Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions in Petroliferous Basins
- 1st Edition - June 24, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Vivekanandan Nandakumar, J.L. Jayanthi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 4 1 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 4 1 7 - 3
Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions in Petroliferous Basins trains readers to detect Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions (HCFIs) in sedimentary rocks, particularly the wafer preparati… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions in Petroliferous Basins trains readers to detect Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions (HCFIs) in sedimentary rocks, particularly the wafer preparation techniques to visualize HCFIs, its distinction from aqueous inclusions, petrographic approaches to HCFIs, microthermometric observations on HCFIs, fluorescence emission spectra and Raman spectra of HCFIs, and their interpretations for the petroleum industry. The book features case studies from the Mumbai and Kerala Konkan Basins of the Western Offshore of India - two representative basins where new, non-destructive, fluid inclusion techniques were tested. This book is essential reading for students of petroleum geology and those working in exploration in the oil and gas industry.
- Helps readers to identify Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions (HCFIs) in sedimentary basins
- Covers how to determine the oil window, API gravity and chemical constituents in HCFIs
- Includes case studies on key offshore basins
Students and researchers in geosciences and petroleum engineering; oil and gas industry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction to fluid inclusions
- Abstract
- 1.1: Entrapped fluids: Fluid inclusions
- 1.2: Significance of geofluids
- 1.3: Fluids of the sedimentary realm
- 1.4: Fluid inclusions in sedimentary and diagenetic systems
- 1.5: Occurrence and classification of fluid inclusions
- 1.6: The nature of petroleum fluids
- 1.7: Hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions
- 1.8: Significance of fluid inclusion study
- 1.9: Importance of hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions in petroleum exploration
- Chapter 2: Nondestructive analytical techniques for fluid inclusions
- Abstract
- 2.1: Fluid inclusion analysis: Basics
- 2.2: Destructive and nondestructive analytical methods for fluid inclusions
- 2.3: Microthermometry
- 2.4: PVTX modeling
- 2.5: Fluorescence methods
- 2.6: Raman and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy
- 2.7: Microthermometric analysis of fluid inclusions
- 2.8: Optical spectroscopic methods for HCFI analysis
- 2.9: Importance of fluid inclusion analysis
- Chapter 3: Petroleum system and the significance of HCFI study
- Abstract
- 3.1: Petroleum formation
- 3.2: Petroleum system
- 3.3: Petroleum maturation
- 3.4: Petroleum migration/migration of HCFIs
- 3.5: Physical properties of petroleum
- 3.6: Chemical properties of petroleum
- 3.7: Biomarkers in crude oil
- 3.8: Trapping of petroleum inclusions
- 3.9: Significance of HCFI study
- Chapter 4: HCFIs—Examples from Mumbai and Kerala offshore basins in India
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Geologic evolution of western Indian continental margin and its impact on hydrocarbon occurrences
- 4.3: Characteristics of petroleum inclusions
- 4.4: Mumbai basin
- 4.5: Kerala-Konkan basin
- 4.6: Comparison of fluid inclusions from Mumbai and Kerala offshore basins
- Chapter 5: Petrographic and microthermometric studies on HCFIs
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Petrography: Identification of petroleum inclusions
- 5.3: Petrography: Relationship to the host mineral
- 5.4: Microthermometric analysis of petroleum inclusions
- 5.5: Significance of oil window in petroleum fluid inclusions: A microthermometric approach
- 5.6: Oil window: An Indicator of hydrocarbon potential in a basin
- 5.7: Summary
- Chapter 6: Fluorescence spectroscopy in hydrocarbon fluid inclusions
- Abstract
- 6.1: Fluorescence spectroscopy
- 6.2: Petroleum oil fluorescence
- 6.3: Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques
- 6.4: Fluorescence spectroscopy for hydrocarbon fluid inclusions
- 6.5: Fluorescence emission of oils and its relation to API gravity
- 6.6: Previous studies on fluorescence emission and API gravity of crude oils/HCFIs
- 6.7: Observations and highlights of the HCFI fluorescence emission study
- 6.8: Determination of the API gravity of oils in HCFIs from the Kerala-Konkan basin using the fluorescence emission technique
- 6.9: Comparison of API gravity of oils in HCFIs from dry wells in a proven and nonproven basin
- 6.10: Conclusions
- Chapter 7: Raman spectroscopic studies of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Raman spectrometer
- 7.3: Challenges with Raman analysis
- 7.4: Choice of laser excitation
- 7.5: Importance of Raman studies in fluid inclusions
- 7.6: Raman analysis of HCFIs
- 7.7: Earlier studies on the Raman spectra of HCFIs
- 7.8: Raman spectra of HCFIs from Mumbai offshore, India
- 7.9: Raman spectra of non-HCFIs
- 7.10: Raman peaks of major constituents in HCFIs
- 7.11: Conclusions
- Chapter 8: Conclusions and future perspectives in HCFI analysis
- Abstract
- 8.1: Futuristic applications of HCFI analysis
- 8.2: Integration of fluid inclusion data with petroleum system modeling
- 8.3: Insight—A dream to reality
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 24, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 290
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128174166
- eBook ISBN: 9780128174173
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Vivekanandan Nandakumar
Dr. V. Nandakumar is a geoscientist in NCESS, India. He has vast expertise in fluid inclusion work, both in sedimentary and high-grade metamorphic rocks. Dr. V. Nandakumar has more than 28 years of experience in fluid inclusions studies, beginning from his MSc thesis on fluid inclusions in igneous and hydrothermal systems. As a continuation to his MSc thesis, his PhD work was also on fluid inclusions in cordierite bearing granulites. He also collaborated with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Government of India to study fluid inclusions from the petroliferous basins and is developing techniques for oil exploration.
Affiliations and expertise
Geoscientist (Scientist-G), National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of IndiaJJ
J.L. Jayanthi
Dr. Jayanthi JL is a physicist at NCESS specialised in spectroscopic applications in fluid inclusions. She has expertise in characterising fluorescence and Raman spectra of geological and biological samples. She is currently associated in the study of fluid inclusions in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
Affiliations and expertise
Physicist (Project Scientist-C), National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of IndiaRead Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions in Petroliferous Basins on ScienceDirect