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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Maxim O. Vityk, Pearland, TX (US);
Robert H. Pottorf, Houston, TX (US);
Robert J. Chimenti, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Patricia H. Kalamaras, Milford, NJ (US);
Robert J. Bodnar, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Jing Leng, Blacksburg, VA (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for evaluating sedimentary basins for hydrocarbon potential using aqueous fluid inclusions. Aqueous fluid inclusions are identified in a rock sample. The homogenization temperatures of the fluid inclusions are determined, the optical spectra of the water and methane in the fluid inclusions are measured, and the formation pressures are estimated from the relationship of homogenization temperature and optical spectrum to formation pressure. Formation pressure of the fluid inclusions can be combined with history of the fluid inclusion formation to reconstruct the paleo-history of the basin to evaluate hydrocarbon potential.