Integration of water and gas chemistry in an unconventional Devonian black shale gas reservoir: Microbial vs. thermogenic origin
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); and others
The upper Devonian Antrim Shale is a self-sourced, fractured gas reservoir that has been the target of intensive exploitation around the margin of the Michigan Basin. Significant amounts of water are commonly produced with methane in regions adjacent to subcrop of the Antrim Shale. Chemical and isotopic properties measured in the formation waters show significant regional variations and probably delineate zones of increased flow controlled by the fracture network within the Antrim Shale. The isotopic composition of Antrim methane ({gamma}{sup 13}C = -49 to -59{per_thousand}) was used to suggest that the gas is of thermtogenic origin. However, the highly {sup 13}C-enriched carbon of co-produced CO{sub 2} gas ({gamma}{sup 13}C {approx} +22{per_thousand}) and DIC in associated Antrim brines ({gamma}{sup 13}C = +19 to +31{per_thousand}) are consistent with bacterially mediated fractionation. Deuterium values in the methane ({gamma}D = -200 to -260{per_thousand}) also support a bacterial origin for methane. Preliminary correlation of deuterium in methane with that of the Antrim waters implies that methane is being generated via CO{sub 2} reduction within the reservoir.
- OSTI ID:
- 214828
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950801-; TRN: 96:000922-0303
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 210. national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Chicago, IL (United States), 20-25 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 210th ACS national meeting. Part 1 and 2; PB: 1866 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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