Methods for processing pyrolytic characterizing data (pcd) from reservoir
rock samples obtained from known geographical locations under
circumstances that are encountered during the drilling of wells provide
information that is important for assessing the relative amounts of
various hydrocarbon and organic matter types found in the reservoir and
for characterizing the reservoir quality and preparing compositional
modeling data, and include the steps of comparing the pcd for known
end-member components typically found in the geographical location with
the pcd derived from test samples and applying mathematical analyses to
identify the predicted composition and quantitative measure of
end-members. The method is applied to model hydrocarbon moveability,
reservoir injectivity; contaminants and soil an aquifer pollutants.