Title : ( Unconventional resource evaluation: Kockatea Shale, Perth Basin, Western Australia )
Authors: Amir Karimian Torghabeh , Reza Rezaee , Sayyed Reza Moussavi Harami , Nuno Pimentel ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
Abstract: Organic-rich shales occur in the Kockatea Shale Formation, Permo-Triassic of the Perth Basin (Western Australia) and have been investigated to characterise it as a potential shale gas unit. Classic sedimentological investigation methods, including core descriptions and thin section microscopy, were coupled with standardised organic geochemical analysis procedures, such as TOC determination and Rock-Eval pyrolysis, as well as maceral composition analysis and vitrinite reflectance (Ro) measurements. The Kockatea sediments show a trend of increasing maturity from north to south, with Ro values ranging from 0.6 to 2%, pointing to a thermal maturity between the wet and dry thermogenic gas window. The organic matter is a mixed Type II/III kerogen and hydrogen index (HI) values range from 0.1 to 662 mg HC/g rock, with total organic carbon (TOC) contents between 0.02 and 12.64 wt% and an average formation thickness of 337 m. These interdisciplinary data and methods point to a good potential of the Kockatea Shale Formation for shale gas exploration in Western Australia.
Keywords
Kockatea Shale; Perth Basin; shale gas; burial history; thermal modelling.@article{paperid:1042681,
author = {Karimian Torghabeh, Amir and Reza Rezaee and Moussavi Harami, Sayyed Reza and Nuno Pimentel},
title = {Unconventional resource evaluation: Kockatea Shale, Perth Basin, Western Australia},
journal = {International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology-IJOGCT},
year = {2014},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
month = {August},
issn = {1753-3309},
pages = {16--30},
numpages = {14},
keywords = {Kockatea Shale; Perth Basin; shale gas; burial history; thermal modelling.},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Unconventional resource evaluation: Kockatea Shale, Perth Basin, Western Australia
%A Karimian Torghabeh, Amir
%A Reza Rezaee
%A Moussavi Harami, Sayyed Reza
%A Nuno Pimentel
%J International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology-IJOGCT
%@ 1753-3309
%D 2014