New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Socorro, NM 87801 NEWMEXICO Information: 505/835.5420 Publications: 505/835-5410 A DIVISION OF INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY August 11, 1981 MEMO TO : Frank E. Kottlowski,Director FROM : Sam Thompson 111, Petroleum Geologist SUBJECT: Open-file report no. OF-151 As we discussed, the following.report from GeoChem Laboratories, Inc. is to be placed in the Bureau Open-file: OF-151 . Hydrocarbon Corp. No. 1 Mexico, by 1981, 23 p. ST: source-rock evaluation study, Cockrell Playas State well, Hidalgo County, New L. Paul Tybor, GeoChem Laboratories, Inc., (including 2 p. text, 8 tables, 9 charts) '>.. sn xc: Mike R. Smith, GeoChem Robert A. Bieberman, Subsurface Library Robert W. Kelley, Eaitor . . GEOCHEMICALANALYSES ' SOURCE ROCKEVALUATION CAW€OIL-SOURCE ROCK CORREIATION - 1143 C BRTTTMORE%OAD ~ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77043 CRUDE OIL CHARAC~ERIZATION GEocHEMlcAl pRospEcTINo 7131467-7011 . . August12,1981 Mr. Sam Thqmpson I11 N E W MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES & MINERALRESOURCES S o c o r r o , New Mexico 87801 RE:. . . GeoChem J o b No. 2082 C o c k r e l l #1 Playas We11 Sec. 14-30S-liXd Hidalgo County, New Mexico Dear Mr. Thompson: - E n c l o s e dp l e a s ef i n dt h er e s u l t so ft h eo r g a n i cg e o c h e m i c a la n a l y s e sp e r f o r m e d on f o r t y - s i x ( 4 6 ) w e l lc u t t i n g ss a m p l e s from.theCockrell No. 1 P l a y a s well, l o c a t e d i n Sec. 14-3?5-17W, HidalgoCounty, New Mexico. "Upon a r r i v a l a t GeoChem the samples were assigned the GeoChem J o b Number 2082, followedbythe sample s e q u e n t i a l number -001 t o -046, and s u b m i t t e d t o the followinggeochemicalanalytical'program: TYPE OF ANALYSIS .% TABLE - Mr. Sam Thompson 111 Page 2 August 12,1981 DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS A. Thermal MaturityofSediments Based on kerogencoloration,thePaleozoicsedimentsanalyzed from t h i s well rangeinthermalmaturity from a matureMaturationIndex Stage 2+ t o 3- a t 2500+ f e e t , w i t h i n t h e H o r q u i l l a f o r m a t i o n , t o a s e v e r e l ya l t e r e d Maturation-IndexStage 3+ t o 4- a t 6 8 2 0 5 f e e t , w i t h i n t h e Bliss formation. On t h e b a s i s o f t h i s t h e r m a l m a t u r a t i o n p r o f i l e t h e H o r q u i l l a i s t h eo n l y u n i ti nt h i sw e l l which couldhavegeneratedoil. Below t h eH o r q u i l l a , t h e m a t u r i t i e s of t h e s es e d i m e n t si n c r e a s et ov e r ym a t u r el e v e l s * &t h e Montoya formation. From t h e E l P a s ot ot o t a ld e p t hi nt h e Bliss f o r m a t i o n ,t h et h e r m a lm a t u r i t i e sa t t a i ns e v e r e l ya l t e r e dl e v e l s . As a r e s u l t , wetgas and minoramountsofcondensate may havebeen generated i n therockscompris-ingthewellinterval from t h eM i s s i s s i p p i a n ParadiseformationthroughtheOrdovician Montoya formation. Below t h e Bliss, onlygas Montoya, w i t h i n t h e E l P a s o , t o t o t a l d e p t h w i t h i n t h e could have been generated. The r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d from t h e v i t r i n i t e r e f l e c t a n c e a n a l y s e s i n d i c a t e a s l i g h t l yh i g h e rl e v e lo ft h e r m a lm a t u r a t i o n for thesesediments. However, t h i sd e s c r e p a n c yd o e sa f f e c to u ri n t e r p r e t a t i o no ft h et h e r m a lm a t u r i t y of t h e s es e d i m e n t ss i n c e it appearsthatonlyvarying amountsof gascould havebeengenerated from t h e s e r o c k s . B. HydrocarbonSourceCharacterizationofSediments The P a r a d i s e , t h e lower p o r t i o n of t h eP e r c h a ,t h e Montoya and t h e Bliss stratigraphicrockunitspenetrated by t h i s w e l l h a v e a verymatureto s e v e r e l ya l t e r e d , poor l i q u i dh y d r o c a r b o ns o u r c ec h a r a c t e r ,w i t h a p o s s i b l ef a i rg a ss o u r c ec h a r a c t e r . T h i sf a i rg a ss o u r c ec h a r a c t e r i s based on t h e f a i r amountsof organic matteranalyzed from t h e s eu n i t s( T a b l e I ) . These u n i t s have poor l i q u i d h y d r o c a r b o ng e n e r a t i n gc a p a b i l i t i e s due t o t h e poor amounts of C15+ t o t a lh y d r o c a r b o n( T a b l e 111-B), f r e eh y d r o c a r b o ny i e l d s (Si; Table11) andremaininghydrocarbongeneratingpotential(S2;Table11)analyzed from thesesamples. The r e m a i n i n gf o r m a t i o n sa n a l y z e di nt h i sw e l ls t u d y were analyzedas being organic-lean with poorhydrocarbongeneratingcharacteristics. Shouldyouhaveanyquestionsconcerningthisstudy, s e r v i c e ,p l e a s ef e e lf r e et oc o n t a c t me. or i f I may be of f u r t h e r Sincerely, GEOCHEM LABORAITORIES St Enclosures , INC. ck. SUMMARY TABLE I Organic Richness SI AGE SLraligraphic Unlt 52 Predominant Residual H.C. C15+ Kerogen Kerogen Type 'Cot% H.C. Y i eBl di t u m V e ni s uhallt e r a c i R o ne f l e c t a n c e (ppm) (mg/g) (FV) Assessment H.C.'s 2480- Limestone, 3836 medium dark gray 0.12 gray. brownish (14) (1) 3836- Limestone, 4127 medium dark gray g r a yd.a r k t o (5) (1) (1) (1 1 (1) 0.46 0.11 174 0.00 347 (1) (1) (1) (1) Top LiU~ology (Feet) 'Thermal Harurlry Vlrrinlte C + Free Organic Carbon (%of rock) (mg/g) (1-5 Scale) (XRo) PERMIAN PSNNSYLVANJAN Harquilla 0.01 0.08 nla (1) Am;H*(H);W-I MISSISSIPPIAN Paradise 4127Escabrasa DEVONlAN Percha Limestone, 5192 medium gray dark g r a yd.a r k t o 51925568 Shale, dark gray to grayish (7) nla ( 9 ) . 0.15 0.01 63e 0.05 (5)' (1) 444 (1) (1) 0.00 (1) 1163 (4) (11 (7) 2+ to 2- (4) W-1;H;Am (3) H*;Am-W-I;- (3) 1;-;Am 3 t o 3+ (3) 3 to 3+ (3) 3 t o 3t T-Hu ('C) Hydrocarbon Source Porentlal 0.46 (1 poor ) Mature, hydrocarbon 427 source. (2) ( 1) 2.55 (1 1 2.33 nla Very mature t o severely altered, 340 hydroliquid poor carbon source, p o s s i b l e fair gas source. ( 1 ) Very mature t o severely altered, 411hydrocarbon poor source. ( 1 1 matute very 0 to severely altered. poor hydrocarbon source. The lower p o r t i o n of t h e percha may be a p o s s i b l e f a i r gas source. SUMMARY TABLE 1 Orpanic Richness SI AGE stratlgraphlc Top Unlt Free Organic Carbon Lllhology ORDOVICIAN Montoya dark H.C.'s To&\ (%of rock) ( 1 4 6 ) ( p e d (Feet) 55685890 to C + Dolomite, medium dark gray era". Hacurlty SZ Residual H.C. H.C. Bitumen Yield (v/@ Thermal Clf (PP=l Predominant Kerogen Type Kerogen Vlcrlnite R So effuiltreeccreteat n i ocne Visual &sessmeat (1-5 S c s l s l GReI HEAN HEAN HEAN (1) (1) (1) (1) 0.10 89e 0.00 1382 Am(A1);l;- nla nla nla nla HEAN - - (3) (1 ) 0.19 (9) HEAN HEAN HEAN nla (1) 3 to 2+ I~ ~ ~ El Paso Dolomite, 58906764 ORDOVICIAN CAMBRIAN 6764.~ ~ Bliss 7030 Limestone, medium dark gray LO dark gray; medium dark gray. Dolomite, medium dark erav. 0.I 1 .( 1 ) ( 4 ) Am(AI);-;I nla nla nla nla ( 4 ) (%I Potentla1 HEAN Very mature t o ( 1 ) severely altered, poor l i q u i d hydro416 source, carbon possible fair gas source. Severely altered, poor hydrocarbon source. 3+ t o 4- (1) 1;Am;- Hydrocarbon n/a nla nJa " 0.17 I-Hax 3+ t o 4- Severely altered, p o s s i b l e fair gas DYYL". Table I SCREEN ANALYSIS SUMMARY GeoChem We1 1 Organic Brief Lithological Description Total Carbon (% o f Rock) Sample Number Interval 2082-001 2490-2500 Limestone, medium darkgray ish gray. t o brown- 0.06 2082-002 2590-2600 Limestone, medium dark gray t o brownish gray. 0.05 2082-003 2690-2700 Limestone, medium darkgray brownishgray. 2082-004 2760-2770 Limestone, l i g h t brownish gray t o dark brownishgray. 0.09 2082-005 2840-2850 Limestone, medium dark gray t o brownish 0.05; 0.03R (Feet) t o dark 0.06 gray. 2082-006 2970-2980 Limestone, medium dark gray t o brownish ,gray. 0.06 2082-007 3070-3080 Limestone, medium dark gray t o darkgray. 0.13 2082-008 3150-3160 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.12 2082-009 3250-3260 Limestone, medium darkgray 2082-010 331 0-3320 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.17 2082-01 1 3410-3420 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.18 2082-012 3500-3510 Limestone, medium dark gray. 0.10 2082-013 3640-3650 Limestone, medium darkgray. 0.19 2082-014 3700-371 0 Limestone, medium dark gray and brownish 0.13 t o darkgray. 0.23 gray. 2082-01 5 3880-3890 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.28 2082-016 3900-391 0 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.34; 0.35R 2082-01 7 4000-4010 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.78 2082-018 4050-4060 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray Trace of shale. 0.44 2082-01 9 41 00-41 10 Limestone, medium dark gray t o dark gray. Trace o f shale. 0.45 Table I SCREEN ANALYSIS SUMMARY GeoChem Sample Number We1 1 Interval (.Meters) Brief Lithological Description 2082-020 41 30-4140 Limestone, medium darkgray 2082-021 4540-4550 Limestone,darkgray t o brownishgray. 0.12 2082-022 4590-4600 Limestone,darkgray t o brownsihgray. 0.15 2082-023 4670-4680 Limestone, medium darkgray t o darkgray. 0.11 2082-024 4720-4730 Limestone, medium darkgray t o darkgray. 0.18 2082-025 4820-4830 Limestone, medium dark gray to dark gray. 0.10 2082-026 4930-4940 Limestone, white t o l i g h t brownishgray. 0.07 2082-027 5120-5130 Limestone,very gray. 0.12 2082-028 5150-5160 Limestone, medium darkgray 2082-029 5200-5210 Shale, medium bluish gray t o olive gray. Limestone, medium darkgray. 2082-031 5290-5300 Shale, dark gray, limestone, gray. 2082-031 5360-5370 Shale, dark gray. 0.26 2082-032 5460-5470 Shale, dark gray to grayish black. 0.29 2082-033 5560-5570 Shale,darkgray 2082-034 5570-5580 Dolomite, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.17 2082-035 5670-5680 Dolomite, medium dark gray t o dark gray. 0.26 2082-036 5750-5760 Dolomite, medium darkgray t o darkgray. 0.13 2082-037 5900-5910 Limestone, medium g r a y t o medium dark gray. 0.08 2082-038 6030-6040 Limestone, medium dark gray. 0.08 2082-039 61 20-61 30 Limestone, medium dark gray. 0.06 2082-040 6230-6240 Limestone, medium dark gray to dark gray. 0.08; 0.09R 2082-041 6340-6350 Limestone, medium dark gray to dark gray. 0.09 TotalOrganic Carbon (%of Rock) t o darkgray. light gray to medium dark t o darkgray. medium dark t o grayishblack. 0.36 0.14 0.11 0.18 0.83; 0.83R Table I SCREEN ANALYSIS SUMMARY We1 GeoChem Sample Number 1 Interval (Meters) Brief Lithological Description TotalOrganic Carbon ( % o f Rock) 2082-042 6470-6480 medium dark Dolomite, gray. 0.04 2082-043 6570-6580 medium dark Dolomite, gray. 0.07 2082-044 6630-6640 medium dark gray to Composite: dolomite, dolomiticgrayishblackshale. 0.36 2082-045 Dolomite, 6750-6760 2082-046 681 0-6820 gray. medium dark Dolomite, coarsely grained, slightly very s i l t y , medium darkgray. 0.09 0.17 ; 0.17R s2 = Totalorganiccarbon, wt. Z = Freehydrocarbons, mg HC/g of rock = ResidualhydrocarbonpotenLial s3 = CO2 producedfromkerogen 'r.0.c. s1 ( m g HC/g OC Fock) Sl+SZ TABLE 11 RESULTS OF ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS i ~ 2082-009 2082-017 2082-020 2082-033 2082-035 3250 4000 4130 5560 5670 --- 3260 4010 4140 5570 5680 0.23 0.21 0 .78 0.36 0.83 0.08 0.11 0.05 02 0.10 6 0.11 0.01 0.00 ' 0.01 0 .oo 0.00 0.09 0.44 0.65 0.11 0.06 02 9 0.11 0.10 0.26 pyrolysis (mg CW/g of rock) = GenetichydrocarbonpoLenLial (mg HC/g OC rock) Hydrogen = Index oxygen = Index Sl/Sl+S2 = = Tmax mg HC/g organic carbon mg CO2/g organic carbon Transformation r a t i o 'TemperatureIndex,degrees 91 56 18 1 35 100 0.89 1 .oo 0.83 C. x 411 0 (w) Table 111 Summary o f C15+ Soxhlet Extraction, Deasphaltening and Liquid Chfomatography A. Weights of Extracts and Chromatographic Fractions GeoChem Precipitated Total Weight of ParaffinsN-C5 Sample RockExtd.ExtractAsphaltenesSolubleSulfurNaphthenesAromaticsNSO'SNSO'S Number Well Interval (grams) (grams) (grams) (grams) (grams) (grams) (grams) (grams) (grams) 2082-009 4000 2082-017 -41404130 2082-020 -5570 2082-033 5560 2082-035 -5680 5670 3250 -3260 0.0169 0.0202 0.0371 100.0 -4010 0.0166 0.0031 0.019756.8 0,0081 0.0204 0.0285 b4.2 41.6 0.0356 0.0409 29.6 N.D. 0.0056 0.0026 0.0069 N.D. 0.0054 0.0011 0.0068 N.D. N.D. N.D.N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 0.0067 N.D. 0.0053 N.D. 0.0417 0.0484 Eluted Noneluted - ~~ N.D.N.D. N.D. N.D. . 0.0018 0.0011 ~~ ~ N.D. N.D. B. Concentration of Extracted Materials in Rock GeoChem Sample Number Well Interval 2082-009 2082-017 2082-020 2082-033 2082-035 C. 3250 -3260 4000-4010 4130-4140 5560-5510 5670 -5680 Composition of Extracts --------Hydrocarbons-------Paraffin- GeoChem Aromatic Naphthene Sample Interval Well Number -4140 4130 2082-009 2082-017 2082-020 2082-033 2082-035 P 3250 -3260 4000-4010 5560 -5570 5670-5680 18.6 34.5 -- P 54.4 7.0 15.7 -- ------------Nonhydrocarbons------------ ElutedNonelutedPrecipitd. Sulfur Asphaltene HC'S NSO'S NSO'S PNlArom P P I % 2.65 4.9 2.19 -- --- 15.1 27.4 - AsphINSO % HCHC/Non 0.34 25.6 2.73 6.6 1.01 50.3 0.46 15.7 -- 71.6 86.2 87.0 -- - -- Table IV-A SaturaLe Hydrocarbon Analyses Summary of Paraffin-Naphthene Distrlbution GeoChem Sample Number P P a c-P Well Interval Paraffin Isoprenoid Naphthene Index A 2082-009 2082-017 2082-020 2082-033 2082-035 2 65.8 3250 -32601.04 1.031.6 4000 -4010 32 .O -4140 4130 76.9 1.8 21.3 5560 -5570 24.8 5670 -5680 27.1 2.6 2.7 1.05 65.2 c- P Index B ipl9/ip20 1.40 1.39 1.31 1.31 0.74 1.04 1.02 1.04 1 .oo 1.9 1.04 73.4 2.1 1.04 70.9 1 .Ob Table IV-B Saturate Hydrocarbon Analyses Normalized Paraffin Distribution CeoChem Sample Number Well Interval nC15 nC16 nC17 ip19 nC18 ip20 nC19 nC2O nC21 nC22 nC23 nC24 nC25 nC26 nC27 nC28 nC29 nC30 nC31 nC32 nC33 nC34 nC35 2082-009 2082-017 2082-020 2082-033 2082-035 3250 4000 4130 5560 5670 P -3260 -4010 -4140 -5570 -5680 ~ P 5.6 8.1 9.3 2.4 6.2 9.0 1.44.87.44.74.36.3 1.48.68.49.50.6 0.1.6 7.3 7.9 0.4 8.1 I 4.4 4.6 ~ Z 6.7 -3.2 5.2 5.4 7.32.3 3.1 I 5.8 P ~ 7.2 7.2 6.1 7.9 8.6 8.2 7.0 7.78.68.56.44.47.45.43.32.28.17.7 5.9 8.5 10.190.71.55.43.3 11.0 10.1 51.1 60.6 2.4 9.3 6.3 8.3 5.4 7.0 P P 4.8 6.9 4.0 5.6 ~ 3.7 4.6 P 3.4 3.6 P 3.6 2.8 P 3.5 2.6 P 2.8 2.2 2.7 1.4 X 1.4 0.8 1.0 4.0 3.9 3.2 4.0 3.1 1.6 3.8 2.4 2.8 1.16.0 0.7 0.4 Z 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 or8 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 ~ P 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 Z P TABLE V drillin! mud contaminants. E - bacteriainthe sawle. VLOM - very l i t t l e organicmaterial - c U n v d z W & .. W -I n E a m 0 LL W a I- >- r =n Lr 3 2 -I 3 -I W m In 0 0 4 '9 9 t 'D . P c c L L E c3 a a 0 v, I- r W V z a L W -I LL a W W I- - z a I- > TABLE VI VITRINITE REFLECTANCE GEOCHEM =?."DL "l", 5 LL NUMBER 3260 DEPTH (id) rYPE -. OF SAMPLE -. --- ..- .. PnPlll ATION , NUMBER OF RE~DINGS SUMMARY MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN REFLECTANCE REFLECTANCE REFLECTANCE ( Yo R o ) ( Yo Ro) IO/o Ro) STD. DEV. (Yo Ro) 0.53 2 0.39 - 2.52 (1) 25 3.09 2.04 0.381 CTG 0.287 (1) 2.58 60 3.08 2.06 m (1) 0.67 2 7 23 3 0.64 1.94 2.71 4.17 2082-009 CTG 0.46 (1) 3890 2082-015 m 4010 2082-017 4140 2082-020 ~ (2) (3) (4) 5570 2082-033 m No VITRINITE 2.64 3.81 5.27 0.320 0.66 2.33 3.26 4.69 0.229 0.552 REMARKS GEOCHEM NO. 2082-017 CLIENT'S NAME NEW MEXC IO (NO. OF READINGS = 60) 2.36 2.58 2.89 2.36 2.37 2.59 2.62 2.94 2.98 POPULATION 2.58 (1) 2.39 2.63 3.01 2.06 2.42 2.65 3.02 NO. OF READINGS 3.0860 TYPE OF SAMPLE: NAME WELL BUREAU OF MINES 2.10 2.43 2.66 3.03 2.12 2.44 2.68 3.04 2.14 2.46 2.72 3.06 /SAMPLE DEPTH cr(; 2.14 .2.46 2.74 3.08 MIN. Ro ( % ) OXKRELL #1 P L A Y X 2.18 2.23 2.24 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.27 2.29 2.34 2.47 2.49 2.49 2.49 2.53 2.53 2.54 2.54 2.56 2.75 2.76 2.77 2.80 2.82 2.84 2.85 2.87 2.88 3.08 MAX. RO ( % ) MEAN Ro(O& 2.06 X x x XxxXXXXXXXXXXX xx VlTRlNlTE STD. DEV ( % 0.287 x x x xxxx x X ~ X NO. 4010 X X xx X REFLECTANCE HISTOGRAM REMARKS 0.229 1 .52 GEOCHEM NO. 2082-020 TYPE OF SAMPLE: CLIENT'S NAME NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES DEPTH/SAMPLE a NAME WELL CimRELL NO. 4140 #1 r n Y A . 3 (NO. OF READINGS = 35) 0.640.671.942.222.262.322.422.532.642.712.782.842.882.91 2.93.09 3.18 3.19 3.19 3.23.27 3.27 3.32 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.49 3.63.66 3.67 3.76 3.81 4.17 4.63 5.27 POPULATION 0.66 (1) 2.33 (2) 2.71 (3) 4.69( 4 ) NO. OF READINGS 0.672 2.64 7 23 5.27 3 MIN. RO ( % ) 0.64 1.94 4.17 MAX. RO (%) MEAN RO (%I DE! STD. - (%I REMARKS .. N . .". . f " 0 O b N , o w u, Nu, GEOCHEM NO. 2082-015 CLIENT'S NAME NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MN I ES (NO. OF READINGS = 25) TYPE OF SAMPLE: erc; /SAMPLE DEPTH NAME WELL NO. 3890 OXKRELZ, #1 FJLAYAS 2.04 2.08 2.08 2.10 2.10 2.12 2.19 2.20 2.22 2.24 2.26 2.33 2.52 2.53 2.65 2.72 2.79 2.87 2.88 2.93 2.96 2.99 3.04 3.08 3.09 POPULATION 2.04 (1) NO. OF READINGS MIN. Ro ( MAX. RO 1%) MEAN R o ( % ) 25 VlTRlNlTE REFLECTANCE HISTOGRAM STD. DEV ( %) REMARKS