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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
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);
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);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
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.