Ohio Paleozoic source-reservoir combinations: source rock quality and source-oil correlation studies

Conference · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5685752

Burwood, R; Cole, G A; Drozd, R J; Halpern, H I; Sedivy, R A

Although relatively simple structurally, the Interior Lowland area underlying Ohio and adjacent states constitutes a rich and varied hydrocarbon habitat. Structural style included influences of three subsidence episodes, broadly encompassing the Appalachian orogeny to the east and the Michigan and Illinois basins to the northwest and southwest, respectively. Hydrocarbons are produced from numerous reservoir intervals within this Paleozoic section. Prominent among these are the Cambrian-Ordovician Knox Group, Ordovician Trenton Limestone, Silurian Medina Group, Devonian Oriskany and Vanango Sandstones, Mississippian Berea Sandstone, and Pennsylvanian coal measure sands. A variety of petroleum types, implying an equal variation in source rock characteristics, has been recognized. Reservoirs have been charged variously from finely textured organic-rich source beds cosedimented within the same succession. Whether the simplistic case of source charging of syndepositional or directly adjacent reservoir beds is normal or whether more complex long distance lateral and/or vertical emplacement processes are involved has yet to be subject to definitive study. Using kerogen pyrolysis-carbon isotopic source-oil correlation technology, it is possible to match petroleums with their precursor sources.

• Research Organization: Sohio Petroleum Co., Warrensville Heights, OH
• OSTI ID: 5685752
• Report Number(s): CONF-8410269-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 68:12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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