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Practical Petroleum Geochemistry for Exploration and Production
- 2nd Edition - August 22, 2022
- Author: Harry Dembicki
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 9 2 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 9 2 3 - 0
Practical Petroleum Geochemistry for Exploration and Production, Second Edition provides readers with a single reference that addresses the principle concepts and applic… Read more
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Request a sales quotePractical Petroleum Geochemistry for Exploration and Production, Second Edition provides readers with a single reference that addresses the principle concepts and applications of petroleum geochemistry used in finding, evaluating, and producing petroleum deposits. The revised volume includes a new chapter on environmental forensic applications of petroleum geochemistry. With the current emphasis on environmental issues (pollution, climate changes, and corporate responsibility), information about how petroleum geochemistry can be used to recognize these problems, determine their source, help identify who is responsible, and how these problems may be mitigated are vital to efficient and economical operation of a project from exploration to production to abandonment. Practical Petroleum Geochemistry for Exploration and Production, Second Edition will continue to serve as a foundational reference to understanding the underpinning of the science, as well as a source of references that the reader can use to find detailed descriptions of methods and protocols.
- Emphasizes the practical application of geochemistry in solving exploration and production problems
- Features more than 200 illustrations, tables, diagrams, and case studies to underscore key concepts
- Authored by an expert geochemist with over 40 years of experience in field-based research, applications, and instruction
- New edition includes a chapter on environmental issues (impact, climate change, pollution, and corporate responsibility), as well as expanded coverage of topics such as hydrates as unconventional resources; geomicrobial methods (especially DNA analysis) and the use of sea surface slicks from seafloor seeps in surface geochemistry; using GC x GC and asphaltene FTIR in oil correlation studies; and interpretation isotope data for the maturity of thermogenic natural gas
Exploration and production geologists and engineers as well as researchers and students across the geosciences
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Introduction
- A brief history of petroleum geochemistry
- Definitions
- Organic chemistry review
- Stable isotope review
- Chapter 2. The formation of petroleum accumulations
- Introduction
- Incorporating organic matter into sediments
- Kerogen formation
- Source rock deposition
- Maturation and hydrocarbon generation
- Petroleum migration
- Origin of nonhydrocarbon gases
- Coals as oil-prone source rocks
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Source rock evaluation
- Definitions and fundamental concepts
- Sample collection
- Total Organic Carbon
- Rock-Eval pyrolysis
- Solvent extraction, S-A-R-A analysis, and extract data
- Gas chromatography
- Headspace gas analysis
- Pyrolysis-gas chromatography
- Kerogen isolation
- Elemental analysis
- Vitrinite reflectance
- Alternative reflectance method
- Visual kerogen typing
- Thermal alteration index
- Kerogen fluorescence
- Conodont alteration index
- Wireline log interpretations
- Using outcrop samples
- Strategies in source rock evaluation
- Chapter 4. Interpreting crude oil and natural gas data
- Introduction
- Bulk properties of crude oil and natural gas
- Phase behavior
- Crude oil and natural gas alteration
- Oil-to-oil and oil-to-source rock correlations
- Crude oil inversion
- Strategies and obstacles in oil correlation and oil inversion studies
- Natural gas data
- The source of natural gas: biogenic versus thermogenic
- The maturity of thermogenic natural gas
- Gas-to-gas and gas-to-source rock correlations
- Strategies and obstacles in interpreting gas data
- Chapter 5. Reservoir geochemistry
- Introduction
- Pay zone detection
- High-molecular-weight waxes
- Asphaltenes
- Reservoir continuity
- Production allocation
- Production problems and periodic sampling
- Monitoring enhanced oil recovery
- Reservoir souring
- Strategies in reservoir geochemistry
- Chapter 6. Surface geochemistry
- Introduction
- Microseepage
- Direct indicators of hydrocarbon microseepage
- Indirect indicators of hydrocarbon micro-seepage
- Microseepage survey design and interpretation
- Onshore macroseepage
- Offshore macroseepage
- Locating potential seafloor seep sites
- Sampling potential seafloor seep sites
- Analyzing seafloor sediments for thermogenic hydrocarbons
- Sea surface slicks
- Chapter 7. Unconventional resources
- Introduction
- Coalbed methane
- Shale gas
- Shale oil
- Hybrid systems
- Hydrates
- Chapter 8. Basin modeling
- Introduction
- Burial history
- Thermal history
- Modeling maturation, hydrocarbon generation, and expulsion
- Modeling migration
- Predicting preservation
- Model validation
- Sensitivity analysis
- Volumetric estimations
- The role of basin modeling in unconventional plays
- Chapter 9. Petroleum system concepts and tools
- Introduction
- Elements and processes
- Temporal aspects
- Spatial aspects
- Plays and prospects
- A working petroleum system
- Risking
- Chapter 10. Environmental applications
- Introduction
- The scope of environmental problems
- The fate of environmental contamination
- Tools for environmental studies
- Index
- No. of pages: 424
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: August 22, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323959247
- eBook ISBN: 9780323959230
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Harry Dembicki
Harry Dembicki, Jr., PhD, is a retired petroleum geochemistry whose career in the corporate O&G industry spanned nearly 40 years. Dr. Dembicki’s areas of expertise in geochemistry include the application of biomarker technology, basin modeling, utilizing micro- and macro-seepage data both onshore and offshore, pyrolysis gas chromatography and thermal extraction-gas chromatography, mapping regional trends in source rock potential, and well site geochemical tools for both source rock and reservoir evaluation. Dr. Dembicki has published 23 papers on various aspects of organic and petroleum geochemistry, has made 27 oral and 13 poster presentations at conferences, and has two U.S. patents on instrument design. He serves as a reviewer for AAPG Bulletin, AAPG Special Publications, Organic Geochemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, Chemical Geology, Applied Geochemistry, Computers & Geosciences, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, and Journal of Hazardous Materials. He has also taught 46 internal courses on petroleum geochemistry and basin modeling.
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Geological Advisor, Geological Technology Group, Anadarko, USA