Patent ID: 11885790
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method of evaluating a source rock, the method comprising:
performing pyrolysis on the source rock, wherein performing pyrolysis on the source rock comprises heating the source rock in an oven;
obtaining pyrolysis data for the source rock based on performing pyrolysis on the source rock;
determining a hydrocarbon generative potential (S2) of kerogen in the source rock from the pyrolysis data;
determining a total organic carbon (TOC) content (in weight %) of the source rock from the pyrolysis data;
determining a maturity of the reservoir (% Ro) from S2 and TOC; and
determining a ratio of saturated fluids to aromatic fluids in the source rock (Sat/Aro) using the equation

Sat/Aro=(% Ro/.7842)(1/0.3571).