Rapid microbial methanogenesis during CO2 storage in hydrocarbon reservoirs

RL Tyne, PH Barry, M Lawson, DJ Byrne, O Warr, H Xie… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key technology to mitigate the environmental impact
of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. An understanding of the potential trapping and storage …

Identifying and Understanding Microbial Methanogenesis in CO2 Storage

RL Tyne, PH Barry, M Lawson, KG Lloyd… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important component in many national net-zero
strategies. Ensuring that CO2 can be safely and economically stored in geological systems …

A review of noble gas geochemistry in natural gas from sedimentary basins in China

B Chen, Y Liu, L Fang, S Xu, FM Stuart, C Liu - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural gas has a critical place in global fuel energy mix, not least as a transition to low
carbon emissions. It plays an important role in national energy production and consumption …

[HTML][HTML] Natural gas characteristics and gas-source comparisons of the Lower Triassic Feixianguan Formation, Eastern Sichuan Basin, China

ZY Zheng, YH Zuo, HG Wen, DM Li, Y Luo, JZ Zhang… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
There is great controversy regarding the origin and source of natural gas in the Lower
Triassic Feixianguan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin. This seriously restricts the …

Regional patterns in the geochemistry of oil-field water, southern San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

PB McMahon, JT Kulongoski, A Vengosh… - Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical and isotopic data for water co-extracted with hydrocarbons in oil and gas fields are
commonly used to examine the source of the formation water and possible impacts on …

The origin of high helium concentrations in the gas fields of southwestern Tanzania

KM Mtili, DJ Byrne, RL Tyne, EO Kazimoto, CN Kimani… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Volatile elements are concentrated at Earth's surface, forming a rich atmosphere and oceans
which enabled the eventual emergence of life. However, volatiles are also abundant in solid …

Evolution of coal-bed methane in Southeast Qinshui Basin, China: Insights from stable and noble gas isotopes

B Chen, FM Stuart, S Xu, D Gyӧre, C Liu - Chemical Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The late Carboniferous-early Permian coal seams of the Qinshui Basin in Shanxi
Province are the most prolific producer of coalbed methane (CBM) in China. Methane …

Basin architecture controls on the chemical evolution and 4He distribution of groundwater in the Paradox Basin

RL Tyne, PH Barry, A Cheng, DJ Hillegonds… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluids such as 4 He, H 2, CO 2 and hydrocarbons accumulate within Earth's crust. Crustal
reservoirs also have potential to store anthropogenic waste (eg, CO 2, spent nuclear fuel) …

[HTML][HTML] High helium reservoirs in the Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau, USA

DT Halford, R Karolytė, PH Barry, CJ Whyte… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiogenic 4 He is naturally produced in Earth's crust due to alpha decay of Uranium (U)
and Thorium (Th). Helium has unique thermodynamic properties required for the medical …

The use of noble gas isotopes to constrain subsurface fluid flow and hydrocarbon migration in the East Texas Basin

DJ Byrne, PH Barry, M Lawson, CJ Ballentine - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The migration of hydrocarbons from source-rock to reservoir is a critical stage in petroleum
system evolution. However, as migration occurs along confined pathways over geologically …