Evaluation of gas resource potentiality, geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of Permian shale beds of Latehar-Auranga Coalfield, India

Autor: Vivekanand Kumar, Jaywardhan Kumar, Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Mollika Bannerjee, Bhagwan D. Singh, Divya Kumari Mishra, Atul Kumar Varma, Suresh Kumar Samad, Vinod Kumar Saxena, Sadanand Sharma, Subhashree Mishra, Alka Damodhar Kamble
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Coal Geology. 196:43-62
ISSN: 0166-5162
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.06.022
Popis: The shale beds associated with Permian coal-bearing Barakar Formation of the Latehar-Auranga coalfield (north Koel Valley), India have been investigated for the hydrocarbon prospects and their critical reservoir properties. The shale core samples were collected from boreholes drilled in three different blocks like Gowa, Jagaldaga and Banhardih. The shale core samples are examined for in-situ gas content, desorbed gas composition, geochemical, Rock-Eval, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), high pressure CH4 adsorption isotherm, porosity and permeability aspects. The shales are rich in carbonaceous and silty materials with alternate bands of intercalations; suggesting deposition of the sediments and organic matters by slow or wavering river currents under the reducing environment. The van Krevelen diagram of H/C and O/C atomic ratio of the shales has demonstrated type III/IV kerogens; specifying that organic matters transformed from the fluvio-terrestrial depositional conditions to the diagenesis and catagenesis stages and placed in wet to dry gas window (H/C ratio The plots of hydrogen index (39.54–821.45 mg HC/g TOC) with calculated VRo (0.29–1.05%) and Tmax (414–456 °C) are signifying types I, II, III and IV kerogen in the shales prone to generate oil, wet and dry gas placed in immature to mature regions. The positive linear correlation of the VL with kaolinite and illite contents suggests that mainly clays contribute to the formation of shale matrix. The SEM images show six types of pore: i) lenticular open pores along the fissility, ii) altered pores due to weathering, iii) intergranular pores, iv) intermingled pores between crystal lattices, v) partially filled pores associated with clays and minerals, and vi) evolved pores by cracking of the organic compounds. The values of porosity and permeability have been measured under reservoir simulated confining pressure, and are ranging from 0.87–8.18% and 0.08–1.45 mD, respectively. This shows poor connectivity between the pores and fracture mechanisms controlled by the clay and minerals. It is summarized that the studied shales of Latehar-Auranga Coalfield have a low to moderate gas potential, based on their in-situ gas, TOC content (1.28–16.26 wt%), sorption capacity, Tmax values and thermal maturity. Moreover, the significant residual volume, low porosity and low permeability are the most critical properties for shale gas resource development at the Latehar-Auranga coalfield.
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