文档介绍：Unconventional shale-gas AUTHORS
Daniel M. Jarvie Humble Geochemical
systems: The Mississippian Services, Division of Humble Instruments and
Services Inc., . Box 789, Humble, Texas
t Shale of north-central 77347; ******@humble-
Dan Jarvie is an analytical and interpretive or-
Texas as one model ganic geochemist. He has worked on conven-
tional hydrocarbon systems and unconventional
for thermogenic shale-oil and shale-gas hydrocarbon systems,
including the t Shale since 1989. He
earned a . degree from the University of
shale-gas assessment Notre Dame and was mentored in geochem-
istry by Wallace Dow and Don Baker of Rice
Daniel M. Jarvie, Ronald J. Hill, Tim E. Ruble, and University. He is president of Humble Geo-
Richard M. Pollastro chemical Services.
Ronald J. Hill Central Energy Resources
Team, . Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS
ABSTRACT 939, Denver, Colorado 80225; ******@
Shale-gas resource plays can be distinguished by gas type and sys- Ronald Hill specializes in petroleum geochem-
istry and has more than 12 years of profes-
tem characteristics. The Newark East gas field, located in the Fort
sional experience, including those with Exxon-
Worth Basin, Texas, is defined by thermogenic gas production from
Mobil and Chevron. Currently, he is a research
low-porosity and low-permeability t Shale. The t Shale geologist for the . Geological Survey. His
gas system, a self-contained source-reservoir system, has generated interests include investigation of shale-gas re-
large amounts of gas in the key productive areas because of various sources and the processes that control petroleum
characteristics and processes, including (1) excellent anic generation. He holds geology degrees from
richness and generation potential; (2) primary and secondary crack- Michigan State University (. degree) and the
ing of kerogen and retained oil, respectively; (3) retention of oil for University of California, Los Ange