Hydrocarbon potential and reservoir characteristics of Lower Cretaceous Garbutt Formation, Liard Basin Canada

摘要

The Laird Basin one of the "world-scale" shale basins in Canada, has significant shale gas resources in Devonian-Mississippian strata, but despite the shale gas potential of the Lower Cretaceous Garbutt Formation, it remains under-explored. This study presents organic matter (OM) characterization, thermal maturity, hydrocarbon potential and reservoir characteristics of the lower part of the Lower Cretaceous Garbutt Formation known as the "radioactive zone" (RZ), in the eastern parts of Liard Basin in British Columbia, Canada.