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ClayMineralogyofShaleGasReservoirsthroughIntegratingInfraredSpectroscopyandXRayDiffractionOnePetro

ClayMineralogyofShaleGasReservoirsthroughIntegrating
InfraredSpectroscopyandXRayDiffraction

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HaniehJafaryDargahi(CurtinUniversity)|RezaRezaee(CurtinUniversity)|BobbyPejcic
(CommonwealthScientificandIndustrialResearchOrganisation(CSIRO))

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/URTEC2013210

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SPE168908MS

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SocietyofPetroleumEngineers

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UnconventionalResourcesTechnologyConference,1214August,Denver,Colorado,USA

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2013
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Summary
Thecompositionandstructureofclaymineralsplayamajorroleincontrollingthephysicalandchemicalpropertiesofshale.Understanding
therelationshipbetweenclaymineralogyandthephysicalparametersofshalesuchasthewettability,fracability,andpermeabilityiscrucial
incharacterizinganddevelopingashalereservoir.Typically,thehighertheamountofclaymineralspresentthelowerwillbethematerial
brittleness/fracability,whereasalowerclayabundanceisusuallyassociatedwithimprovedreservoirpermeability.Determiningtheclay
compositioninshalesisasignificantchallengeconsideringthechemicalcomplexityandheterogeneousnatureoftheshale.Inthispaper,
wereportonthepreliminarycharacterizationofPermoTriassicshalereservoirsamplesfromthePerthBasinusingFouriertransforminfrared
spectroscopy(FTIR)andXraydiffraction(XRD).ThesuitabilityandperformanceofFTIRandXRDfordeterminingclaymineralogywas
evaluated.BothFTIRandXRDrevealedthatkaolinitewasthedominantclayspeciesinmostofthesamplesfromthePermoTriassicshale
reservoir.ItwasshownthatXRDisabletoidentifyandquantifymanydifferentmineralsintheshalesamples,whileFTIRhelpedprovide
complimentaryinformationonsomemineralsalongwithinformationconcerningtheamorphousorganicmatter.

Introduction
TheextractionandproductionofgasfromshalehasbecomeanattractiveenergysourceinAustraliaoverthelastdecade.Therearea
numberoffactorsthatdetermineifaparticularshalewilldevelopintoagasresource.Thefollowingthreefactorshavebeensuggestedto
beimportantwithrespecttoashalegasbecomingasignificantresourceplay:a)organicmattercontent,typeandthermalmaturityb)pore
sizedistributionandporositypermeabilityrelationshipsandc)brittlenessanditsassociationwithmineralogyandrockfabric(Joshetal.
2012).Despiteimprovedconditionsforexplorationanddevelopment,therehasbeenverylittleactivityintargetingshalereservoirsinthe
PerthBasin(i.e.KockateaandCarynginiaformations).Thisformationiscurrentlybeingexploredasapotentialshalegasresource(Figure
1).

Anumberofpapershavebeenpublishedwhichshowthatthefluidflowandoilrecoveryaredeterminedbyrockproperties(Bustinand
Bustin,2012).Thephysical(i.e.,permeability,fracability,wettability)andchemicalpropertiesofshalerocksdependstronglyonthetype
andamountofclaymineralspresent.Clayparticlescanbedistributedinashaleaccordingtothreegenerallocationssuchasporelining
clays(mixedlayerclays),porebridgingclays(illite),anddiscreteparticles(kaolinite).AccordingtoMorrisandShepperd(1982)theclay
particlesizeisanimportantfactorinfluencingthepermeabilityofshales.Othershaveshownthatthewatercontentandtheswellingability
dependssignificantlyonthetypeofclaymineralspresent(BennionandThomas,1992).Ithasbeenfoundthatalowamountofclay
mineralsresultsinahighfracabilitywithinshales(Sondergeldetal.,2010).

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