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Update on Geochemistry and Diagenetic Models
Taury Smith, Richard Nyahay and Reservoir Characterization Group
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Biggest Well Onshore US in 2004:
• One of [Fortuna’s] New York wells (Reed #1) produced at more than 40 million cubic feet per day, the best yield from any onshore well drilled in the U.S. last year
- Bloomberg, 2005
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Outline• Geochemical Analysis of TBR
– Fluid inclusions– Stable isotopes– Trace elements– Strontium isotopes
• Are all dolomite types in TBR hydrothermal in origin?• Carbon-13 isotope stratigraphy
– How it works– Implications
• Possibility of age dating diagenetic feature in TBR
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Homogenization temperature determined by heating sample until vapor bubble in two-phase inclusion disappears
Salinity determined by cooling inclusion until it freezes, higher salinity fluids freeze at progressively lower temperatures
Vapor bubble in fluid
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Table 11: Cisco #1-3267;1167 ft
Population Fluor Color Th hc (°C) API hc (°) Th aq (°C) Tm aq (°C) Sal (wt%)
sec; outer zoned dol A yellow-wht 110-120 (3) N/A
sec; outer zoned dol B yellow-wht 105-120 (7) N/A
pr; dol transect pt1 C 149 (1) -9.3 13.2
pr; dol transect pt2 C 142 (1) -11.5 15.5
pr; dol transect pt3 C 138 (1) -13.2 17.1
pr; outer zoned dol D 145-155 (3) -11.0 to -12.0 15.0-16.0
pr; outer zoned dol E 150-160 (5) -10.0 to -11.0 14.0-15.0
pr; outer zoned dol F 135-145 (3) -14.0 to -15.0 17.8-18.6
pr; outer zoned dol G 145-155 (4) -13.0 to -13.5 16.9-17.3
pr; outer zoned dol H 130-140 (4) -14.0 to -15.0 17.8-18.6
Fluid inclusion data from an Ohio sample: Tm aq (°C) = homogenization temperature or minimum temperature of fluid at time crystal formed (not corrected for pressure)
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Most samples between 100-160ºC including cap and facies dolomite
Fluid Inclusion Homogenization Temperature vs. Salinity (Ohio Samples)
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Most samples 80-110 C, 15-24 wt%; Some very low salinity and T
JK2
JK1 JK3
On-structure Off
Fluid Inclusion homogenization Temperature Vs.Salinity (KY Jeptha Knob Samples)
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Most samples 100-160º C (like Ohio), but salinity is significantly lower
secondary
Fluid Inclusion Homogenization Temperatue vs. Salinity (NY samples)
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Fluid Inclusion Hoogenization Temperature vs. Salinity
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Kentucky Samples Ohio Samples New York Samples
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Stable Isotopes
• Stable isotopes of Oxygen include– 16O (99.763%)– 18O (0.1995%) – 17O (0.0375%) (not typically measured)
• Stable isotopes of Carbon include– 12C (98.89%)– 13C (1.11%)
• These are measured vs a standard (PDB)
[(13C/12C)sample – (13C/12C)standard] (13C/12C)standard
x 100013C =
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Terms used to describe trends in stable isotope values
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Stable isotopes and dolomitization
• We use oxygen isotopes to learn about the the dolomitizing fluid and environment
• Increasing temperature of the dolomitizing fluid causes d18O values to be progressively lighter or more negative
• Stable isotopes alone cannot be used to determine temperature of crystallization
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NY Stable Isotopes
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-15 -10 -5 0
Whiteman Saddle Dolomite Whiteman Matrix Dolomite Gray Dolomite Matrix
Gray Limestone Matrix Gray Saddle Dolomite Series1S
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Dolomite Types, OH
-2.500
-2.000
-1.500
-1.000
-0.500
0.000
0.500
1.000
-12.000 -10.000 -8.000 -6.000 -4.000 -2.000 0.000
18O
13C
"Facies" Dolomite
Matrix dolomite
Saddle dolomite
"Cap" dolomite
All dolomite types in Ohio have similar values suggesting same origin
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Limestone and Dolomite, OH
-2.500
-2.000
-1.500
-1.000
-0.500
0.000
0.500
1.000
1.500
2.000
-12.000 -10.000 -8.000 -6.000 -4.000 -2.000 0.000
18O
13C
Limestone
"Facies" Dolomite
Matrix dolomite
Saddle dolomite
Seawater Dolomite
No dolomite plots where one would expect to see early dolomite
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Kentucky Stable Isotopes
-5.000
-4.000
-3.000
-2.000
-1.000
0.000
1.000
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-8.000 -7.000 -6.000 -5.000 -4.000 -3.000 -2.000 -1.000 0.000
d18O
d13
C Jeotha Knob Dolomite
Jeptha Knob Limestone
CA 35 limestone
Kentucky dolomites are anomalous in that some dolomites are heavier than the limestones – they plot where “early” dolomite normally would
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Problem: Varying Dolomite Values
• These dolomites all occur around faults:
• NY 18O values range from -9 to -12 ‰
• OH values range from -7 to -9 ‰
• KY values range from –3 to – 6 ‰
• Could they all be hydrothermal? KY values look like classic early reflux dolomite
• Need to learn composition of fluid
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In order to interpret Stable isotopes, first must understand the composition of the fluid
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Same temperature (with two different fluid compositions) produces 2 very different stable isotope values
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Different temperature (with two different fluid compositions) produces same stable isotope values
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Can determine fluid composition by plotting fluid inclusions temps and stable isotope values for same samples
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Fluid in NY was about +2 ‰, fluid in OH and KY was about +4‰
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Salinity and 18O
• Average for NY samples: 14.4 wt%• Average for KY samples: 17.1 wt%• Average for OH samples: 17.8 wt%• The KY and OH samples formed from a more saline
fluid that was also apparently heavier w.r.t. 18O• This makes sense: brines form due to evaporation –
only 16O evaporates so more saline brines should be enriched in 18O
• NY brines either less evaporated or mixed with minor meteoric component in subsurface
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Trace Element Study
• Analysis of trace elements in dolomites is a good way to learn more about their origin
• Iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn) are easily oxidized and therefore are virtually absent from seawater – Dolomites formed from seawater have very low Fe and Mn contents
• Fe and Mn are much more common in subsurface brines – Dolomites formed in subsurface therefore have much higher Fe and Mn contents
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Trace Elements
Element Seawater Oil Field Brine
Ca 411 ppm 1,000-20,000
Fe .002 .01-500
Mn .0002 .1-100
Fe/Ca 10-6 10-3
Mn/Ca 10-7 10-4 or 10-3
From Allan and Wiggins, 1993
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Average Manganese Content (ppm) Ohio samples
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Saddle dolomite
Matrix dolomite
Late calcite
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Average Iron Content (ppm), Ohio Samples
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Late calcite
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Trace Elements
• NY dolomites have similar concentrations of Mn (~1800 ppm) and Fe (~9000 ppm)
• Fe and Mn concentrations support a burial origin for the dolomites
• Seawater dolomites should have little or no Fe or Mn
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Strontium Isotope Values Saddle Dolomite, Ohio
0.705
0.706
0.707
0.708
0.709
0.71
0.711
0.712
0.713
0.714
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87S
r/86
Sr
Saddle Dolomite
Almost all samples of saddle dolomite are radiogenic relative to Ordovician seawater (green shading) and most exceed max for Paleozoic
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Matrix Dolomite Strontium Isotope Values, Ohio
0.702
0.704
0.706
0.708
0.71
0.712
0.714
0.716
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87S
r/86
Sr
Matrix dolomite
Some matrix dolomite is radiogenic, others have seawater values (inherited from precursor limestone?)
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Strontium Isotopes from Jeptha Knob, KY
0.707000
0.707500
0.708000
0.708500
0.709000
0.709500
0.710000
87S
r/86
Sr
Similar distribution to matrix dolomite in OH, most are radiogenic
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Summary
• Fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, strontium isotopes and trace elements all support a hot, subsurface origin for all the dolomite in the TBR
• The fluid that made the dolomite was hot, saline, +2 to +4 d18O, Fe- and Mn-rich and passed through basement rocks or immature siliciclastics prior to making the dolomite
• The link to faults strongly suggests a fault-related hydrothermal origin for the dolomites
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Are the TBR Dolomites Unequivocally Hydrothermal?
• A good way to demonstrate an unequivocally hydrothermal origin for dolomite is to show that the dolomites formed at a higher temperature than the ambient temperature ever was or was at the time of dolomitization
• This can be done using fluid inclusions and burial history plots
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From Rowan et al., 2004
NW Ohio East W.V.
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CAI Values in NW Ohio are 1-1.5 which means maximum burial depth of 1800-2200 ft (600-750m), maximum burial temp. of about 40ºC
Primary dolomite fluid inclusion homogenization temps are 85-160ºC
Dolomite is unequivocally hydrothermal in origin
Rowan et al., 2004
85-160ºC
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NY Fields are in area with very high CAI values that suggest burial to 15,000-25,000 feet and 150-300C
Homogenization temperatures for primary fluid inclusions are 110-170C
The origin of the NY dolomite is therefore equivocal (but almost certainly hydrothermal based on other attributes)
Weary et al., 1995
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Location Dolomite Fluid Inclusion Homogenization Temp. Range
Current Burial Depth (and temp.)
Estimated Maximum Burial Depth (based on CAI )
Estimated Maximum Burial Temp.
Unequivocally Hydrothermal? (Homogenization Temp > than maximum burial temp?)
Steuben Co., NY
Primary: 110-160CSecondary: >200C
7800 ft(63C)
15,000-25,000(Utica CAI 4.5)
150-300C NO
Chemung Co., NY
Primary: 120-160CSecondary: >180C
9530 ft(75C)
15,000-25,000(Utica CAI values 4.5)
150-300C(CAI-4.5 Weary et al., 1995)
NO
Bowling Green Fault Zone, OH
Primary: 85-160CSecondary: Oil bearing
1100-1500 ft(30C)
1800-2200 ft(Utica CAI values 1-1.5)
40C(CAI values 1-1.5 )
YES
Albion Scipio (Allan and Wiggins, 1993)
Primary: 110-160C
3500-4500 feet(45-55C)
(Utica CAI values 1.5-2)
70-80C YES
CAI values from Weary et al., 1995; Rowan et al., 2004; Repetski et al., 2004
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200 °C
Flincs up to 160°C
TBR
TBR
Basement
100 °C
300 °C>300 C
Lateral flow alone cannot produce the high temperatures found in the TBR fluid inclusions, must be a vertical flow component as well
Findlay Arch Appalachian Basin
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Implications of Fluid Inclusion data
• The high homogenization temperatures but low burial depths through time support an unequivocal hydrothermal origin for the KY, OH and MI dolomites
• The New York dolomites resemble the dolomites from Ohio and Michigan in every way and are also hydrothermal in origin even though they were subsequently buried to a higher temperature than is recorded in the fluid inclusions
• There is likely to have been a significant component of vertical fluid flow up faults
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Hot Dolomitization Associated with Many Fault Types
• Negative Flower Structures formed over strike-slip faults– NY, ON, MI, elsewhere– Most fields occur in this setting – vuggy fractured matrix and saddle dolomite
• Normal faults – NE-SW trending faults mainly down to SE – such as Seebree Trough margin bounding fault, OH – matrix dolomitization, some saddle in matrix
• Positive Flower Structure – Jeptha Knob – this is controversial, but it appears that dolomitization and porosity occurs around positive flower structure in KY- matrix dolomitization, no obvious saddle
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0.5mm
White saddle dolomite fills vugs and fractures and non-planar gray matrix dolomite
replaces limestone
>95% of dolomite in BR of NY is gray matrix dolomite
2.5 cm
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Rochester Field (ON) 3D surveys show en echelon Reidel Shears overlying left-lateral strike slip fault
Courtesy Talisman Energy
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“Facies” Dolomite –occurs along margin of Seebree Trough in OH and IN, matrix porosity, little obvious vug- or fracture-
filling white saddle dolomite
Th = 115-140C Salinity = ~22 wt% 87Sr/86Sr = 0.710 d18O = -8.4 Fe = 6500 ppm
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“Facies dolomite” occurs along margin of Seebree Trough – interpreted to be fault controlled (Wickstrom et al., 1992)
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Dolomitization in Trenton occurs along margin with shale basin, around intraplatform wrench faults and at fault intersections
Contours =Trenton Limestone thickness in feet
Shale Basin
Carbonate Platform
Marg
in
Modified from Wickstrom et al., 1992
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Jeptha Knob
The structure is pervasively dolomitized brecciated, fractured, faulted and very porous
Three cores drilled looking for minerals in KY survey collection
Pope and Read, unpublished
Porous dolomite
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Lexington (Trenton) High Bridge (Black River)
Jeptha Knob
Jeptha Knob is a positive feature historically interpreted to be an impact structure – it is interpreted by me to be a positive flower structure – The Trenton and Black River are pervasively dolomitized within the structure and are very porous and permeable – no saddle dolomite observed – (Fluid inclusions 80-110 C, 18 wt% salinity, radiogenic Sr, heavy d18O)
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Basement Map of Eastern US
Looks like major right lateral movement as occurred on 38th parallel lineament
Not sure, but it looks like Jeptha Knob occurs on or very near the lineament
If this is a compressional part of the fault zone, a positive flower structure could have formed
Wickstrom et al. 1992
McClay and Bonora, 1999
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All Hydrothermal?
• The geochemistry suggests that all of the dolomite in the Trenton and Black River has at least a fault-related hydrothermal component
• This includes negative and positive flower structures associated with strike-slip faults and normal faults oriented NE-SW that are generally down to the SE
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Matrix Dolomitization with no associated saddle Dolomite
• “Cap” dolomite, “facies” dolomite and Jeptha Knob dolomite all have geochemical attributes of hydrothermal dolomite– High Fe and Mn– High Th and salinity fluid inclusions– Radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr– These rarely have saddle dolomite associated
with them but they are still probably hydrothermal in origin
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Chemostratigraphy• Chemostratigraphy is done by using variations in some
sort of geochemical attribute to find and correlate timelines between stratigraphic sections
• In this case, we are using Carbon-13 (13C)• The 13C composition of seawater has varied over time
and there are some time periods when there are significant variations over short time spans (as well as some where 13C varied very little)
• Carbonates capture these variations in seawater and major shifts in isotope values can be correlated from well to well, providing a way to determine time lines
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GICE
• The Guttenberg carbon isotope excursion (GICE) occurs near the Deicke and Millbrig bentonites has been correlated around the world (Barta, 2004)
• The occurrence of the GICE in the Matejka #1 core in NY was what got this project started
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13C
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Top Black River
There is a significant shift in 13C just above the Trenton Black River boundary in New York which is called the Guttenberg Carbon Isotope Excursion (GICE) – this excursion has been correlated across US and to Europe (Barta et al., 2004)
Are there other shifts in TBR?
Matejka # 1 Core
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Chemostratigraphy Approach
• Sampled 6 key sections every 5-10 feet from Utica to Knox/Beekmantown– 3 from Ohio– 2 from Kentucky– 1 from WVA
• Plotted up curves with logs
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Knox
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Chemostratigraphy
This shows the 13C plot and the Gamma Ray log for a deep well in West Virginia that has a continuous core
The GICE is obvious here and is a good marker
There are also many other excursions in this well that could make good markers
The next step is to see if the markers correlate from well to well
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Approximate locations of cores studied for chemostratigraphy
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Looks like there may have been major thinning in late BR time
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Tighter sampling over key intervals may help resolve some uncertainty
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GICE occurs over a relatively thin interval in some sections – a 10 foot spacing interval might miss it
Other larger scale trends are obvious even at 10-foot sampling interval
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Chemostratigraphy
• This is clearly a powerful tool because it gives time lines with which to correlate stratigraphy
• This in turn helps to identify periods of differential subsidence and tectonic activity and to work out what correlates with what
• We plan to do several key wells in PA and NY to see how they tie in
• It may also be very helpful in the Knox/Beekmantown where there are some significant excursions
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Authigenic feldspar postdates dolomitization in two NY cores
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Feldspar Age Dating
• Radiometric dates can be obtained from authigenic feldspar using 40Ar/39Ar
• We are sending off some samples to be age dated at a fairly modest cost
• The date will provide a minimum age – that is if the feldspar is Devonian in age, the dolomitization would have to be Devonian or older, etc.