... thickness (50m-800m), high organic richness (6-14 wt.%) and optimum thermal maturity as indicated by vitrinite reflectance (VRo up to 1.7%) makes it a potential unconventional shale play. However, many other questions need to be answered before exploration wells can be drilled. In this paper, we have...

... Abstract Utica shale is one of the major source rocks in Ohio and extends across much of eastern US. Its organic richness, high content of calcite, and development of extensive organic porosity makes it a perfect unconventional play and has gained the attention of the oil and gas industry...

... perspective, as thermal stress increases, the organic matter is transformed from kerogen to hydrocarbons. Type and quantity of the hydrocarbons generated is a function of kerogen type, organic richness, and thermal maturity. In commercial unconventional plays, type II kerogen is predominant, and maturity...

... Summary The organic-rich marls within the Niobrara Formation act as source rocks while the chalks act as reservoirs. The hydrocarbon potential of a source rock is highly dependent on its organic content and maturity. Different empirical relationships were developed to estimate TOC from logs...

... Abstract An analytical study was conducted to investigate the factors controlling hydrocarbon-generation microfracturing in organic-rich shales. The study considered both kerogen-to-bitumen and bitumen-to-oil conversions. Governing equations that describe a process of three main stages...