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Geochemical Evaluation and Characterization of the Shale Gas Resources

셰일 가스 자원의 지화학적 평가 및 특성화

  • Lee, Young-Joo (Petreolum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral resources)
  • 이영주 (한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구부본)
  • Received : 2013.06.22
  • Accepted : 2013.08.02
  • Published : 2013.08.28
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Abstract

Shale is considered as a source rock for conventional oil and gas exploration and development because shale is fine-grained detrital sedimentary rock which can preserve the organic matter better. Shale has a good sealing capacity for the petroleum trap due to its low permeability. Commercial recoveries of gas from shale in the North America based on the development of technologies of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing reveal that shale also function as a effective reservoir rock. Geochemical techniques to evaluate generation potential of the hydrocarbons from organic matter in the source rocks can be applied for the exploration of the shale gas resources. To evaluate shale gas resources, it is important to understand various geochemical processes and shale characteristics controlling generation, storage and estimation of shale gas reserves. In this paper, the generation mechanism of the oil and gas from organic matter is reviewed, and geochemical techniques which can be applied for the evaluation and characterization of shale gas are introduced.

셰일은 입자의 크기가 매우 작은 쇄설성 퇴적물이 고화되어 형성된 퇴적암으로 암석화되는 과정에서 유기물을 잘 보전하는 특성을 가지고 있어 전통적으로 석유나 가스의 탐사 및 개발에서 탄화수소를 생성하는 근원암의 역할을 하였다. 또한 셰일층은 매우 낮은 투과율 때문에 불투과층으로 인식되어 트랩을 형성하는 덮개암의 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 하지만 최근 수평채굴과 수압파쇄 등 시추 기술의 획기적인 발달로 북미를 중심으로 셰일층 내에서 막대한 양의 가스를 발견하고 상업적으로 생산함에 따라 셰일을 석유나 가스를 생산하는 지층뿐만이 아니라 탄화수소를 저장하는 저류층으로 새롭게 인식하게 되었다. 셰일층의 지화학 평가 기술은 셰일 내에 함유된 유기물의 특성을 지화학 분석을 통해 파악하여 유기물의 석유 및 가스 생성 능력을 평가하는 기술인데 최근에는 셰일층내에 생성된 가스가 저장되어 있는 셰일 가스층을 평가하고 탐사하는 데에 적용되고 있다. 셰일 가스층을 정확하게 평가하기 위해서는 탄화수소의 생성과 집적 그리고 매장량 예측에 영향을 미치는 지화학적인 과정과 특성을 정확히 이해하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 셰일층 내에서 탄화수소 생성 메카니즘을 살펴보고 셰일층 평가 및 특성화에 활용되는 지화학 분석 기술을 고찰하였다.

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