11 Characterization of Fine-Grained Unconventional Plays

Friday, 9 June 2017
1:30 PM - 4:40 PM
Roderick Mah Centre, Ross Glen Hall, EC1060

DOES A GOOD OUTCROP JUST STAND OUT? – IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF A POTENTIALLY REPRESENTATIVE BASIN CENTRED JURASSIC OIL BEARING SHALE OUTCROP

Paper number: 11-3
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Authors

Abstract

Truly representative geological outcrops are not necessarily found conveniently along road cuts or by railway tracks. However, the ideal analogs for many of our technically challenging reservoirs do exist but have yet to be identified or adequately fingerprinted using the myriad of currently available sophisticated technical analysis tools at our disposition both in the field as well as in the lab.

Canada’s Western Sedimentary Basin lacks a fully representative analog by which Jurassic Oil Prone fine grained unconventional resources can be profiled and characterized. In a collective effort, Geo-Libre Inc; ProGeo Consultants along with Calgary Rock and Materials have joined forces to analyze what may be a truly representative outcrop for Jurassic Oil Prone fine grained unconventional resources in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

The ultimate objective of this team effort being to answer some of the questions related to production challenges from tight basinal reservoir facies of Jurassic age which are abundant in Alberta and which hold potentially large petroleum resources.

Methods which will be considered include using Xrf Profiling, Xrd, Porosity & Permeability, Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP) measurement, Petrographic Analysis & other techniques on outcrop samples.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 5

doi: 10.1130/abs/2017RM-293340

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