Advanced Chemistry Basins Model

Goddard, William ; Blanco, Mario ; Cathles, Lawrence ; Manhardt, Paul ; Meulbroek, Peter ; Tang, Yongchun

California Institute Of Tech

关键词: Hydrocarbons;    02 Petroleum;    Physical Properties;    Kerogen;    Washing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/901422
RP-ID  :  None
RP-ID  :  AC26-99BC15217
RP-ID  :  901422

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The DOE-funded Advanced Chemistry Basin model project is intended to develop a public domain, user-friendly basin modeling software under PC or low end workstation environment that predicts hydrocarbon generation, expulsion, migration and chemistry. The main features of the software are that it will: (1) afford users the most flexible way to choose or enter kinetic parameters for different maturity indicators; (2) afford users the most flexible way to choose or enter compositional kinetic parameters to predict hydrocarbon composition (e.g., gas/oil ratio (GOR), wax content, API gravity, etc.) at different kerogen maturities; (3) calculate the chemistry, fluxes and physical properties of all hydrocarbon phases (gas, liquid and solid) along the primary and secondary migration pathways of the basin and predict the location and intensity of phase fractionation, mixing, gas washing, etc.; and (4) predict the location and intensity of de-asphaltene processes. The project has be operative for 36 months, and is on schedule for a successful completion at the end of FY 2003.