Experimental investigation of changes in methane adsorption of bitumen-free Woodford Shale with thermal maturation induced by hydrous pyrolysis

被引:163
作者
Hu, Haiyan [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Tongwei [2 ,4 ]
Wiggins-Camacho, Jaclyn D. [2 ]
Ellis, Geoffrey S. [3 ]
Lewan, Michael D. [3 ]
Zhang, Xiaolong [4 ]
机构
[1] Yangtze Univ, Sch Geosci, Wuhan 430100, Hubei, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Bur Econ Geol, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] US Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225 USA
[4] Lanzhou Univ, Sch Geosci, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Shale gas; Thermal maturity; Gas adsorption; Pore-size distribution; Oil cracking; FORT-WORTH BASIN; NORTHEASTERN BRITISH-COLUMBIA; MISSISSIPPIAN BARNETT SHALE; CRETACEOUS GAS SHALES; HIGH-PRESSURE METHANE; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; BLACK SHALES; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACES; PETROLEUM GENERATION; MOLECULAR SIMULATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.07.029
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
This study quantifies the effects of organic-matter (OM) thermal maturity on methane (CH4)-sorption, on the basis of five samples that were artificially matured through hydrous pyrolysis achieved by heating samples of immature Woodford Shale under five different time temperature conditions. CH4-sorption isotherms at 35 degrees C, 50 degrees C, and 65 degrees C, and pressures up to 14 MPa on dry, solvent-extracted samples of the artificially matured Woodford Shale were measured. The results showed that CH4-sorption capacity, normalized to TOC, varied with thermal maturity, following1 the trend: maximum oil (367 degrees C) > oil cracking (400 degrees C) > maximum bitumen/early oil (333 degrees C) > early bitumen (300 degrees C) > immature stage (130 degrees C). The Langmuir constants for the samples at maximum-oil and oil-cracking stages are larger than the values for the bitumen-forming stages. The total pore volume, determined by N-2 physisorption at 77 K, increases with increased maturation: mesopores, 2-50 nm in width, were created during the thermal conversion of organic-matter and a dramatic increase in porosity appeared when maximum-bitumen and maximum-oil generation stages were reached. A linear relationship between thermal maturity and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area suggests that the observed increase in CH4-sorption capacity may be the result of mesopores produced during OM conversion. No obvious difference is observed in pore-size distribution and pore volume for samples with pores <2.0 nm with the increase of thermal maturity based on CO2 physisorption at 273 K. The isosteric heat of adsorption and the standard entropy for artificially matured samples ranged from 17.9 kJ mol(-1) to 21.9 kJ mol(-1) and from 85.4 J mol(-1) K-1 to 101.8 J mol(-1) K-1, respectively. These values are similar to the values of immature Woodford kerogen concentrate previously observed, but are larger than naturally matured organic-rich shales. High-temperature hydrous pyrolysis might have induced Lewis acid sites on both organic and mineral surfaces, resulting to some extent, in chemical interactions between the adsorption site and the methane C-H bonds. The formation of abundant mesopores (2-50 nm) within organic matter during organic-matter thermal maturation makes a great contribution to the increase in both BET surface area and pore volume, and a significant increase in 2-6 nm pores occurs at maximum-oil-generation and oil-cracking to gas, ultimately controlling the methane-adsorption capacity. Therefore, consideration of pore-size effects and thermal maturity is very important for gas in place (GIP) prediction in organic-rich shales. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:114 / 128
页数:15
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