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- Patent Title: System and method for determining stratigraphic location and areal extent of total organic carbon using an integrated stratigraphic approach
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Application No.: US14802254Application Date: 2015-07-17
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Publication No.: US10365261B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Paul Montgomery , Kenneth Ratcliffe , Chris Richard Bell , Robert Locklair
- Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Ramon
- Agent Mary R. Bram; Melissa M. Hayworth; Marie L. Clapp
- Main IPC: G01N33/24
- IPC: G01N33/24

Abstract:
An integrated stratigraphic method for determining total organic carbon (TOC) in a rock formation is provided, The method includes performing a geochemical analysis method to create a geochemical dataset; performing a chronostratigraphic method to create a chronostratigraphic dataset; performing a graphic correlation of the chronostratigaphic dataset from at least one location in the rock formation; determining a sequence stratigraphic model based on the graphic correlation; and generating a palaeogeographic reconstruction at one or more time periods by integrating the sequence stratigraphic model with the geochemical dataset to construct a predictive depositional model and determine a location and areal extent of total organic carbon within the rock formation.
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