Calculate how much water is expelled from a shale layer 1 km thick and 10 x 10 km in area, as it is buried from 1 km to 3 km depth, assuming its compaction is in equilibrium. Assume now that this is a source rock with 600 ppm weight percent mature hydrocarbon, of which 15% get expulsed in primary migration. How much oil is generated?

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Calculate how much water is expelled from a shale layer 1 km
thick and 10 × 10 km in area, as it is buried from 1 km to 3 km
depth, assuming its compaction is in equilibrium.
Assume now that this is a source rock with 600 ppm weight
percent mature hydrocarbon, of which 15% get expulsed in
primary migration.
How much oil is generated?
What is the average concentration of oil, in ppm, in the water
that escapes from the shale?
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate how much water is expelled from a shale layer 1 km thick and 10 × 10 km in area, as it is buried from 1 km to 3 km depth, assuming its compaction is in equilibrium. Assume now that this is a source rock with 600 ppm weight percent mature hydrocarbon, of which 15% get expulsed in primary migration. How much oil is generated? What is the average concentration of oil, in ppm, in the water that escapes from the shale?
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