Constraining reservoir residence time and timing of crude oil biodegradation in western Canada

限制加拿大西部油藏停留时间和原油生物降解时间

• 批准号: 288153-2011
• 负责人: Larter, Stephen
• 金额: $ 2.99万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=525703
• 关键词: Constraining; reservoir; residence; time; timing

Being able to date geological events such as the age of the Earth has been one of the most significant acheivments of science. This project is developing methods for directly measuring, from analysis of the oil, how long the oil and gas we find today in a specific reservoir has been there. Surprisingly this is not possible at the moment! Being able to date how long oil has been in a reservoir is very important in understanding the timescales of alteration of light oils to heavy oils and oil sands and also gives us a lot of information on how the oils enter the reservoir and how to find the best quality oils to produce in Canada's heavy oil reservoirs. This will help increase recovery and reduce CO2 emissions in Canada's heavy oil belt.

能够确定地质事件的日期，如地球的年龄，一直是科学最重要的成就之一。该项目正在开发直接测量的方法，从分析石油，我们今天发现的石油和天然气在一个特定的储层已经存在了多久。令人惊讶的是，这在目前是不可能的！能够确定石油在储层中存在的时间对于了解轻质油向重油和油砂的变化的时间尺度非常重要，并且还为我们提供了有关石油如何进入储层以及如何在加拿大的重油储层中找到最佳质量的石油的大量信息。这将有助于提高加拿大重油带的采收率并减少二氧化碳排放。