New
Mexico
Bureau
of Mines
and
Mineral
Resources
OF 247
Open File Report No.
HYDROCARBON SOURCE-ROCK EVALUATION STUDY,
SELECTED OUTCROP SAMPLES OF PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC
GRANT, HIDALGO,AND LUNA COUNTIES,NEW MEXICO
ROCKS
by L. Paul Tybor
GeoChem Laboratories, Inc.
Houston, Texas
April 15, 1982
(Additional data on locations and stratigraphic positicns of
samples are available for inspection at NMBMMR. Contact Sam
Thompson 111).
GEoCHEM'CAL ANALYSES
SOURCE ROCK EVALUATION
CRUDE OIL-SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION
1143-C BRITTMOORE ROAD
CRUDE
OIL CHARACTERRATION
GEOCHEMICAL
PROSPECTIN')
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77043-5094
713f467-7011
A p r i l1 5 ,
1982
Mr. Clayton S. Valder
M a r s h a l l R. Young O i l Co.
750West F i f t h S t r e e t
F o r t Worth,Texas76102
Table
-
Type o f A n a l y s i s
% t o t a lo r g a n i cc a r b o n
determination............I
P y r o l y s i s a n a l y s i s ..............................I1
Visual kerogen assessment. ......................I
V i t r i n i t e r e f l e c t a n c e . ..........................IV
I1
; Histograms
Mr. ClaytonValder
-2-
April15,
1982
DISCUSSION OF TFIE RESULTS
ColoradoShale
Colorado%halesamples
2259-003,-005,-006,-008,-011,-012,and-016,
collected
from C o o k Range c o n t a i n f a i r amountsof
organicmatter(Table
V I ) couprised
predominantly of thegas-prone
woody o r g a n i cm a t t e rt y p e( T a b l e
111). These
on t h el i g h t brown
rockshaveexperienced
a maturegeothermalhistory,based
have a Irature,
III), and a s a r e s u l t ,t h e s es h a l e s
kerogencoloration(Table
poor o i l , f a i r
gassourcecharacter.
The poor o i l p o t e n t i a l of thesesediments
i s evidenced by t h ep o o rf r e eh y d r o c a r b o ny i e l d s
( S ; Table 11) o b t a i r e d i n
t h e p y r o l y s i s a n a l y s e s performedonthesesamples.
Duringpyrolysisanalysis,
i s normally lost, however,any
l i q u i d i s recovered.1
thegaseoushydrocarbon
t
The remainingColoradoShalesamplesareorganic-leanwithpoorhydrocarbon
g e n e r a t i n gc a p a b i l i t i e s .
Percha Shale
m e two ( 2 ) PerchaShalesamples(2259414
and -015)analyzedhaveexperienced
mature(-014)
and verymature (-015) g e o t h e r m a l h i s t o r i e s , and arecomprised
tYF (Table
predominantlyoftheoil-prone,amorphous-saprope1organicmatter
111). Rowever, t h e amount o fo r g a n i cm a t t e rc o n t a i n e di nt h e s e
two ( 2 ) Percha
Shalesamples i s l e a n( T a b l e I) and c o n s e q u e n t l yt h e s es e d i m e n t sa r ec o n s i d e r e d
nonhydrocarbonsources.
S h a l ei nS a r t e n
and ScherrerFormations
t h eS c h e r r e rf o r m a t i o n
The two ( 2 ) shalesamples from S a r t e n (2259-017)and
( 2 2 5 9 - 0 1 8 )a r ev e r yo r g a n i c - l e a n ,s u c ht h a tn oa s s e s s m e n t
of t h e i r t h e r m a l
m a t u r a t i o n was possible.Theserockshave
a poorhydrocarbonsourcecharacter.
U-Bar Formations
A l l U-Bar Shalesamplescontainpooramounts
of o r g a n i c m a t t e r (<0.509, TOC;
T a b l e I) a tv e r ym a t u r et h e r m a lm a t u r a t i o nl e v e l s .T h e s es e d i m e n t sa r er a t e da s
poor hydrocarbon sources.
Mr. ClaytonValder
-3-
A p r i l 1 5 , 1982
HojadoFormation
ofHojadoshalesamples2259-030
and -031 w i t h i n t h e Brockman
Rills, a l l o f t h e Mojado rocksareorganicdeficient,withpoorhydrocarbong e n e r a t i n gp o t e n t i a l .
The twoMojado s h a l e s from Brockman Hills, c o n t a i n f a i r
t o good amounts ('ITOC; T a b l e I) ofgas-prone
woody organicmattertype(Table
III), a tm o d e r a t e l y immaturethermalmaturationlevels.
As a r e s u l t ,t h e s e
r o c k sa r ec h a r a c t e r i z e da sm o d e r a t e l yi m m a t u r e ,p o o ro i l ,f a i rt o
good gas
sources.
With t h e e x c e p t i o n
Should you h a v ea n yq u e s t i o n sc o n c e r n i n gt h i sd a t a ,o fi f
a s s i s t a n c et o y o u ,p l e a s ef e e lf r e et oc o n t a c t
US.
we can be of f u r t h e r
Yours t r u l y ,
Paul Tybor
DrojectCoordinator
GEOCHM LABORATORIES, I N C .
st
Enclosures
Table I
SCREEN ANALYSIS SUMMARY
TotalOrganic
Carbon
(% of Rock)
GeoChem
Sample
Number
Client I.D.
Location
2259-001
A-1
Colorado
Shale-
Range
Cooks
2259-002
A-2
Colorado
Shale
2259-003
A-3
Colorado
Shale
2259-004
A-4
Colorado Shale
- Cooks
- Range
Cooks
- Range
Cooks
2259-005
A-5
Colorado Shale
- Range
Cooks
2259-006
A-6
Colorado Shale
2259-007
A-7
Colorado
Shale
2259-008
A-8
Colorado Shale
2259-009
A- 9
Colorado Shale
2259-010
A-10
2259-011
A-1 1
2259-012
A-12
2259-013
A-13
- Cooks
Range
Colorado Shale - Cooks
Range
Colorado
Shale
- Cooks
Range
Colorado
Shale
- Cooks
Range
Colorado
Shale
- Cooks
Range
2259-014
#81
Percha-Gym Pe&-Floridas
2259-015
158A
Percha
Shale
2259-016
159A
Colorado Shale
2259-017
163A
2259-018
275
2259-019
325
- Cooks
Range
Shale i n Sarten - Cooks
Range
Scherrer Fom - Peloncillo Mts.
U-Bar - L i t t l e Hatchets
2259-020
327
U-Bar
2259-021
330
U-Bar
2259-022
333
U-Bar
-
-
'
Range
- Range
Cooks
- Range
Cooks
- Range
Cooks
Cooks
Range
L i t t l e Hatchets
- L i t t l e Hatchets
- L i t t l e Hatchets
0.30
0.34
0.64
0.33
0.54
0.58
0.28
0.77
0.47
0.40
0.63
0.54
0.34
0.27
0.27
1.10
0.07
0.03
0.24
0.25
0.31
0.28
Table I
SCREEN
ANALYSIS
SUPNARY
GeoChem
Sample
Number
Client I.D.
Location
Total
Carbon
(% o f Rock)
U-Bar - Little
0.48 Hatchets
2259-023
334
2259-024
341
2259-025
342
- Little Hatchets
Hatchets
U-Bar - Little
2259-026
351
Mojado
- L i0.06/0.07
t t l e Hatchets
2259-027
352
Mojado
-
2259-028
357
2259-029
373
2259-030
374
2259-031
375
2259-032
376
War
- Little Hatchets
Mojado - Brochan Hills
Mojado - Brockman Hills
Mojado - Brockman Hills
Mojado - Brockman H i l l s
Mojado
'
L i t t l e Hatchets
0.03
0.21
0.15
0.10
0.15
0.93
0.97/0.96
0.26
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1
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PAGE
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s3
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rI
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HESULTS OF ROCK-EVAL PYHOLYSIS
A-3
A- 5
A- 6
1
A-12
1 59A
334
374
375
366
297
428
0.30
433
421
366 0.14
273
378
0.20
0.03
0.01 0.12
0.03
0.04
0.02
0.02
0.01
00.92
.01
0.020.37
0.13
0.07
0.29
0.33
0.03
0.19
0.09
0.56
0.49
0.52
0.60
1.22
0.54
0.43
ut. Z
Totalorganiccarbon,
= Freehydrocarbons,
of rook
Henidualhydrocarbon p o t e n t i a l
(mg HC/g of rock)
i CO2 produced I'rom kerogen pyrolysis
(mg CO2/g of rock)
mg HC/g
I
= 0.083
+ S2)
(SI
Hydrogen
z mg HC/g organic
carbon
Index
Oxygen
Indux
= mg C O W & organic carbon
TABLE I1
2259-003
2259-005
2259-006
A-8
2259-008
A-1
2259-011
2259-012
2259-016
2259-023
2259-030
372
0.02 2259-031
271
L
0.64
0.19
0.09
0.12
0.63
0.06
0.12
0.25
0.05
0.25
=
SI/SI+SZ
Temperature
Index,
degrees
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.54
0.58
0.77
0.01
~.~~
0.54
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
1.10
0.48
0.93
0.97
20
87
~.
12
50
38
52
25
2
39
9
6
90
89
~~
~
77
100
C.
193
39
191
39
48
VLal
= very l i t t l e organic material.
TableV
I
SUMMARY
VlTRlNlTE
REFLECTANCE
GEOCHEM
SAMPLE
NUMBER
A-3 2259-003
DEPTH
(feet)
0.85
NUMBER
rYPE
OF
OF
POPULATION
READINGS
SAMPLE
a!43
MINIMUM MEAN
MAXIMUM
REFLECTANCE REFLECTANCE
REFLECTANCE
I % Ro)
1 % Ro)
I % Ro)
0.065
0.94
1.10
1.06
17
1.15
10
0.97
1.22
1.48
2.16
(2)
9
8
1.00
1.
13
.85
1.24
2.33
(1)
( 22.
)16
8 1.76
8
1.40
1.96
2.44
(1)
( 2 ) 1.20 17 1.50
A-8
2259-008
(1)
a!
(2)
159
2259-016
A
334 2259-032
(1)
a3
-a!
0.176
375 2259-031
a!34
0.62
(1)
(2)
26
0.61
0.45
0.053
0.68
0.84
STD.
DEV.
(%Ro)
REMARKS
INDIGENODS
0.102
mm
1.06
0.057
0.271
INDIGENOUS
REIJORKED
1.09
0.076
0.356
INDIGENOUS
REWORRED
1.60
0.141
INDIGENOUS
REwc%IRED
0.53
0.045
INDIGENxlS
REmRKED
GEOCHEM
NO.
2259-003
CLIENT'S NAME
MARSHW YOUNG
TYPE OF SAMPLE:
/SAMPLE
DEPTH
CUKROPS
NAME
NO.
A-3
WELL
(No.OF READINGS = 60)
0.85
0.85
0.85
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.87
0.87
0.88
0.88
0.89
0.89
0.90
0.90
0.91 0.91 0.92
0.93
0.93
0.94
0.94
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.96
0.96
0.96
0.97
0.97 0.99 0.99
'0.99 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03
1.04
1.04 1.05
1.05
1.06 1.06 1.10 1.ll 1.11 1.U 1.13 1.13 1.14
1.14 1.15 1.17
1.22
1.23 1.23 1.23 1.29 1.32
1.50
POPULATION
NO. OF READINGS
MlN Ro ( %
MAX. Ro ( %)
MEAN Ro( %)
STD. DEL( %)
REMARKS
0.065
1.06
0.94
0.85
43
(1)
1.20
0.102
1.10
1.50
17
(2)
0.90
c - CAVE
OoKpAMIMLTION
x - INDIGENMJS
0
xxxx
xxxxx x
)[XX)(XlMXXrn
VlTRlNlTE
0
0
REFLECTANCE HISTOGRAM
- RExxcLEn
POPumTIoN
,_
GEOCHEM NO.
2259-008
CLIENT'S NAME
W
H
w YOUNG
TYPE OF SAMPLE:
moPs
NAME
DEPTH /SAMPLE
NO. OF READINGS
MIN Ro ( %
(1)
(2)
1.15
17
2.16
10
0.97
1.22
1.11
MAX. Ro ( %)
0.057
0.271
X
XXXXXX
~
0.0
01
V ITRINITE
3
A-8
WELL
(NO. a READINGS = 27)
0.97
0.97
0.98
1.00
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.05
1.06
1.06
1.09
1.09
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.22
1.26
1.28
1.35
1.39
1.47
1.49
1.55
1.59
2.16
POPULATION
NO.
MEAN Ro ( %)
1.06
1.48
STD. DEV. ( % )
REMARKS
~~~~
om
00
a3
REFLECTANCE HISTOGRAM
00
0
GEOCHEM
NO,
TYPE OF SAMPLE:
2259-016
DEPTH /SAMPLE
OUltXOPS
NO.
159 A
~~
CLIENT'S NAME
(No.OF
-HALL MUNG
READINGS = 17) 1.00
1.01
WELLNAME
1.041.05
1.07
1.091.13
1.15
1.241.381.421.721.731.84
2.172.192.33
POPULATION
(1)
(2)
0
%)
C
X
STD. DEV.(%)
0.076
IS
O-RECYCL5l
-
0
-
-
'2-
-
3 -
=
9-
xx
VlTRlNlTE
REFLECTANCE HISTOGRAM
REMARKS
- CAVE @XI!NINATION
- INDIGENXIS POWLATION
-
a
w
m
1.24
0.356
1.00
1.38
MEAN Ro(
1.09
1.85
-
a
a
MAX. Ro ( %)
18-
W
I&
RO ( % )
-
a
z
9
82.33
MIN
-
21
m
NO. OF READINGS
0
f
GEOCHEM
NO.
2259-031
CLIENT'S NAME
MWSHALL YOUNG
(NO.OF READINGS = 60)
0.51
0.60
0.68
0.520.52
0.610.62
0.70.70
POPULATION
0.45
(1)
(2)
TYPE OF SAMPLE:
NAME
0.45
0.53
0.63
0.71
0.46 0.47 0.47
0.53
0.54 0.55 0.55
0.63
0.63 0.63 0.64
0.72 0.74 0.75
0.70
NO. OF READINGS
MIN RO ( %
34
26
0.62
0
DEPTH /SAMPLE
mncR0PS
375
WELL
0.47 0.480.480.490.490.490.50.50.50.51
0.55 0.550.560.560.560.570.580.590.590.59
0.64 0.650.650.660.660.670.670.670.670.68
0.79 0.84
MAX. RO ( %)
MEAN RO( %)
STD.
DEV.
0.61
0.840.053
NO.
0.53
0.68
0.045
(%)
REMARKS
-?.
i
QEoCHEM'CAL
SOURCE ROCK EVALUATION
CRUDE OIL-SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION
1143-c BRITWOORE
ROAD e HOUSTON, TEXAS
CRUDE OIL CHARACTERIZATION
OEOCHEMICAL pRospEcTINF
nw-mw
e 71314r"11
A p r i l 15,1982
Mr. Clayton S. Valder
Marshall R. Young O i l Co.
750West F i f t h S t r e e t
F o r t Worth,Texas76102
Dear Mr. Valder:
E n c l o s e dp l e a s ef i n dt h er e s u l t s
of theorganicgeochemicalanalvsesFerfomed
on t h i r t y - e i g h t (38) Ordovician-ageoutcroprocksamples
fromLuna,Grant
and
Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico.
GeoChem J o b Number 2269,
Upon a r r i v a l a t GeoChem thesampleswereassignedthe
andwere
s u b m i t t e dt ot h ef o l l o w i n ga n a l y t i c a lp r o g r a m :
Table
Analysis
TvDe of
X t o t a lo r g a n i cc a r b o n
Pyrolysis analysis
Visualkerogen
determination............I
..............................
I1
assessment.......................III
DISCUSSIONOF
THE RESULTS
The r e s u l t so b t a i n e d from t h et o t a lo r g a n i cc a r b o n( T a b l e
I) and p y r o l y s i s
(Table 11) a n a l y s e sp e r f r a n e do nt h e s er o c k si n d i c a t et h a tt h e ya r eo r g a n i c l e a n , and nonprospectiveashydrocarbonsources.Thereare,however,variations
i n the thermalmaturity of t h e s es e d i m e n t s ,h i c hs h o u l dp r o v e
t o be h e l p f u l i n
a s s e s s i n gr e g i o n a lt h e r m a lm a t u r i t yt r e n d sw i t h i nt h eb a s i n .
Mr. Clayton S. V a l d e r
-2-
1 5A
, pril
1982
GeoChem samplenumbers 2269-017,-018,-019,-020,-021,-022,-023,-024,-025,-026,
-027,and -029 a r e t h e r m a l l y m a t u r e ,
andconsideredto
be w i t h i n t h e 04.1 window.
If t h e s er o c k sc o n t a i n e df a v o r a b l e
amountsoforganicmatter,thenoil
and gas
generation could have occurred.
Rock samples 2269-037and-038have
experienced a very mature geothernal
h i s t o r y , and a r e c o n s i d e r e d w i t h i n t h e
wet gas-condensategeneratingzone.
The remainingsamples2269-001
t o -016,2269-028,
and 2 2 6 9 4 3 0 t o -035, have
a t t a i n e ds e v e r e l ya l t e r e dm a t u r a t i o nl e v e l s
and h e n c e ,a r eo n l yp r o s p e c t i v ef a r
thermally-derivedmethane
(C1) drygas.
For t h ee x p l o r a t i o n i s tt oe n c o u n t e ri n d i g e n o u s l yg e n e r a t e dh y d r o c a r b o l
theseOrdovician-agerocksamples,anadjacentorganic-richfacies
be p r e s e n te l s e w h e r ei nt h eb a s i n .
Shouldyouhaveanyquestionsconcerning
a s s i s t a n c e t o y o u ,p l e a s ef e e lf r e et oc o n t a c t
thisdata,
from
m J l d haveto
of if ve can be of f u r t h e r
us.
Yours t r u l y ,
Paul Tybor
P r o j e c tC o o r d i n a t o r
GEOCHEX LARORATORIES,INC.
st
Enclosures
Table I
SCREEN
ANALYSIS
SUMMARY
26
GeoChem
Sample
Number
Client
2269-001
14
L/E1 Paso
Luna County,Sec.
10-25s-8W
0.05
2269-002
18
L / E l Paso
Luna County, Sec. 10-25s-8W
0.04
2269-003
22
L/E1 Paso
Luna County,Sec.
10-25s-8W
0.05
M/El Paso
Luna County, Sec. 10-255-8W
0.04/0.03
1.0. LocationFormation
2269-004
2269-005
30
M/E1 Paso
Luna County, Sec. 10-255-8W
0.05
2269-006
32
M/E1 Paso
Luna County,Sec.
10-25s-8W
0.04
2269-007
34
U/E1 Paso
Luna County,Sec.
10-25s-8W
0.06
2269-008
37
Upham
Luna County,Sec.
10-255-8W
0.06
2269-009
48
Cab1 e Canyon
Luna County, Sec. 7-26s-7W
0.08
2269-010
49
Upham
Luna County, Sec. 7-265-7W
0.05
2269-011
50
Upham
Luna County,Sec.
7-26s-7W
0.04
2269-012
52
Alman
Luna County, Sec. 7-26s-7W
2269-013
57
Cutter
Luna County,Sec.
7-26s-7W
0.04
2269-014
61
Cutter
Luna County, Sec. 7-26s-7W
0.06
2269-015
64
Cutter
Luna County,Sec.
7-26s-7W
0.04
2269-016
87
El Paso
tuna County,Sec.
245-1OW
33 & 34
0.04
2269-017
89
E l Paso
Luna County,Sec.
33 & 34
0.04
El Paso
Luna County,Sec.
24s-1OW
33 & 34
0.04
E l Paso
Luna County, Sec. 33 & 34
0.04
E l Paso
Luna County, Sec. 33 & 34
24s-1OW
. ..
92
Total
Carbon
( %o f rock)
2269-018
2269-019
2269-020
94
97
0.05/0.05
24s-1OW
24s-1OW
0.18/0.18
Table 1
SCREENANALYSIS
GeoChem
Sample
SUMMARY
TotalOrganic
Carbon
(% o f rock)
C1 ient
I.D. LocationFormation
Number
2269-021
100
El Paso
Luna County, Sec. 33
2269-022
103
Luna
Cab1e Canyon
County,
Sec.
24s-1OW
2269-023
104
2269-024
2269-025
2269-026
.
Fi 34
0.08
32 & 33
0.05
Upham
Luna County, Sec. 32 & 33
24s-1OW
0.06
105
Upham
Luna County,32Sec.
24s-1OW
& 33
0.04
106
A1 man
Luna County, Sec.32
24s-1OW
& 33
0.04
107
A1 man
Luna County, Sec. 32
0.14
& 33
24s-1OW
24s-1OW
2269-027
. Cable
164
Canyon
GrantCounty,Sec.
17-24s-14W
0.05
2269-028
Cable
165
Canyon
Grant County, Sec. 17-24s-14W
0.06
2269-029
166
Ordovician
Grant County, Sec. 17-24s-14W
0.04/0.04
2269-030
167
Upham
Luna County,Sec.
28-245-12W
0.04
2269-031
169
E l Paso
Luna County, Sec. 28-24s-12W
0.02
2269-032
172
El Paso
Luna County,Sec.
28-24s-12W
0.18
2269-033
175
El Paso
Luna County,Sec.
28-24s-12W
0.03
2269-034
177
E l Paso
Luna County, Sec. 28-24s-12W
0.04
2269-035
178
Cutter
Luna County, Sec. 30-245-19W
0.05
2269-036
294
E l Paso
HidalgoCounty,
2269-037
295
Montoya
HidalgoCounty,Sec.
13-28s-19W
0.07
2269-038
319
Bliss/El Paso
Hidalgo County, Sec. 12-285-19W
0.04
FaultBreccia
Sec. 13-28s-19W
0.04/0.04
PME
1 OP 1 P U B
T.O.C.
=
91
I
s2
t
93
PC*
as HC/g o f rook
Residual hyd-bon
potential
(mg HClg of rock)
s CO2 produoed frm kerogen p y r o l y s i s
(mg W 2 l g o f rook)
* 0.083 (SI + S2)
W
J
r
o
g
a
Index
Omen
TABLE I1
RESIILTS OF ROCK-EVIL PYROLYSIS
Total o r g u l i c carbon, vt. S
=
Pres hydrwarbons,
mg HClg organio carbon