selection• Core obtained from
ODNR• Part of Utica/Point
Pleasant Formation• Depth Range: 1220 –
9564 ft• Longitudinal Range:
84.7°W to 81.4°W• 24 samples from 7 wells
Utica Thickness
Ohio Geological Survey
Methodology
• PANalytical XRD• Randomly oriented
powder samples• Qualitative analysis
with intensity and 2θ to identify mineral phases
• DD Eberl’s Excel program RockJock used for quantification
X-Ray Diffraction Elemental Analysis• Costech EA• Samples treated with
hydrochloric acid to dissolve all inorganic carbon
Location Data
Barth and Wood Co. Wells TOC increasing with increasing depth
TOC increasing with decreasing depth
Location Data
Location Data
Mineralogical Data
Mineralogical Trends
Mineralogical Trends
Summary by the Numbers
• Average TOC across all samples is 1.70%• Highest TOC values are found in the east and
at greater depths • Average TOC, west/east: 1.78/1.66• Average wt% of clays, west/east: 45/37• Average wt% of carbonates, west/east: 19/44• Anything but consistent
What’s Next?
• Samples, samples, samples• Associating porosity with clay content, TOC• Checking trends with another shale gas play
References
• Shell Exploration and Production Company• Friends of Orton Hall• Dr. Dave Cole• Drs. Julie Sheets and Sue Welch• Mike Murphy, Alex Swift, Brandon McAdams• SEMCAL
Acknowledgements
Eberl, D.D., 2003 User's guide to RockJock-A program for determining quantitative mineralogy from powder X-ray diffraction data. Revised 11/30/09. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 03-78, p. 48.Ross, D. J. K. and R. M. Bustin, 2009, The importance of shale composition and pore structure upon gas storage potential of shale gas reservoirs, Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 916-927.Ryder, R., R. Burruss, and J. Hatch, 1998, Black shale source rocks and oil generation in the Cambrian and Ordovician of the central Appalachian basin, USA, Aapg Bulletin-American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 82, no. 3, p. 412-441.Wicksron, L.H., Gray, J.D., and Seieglitz, R.D., 1992, Stratigraphy, structure, and production history of the Trenton Limestone (Ordovician) and adjacent strata in northwestern Ohio, Ohio Division of Geological Survey, no. 143, p. 78.Zhu, Y., E. Liu, A. Martinez, M. A. Payne, C. E. Harris, C. M. Sayers editor, and A. Jackson editor, 2011, Understanding geophysical responses of shale-gas plays, Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK), vol. 30, no. 3, p. 332-338.
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