Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Petroleum and Coal LEK

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Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of
Petroleum and Coal (LEK)

• Performs studies on
• Petroleum and coal geochemistry
• Petrophysics of tight reservoirs including shales
  and coal
• Numerical simulations of sediment basins
• Environmental organic geochemistry

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ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
Anthropogenic Organic Contaminants in
Surfacewater, Groundwater, Sediments and
Soils Molecular and Isotope Analysis

• Identification and quantification of organic
  contaminants
• Dynamics of organic pollutants in environmental
  systems
• Evaluation of contaminations

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ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
Geochronology of pollution histories from
riverine floodplains and subaquatic sediments
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PETROLEUM AND COAL GEOCHEMISTRY
Biomarkers and C-isotopes in Carboniferous
coals and fossils
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PETROPHYSICS OF TIGHT RESERVOIRS INDLUCING
SHLAES AND COAL
Clean Coal Research NRW - Australia China
State Key Laboratory for Coal Conversion(SKLCC,
Taiyuan, Shanxi)

• China University of Mining and
• Technology
• Beijing (CUMTB)
• Xuzhou

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PETROPHYSICS OF TIGHT RESERVOIRS INDLUCING
SHALES AND COAL
PhD thesis Dongyong LI (2007-2009)
High-pressure sorption thermodynamics and
kinetics of CO2 and methane on Chinese coals

• application and refinement of HP sorption
  technology
• methane and CO2 sorption capacity of Chinese
  coals
• participation in European Interlaboratory
  comparison (Round Robin) on high-pressure CO2
  sorption

reversal of temperature dependence of excess
sorption isotherms
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PETROPHYSICS OF TIGHT RESERVOIRS INDLUCING
SHLAES AND COAL
PhD thesis Fengshuang HAN (2007-2009) Gas
transport and sorption processes in coal seams
(matrix vs. cleat transport)

• Concept
• Changes of coal transport properties upon
• interaction with gases
• (CO2, Ar, He, CH4, N2)
• diffusion
• sorption
• capillary displacement

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PETROPHYSICS OF TIGHT RESERVOIRS INDLUCING
SHLAES AND COAL
Gas breakthrough experiments Characterization of
permeability andcapillary sealing efficiency of
pelitic rocks
samples initially water-saturated
P1
P2
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NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF SEDIMENT BASINS 1D
Burial history reconstruction deposition,
erosion, hiatus Thermal history
reconstruction maturity and temperature Petroleum
System Analysis timely relationship
of petroleum generation, trap
formation source, reservoir, seal deposition
Maturity-measurements at the core or
temperature-measurements from the well can be
compared to output data of the numerical
simulation
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NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF SEDIMENT BASINS 3D
Pressure Analysis permeability, capillary
pressure Migration Analysis Darcy flow,
Flowpath, Invasion Percolation PVT and Phase
Behavior Geochemistry Black-Oil Model Flash
Calculations Charge Risk Assessment Statistical
analysis of the petroleum system
Liquid
Liquid Vapor