Method and apparatus for evaluating volumes of discharged hydrocarbon and externally charged hydrocarbon in mud shale

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12487226-B2
Application number	US-202217894087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2022
Priority date	Aug 23, 2021
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

A method and apparatus for evaluating volumes of discharged hydrocarbon and externally charged hydrocarbon in a mud shale. The method comprises: determining a hydrogen index and a current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter of a mud shale in target block based on total organic carbon test data and pyrolysis analysis test data of the mud shale; determining an original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the hydrogen index and the pyrolysis analysis test data; and evaluating a volume of discharged hydrocarbon and a volume of externally charged hydrocarbon in the mud shale based on the current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter and the original hydrogen index.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for evaluating volumes of discharged hydrocarbon and externally charged hydrocarbon in a mud shale, comprising:
obtaining the mud shale from a target block; performing a total organic carbon test and a pyrolysis analysis test on the mud shale to obtain the total organic carbon test data and the pyrolysis analysis test data; determining, by a processor, a hydrogen index and a current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter of the mud shale in a target block based on total organic carbon test data and pyrolysis analysis test data of the mud shale; determining, by the processor, an original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the hydrogen index and the pyrolysis analysis test data; evaluating, by the processor, a volume of discharged hydrocarbon and a volume of externally charged hydrocarbon in the mud shale based on the current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter and the original hydrogen index; and determining whether to perform oil production on the target block based on the volume of discharged hydrocarbon and the volume of externally charged hydrocarbon in the mud shale.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the hydrogen index and the current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter of the mud shale based on the total organic carbon test data and the pyrolysis analysis test data of the mud shale comprises:
performing, by the processor, a light hydrocarbon correction on the pyrolysis analysis test data; and determining, by the processor, the current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter based on the total organic carbon test data and the pyrolysis analysis test data on which the light hydrocarbon correction has been performed.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the hydrogen index and the pyrolysis analysis test data comprises:
classifying, by the processor, organic matter types of the mud shale based on the hydrogen index and the pyrolysis analysis test data; and determining, by the processor, the original hydrogen index based on the organic matter types and the hydrogen index.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein determining the original hydrogen index based on the organic matter types and the hydrogen index comprises:
establishing, by the processor, evolution models of various types of kerogen of the mud shale based on the organic matter types; and determining, by the processor, the original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the evolution models and the hydrogen index.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the evolution models represent variation relationships between the hydrogen indexes of various types of kerogen and the pyrolysis analysis test data.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining the original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the evolution models and the hydrogen index comprises:
calculating, by the processor, hydrocarbon generation conversion rates corresponding to various types of kerogen at different thermal evolution maturities based on the evolution models; and determining, by the processor, the original hydrogen index based on the hydrocarbon generation conversion rates and the hydrogen index.

7 . An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the following steps of a method for evaluating volumes of discharged hydrocarbon and externally charged hydrocarbon in a mud shale:
determining a hydrogen index and a current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter of the mud shale in a target block based on total organic carbon test data and pyrolysis analysis test data of the mud shale; determining an original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the hydrogen index and the pyrolysis analysis test data; and evaluating a volume of discharged hydrocarbon and a volume of externally charged hydrocarbon in the mud shale based on the current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter and the original hydrogen index.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement the following steps:
performing a light hydrocarbon correction on the pyrolysis analysis test data; and determining the current hydrocarbon generation potential parameter based on the total organic carbon test data and the pyrolysis analysis test data on which the light hydrocarbon correction has been performed.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement the following steps:
classifying organic matter types of the mud shale based on the hydrogen index and the pyrolysis analysis test data; and determining the original hydrogen index based on the organic matter types and the hydrogen index.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement the following steps:
establishing evolution models of various types of kerogen of the mud shale based on the organic matter types; and determining the original hydrogen index of the mud shale based on the evolution models and the hydrogen index.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the evolution models represent variation relationships between the hydrogen indexes of various types of kerogen and the pyrolysis analysis test data.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement the following steps:
calculating hydrocarbon generation conversion rates corresponding to various types of kerogen at different thermal evolution maturities based on the evolution models; and determining the original hydrogen index based on the hydrocarbon generation conversion rates and the hydrogen index.

Assignees

• China Univ Of Petroleum—Beijing
• Univ China Petroleum Beijing

Inventors

• Hu Tao
• Pang Xiongqi
• Jiang Fujie
• Liu Yuan
• Wu Guanyun
• Lyu Jiahao
• Jiang Zhenxue
• Hu Yao
• Li Caijun
• Zhang Chenxi
• Hu Meiling
• Huang Renda

Classifications

• G06F2119/08

  Thermal analysis or thermal optimisation · CPC title

• G06F2111/10

  Numerical modelling · CPC title

• G16C10/00

  Computational theoretical chemistry, i.e. ICT specially adapted for theoretical aspects of quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics or the like · CPC title

• G01N33/241 Primary

  for hydrocarbon content · CPC title

• G06F30/20 Primary

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title