Petroleum Geology Of The Devonian And Mississippian Black Shale Of Eastern North America

This area is unique because of its geologic characteristics & economic potential. This report is the results of a continuing shale characterization study to evaluate the shale's gas potential & to enhance its gas production. 14 chapters cover: development history, detailed documentation, clay mineralogy relative to thermal history, basin analyses, petrographic character & reservoir quality, hydrocarbon potential & source rock assessment, etc. An estimate of the in-place natural gas resource is also presented. 13 plates in separate case.

Over the past two decades there has been increased interest in the availability of hydrocarbon charge through a better understanding of petroleum geochemistry and the identification and characterization of petroleum source rocks. These rocks are geochemically unique and form under specific sets of circumstances. This book brings together both geologic and geochemical data from fifteen petroleum source rocks, ranging in age from Devonian to Eocene, that would otherwise be widely dispersed in the literature or available only in proprietary corporate databases. Much of this information, presented in either a tabular or graphic fashion, provides the petroleum explorationist and the geochemist with a framework to establish relationships among various geochemical indices and depositional settings.