Procedure and device for the rapid determination of the production potential of geological sediments based on low sampling

摘要

The method comprises the steps of heating a sample of sediments, determining a group of two parameters S1 and S2 which represent, respectively, the amounts of at least one hydrocarbon compound and of at least one oxygen-containing compound formed by heating the organic material contained in the sediment, and evaluating from the determination of this group of parameters the capacity of the sediments to constitute a good mother rock (i.e. source) for hydrocarbons.