Research Article

An Explosive Range Model Based on the Gas Composition, Temperature, and Pressure during Air Drilling

Table 2

Gas content and explosive range of DM001.

Depth (m)Gas content from gas logging (%) Explosive range calculated
by the model (%)
Measured total hydrocarbon
value (%)
Carbon dioxide (%)
MethaneEthanePropaneButane

2024.0627.211.050.310.1622.83–64.704.782.31
2025.2331.781.230.870.5818.80–54.165.901.33
2026.5248.432.850.950.8812.17–35.117.822.54
2027.1159.394.621.751.289.44–27.7011.212.20
2028.9069.415.052.871.537.94–23.4814.322.94
2029.3987.616.743.042.106.34–18.6714.045.34
2030.4382.986.412.911.936.68–19.6915.883.12
2030.9885.016.512.821.956.56–19.2816.744.85
2032.1686.486.522.801.906.47–19.0016.197.36
2033.1584.256.482.751.826.62–19.4717.868.74
2034.3584.496.402.701.796.62–19.4517.459.34
2034.7187.706.913.202.186.29–18.5713.477.40
2036.3493.406.902.671.646.05–17.7120.9711.45
2038.3187.936.723.092.116.31–18.6013.7911.37
2039.3688.427.023.222.216.23–18.4112.3412.48
2039.8688.956.663.032.056.27–18.4413.6213.70
2041.0187.665.982.471.646.51–18.9919.2415.78
2042.8387.035.912.481.716.55–19.1317.8214.59
2043.6281.315.081.941.237.15–20.7320.0716.58