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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Clifford C. Walters, Milford, NJ (US);

Howard J. Freund, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);

Simon R. Kelemen, Annandale, NJ (US);

Paul J. Hicks, Jr., Spring Valley, TX (US);

Inventors:

Clifford C. Walters, Milford, NJ (US);

Howard J. Freund, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);

Simon R. Kelemen, Annandale, NJ (US);

Paul J. Hicks, Jr., Spring Valley, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/704 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/707 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for predicting petroleum expulsion. A chemical structure of a kerogen is defined and a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates are identified. The plurality of reaction products are grouped into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.


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