A method for predicting petroleum expulsion is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the method comprises defining a chemical structure of a kerogen and identifying a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates. The exemplary method also comprises grouping the plurality of reaction products into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.
申请公布号
EP2202514(A2)
申请公布日期
2010.06.30
申请号
EP20090176276
申请日期
2009.11.18
申请人
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY
发明人
WALTERS, CLIFFORD;FREUND, HOWARD;KELEMEN, SIMON;HICKS, PAUL