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Brach-Labsir, Nezha. "Etude structurale des kérogènes par réactions non dégradatives." Poitiers, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991POIT2297.
Full textKribii, Abderahim. "Etude structurale des kérogènes par des réactions chimiques sélectives (transalkylation, hydrolyse, oxydation)." Poitiers, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994POIT2365.
Full textMichel, Pauline. "Etude expérimentale des interactions organo-minérales de roches argilo-carbonatées : Application au Callovo-Oxfordien de la Meuse." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006STR1GE03.
Full textRaynal, Pierre-Ivan. "Etude en laboratoire de matière extraterrestre : implications pour la physico-chimie du Système Solaire primitif." Paris 6, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA066577.
Full textDeniau, Isabelle. "Caractérisation géochimique du kérogène associé à l'argile Oligocène de Boom (Mol, Belgique) et évolution sous divers stress thermiques." Phd thesis, Paris 6, 2002. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00001082.
Full textFaure, Pierre. "Application des techniques de géochimie organique pétrolière à l'étude de problèmes environnementaux : polluants organiques, inertage et stockage des déchets." Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999INPL049N.
Full textMichels, Raymond. "Étude expérimentale de l'influence de la pression d'effluents et de la pression d'eau sur les mécanismes de maturation thermique de la matière organique." Nancy 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994NAN10056.
Full textElayeb, Mustafa. "Modélisation à l'échelle microscopique de transports avec réaction en milieu poreux : combustion en lit fixe." Poitiers, 2008. http://theses.edel.univ-poitiers.fr/theses/2008/Elayeb-Mustafa/2008-Elayeb-Mustafa-These.pdf.
Full textCombustion in porous media is addressed by means of direct, detailed numerical simulations, on the microscale, in an extension of the work of Debenest (2003) where the main improvements are related to the chemical model. More specifically, fixed bed combustion of solid particles is considered, with application to the burning of oil shales. The transport processes (convection, diffusion, conduction) and the chemical reactions are explicitely described on the pore scale, which allows to account for their local couplings and to identify the small-scale phenomena which control the global behaviors. The simulations are conducted mainly in two two-dimensional configurations, a stratified medium and a network of cylinders. The effect of pyrolytic reactions (kerogen cracking and calcination of the carbonates) are examined, as well as the oxydative processes, with a chemical scheme involving four species and up to four reactions. A phenomenological typology is established, which features for instance two main regimes, with or without a flamme in the pore space. Ranges of functioning modes are identified, according to the operating parameters. Their trends can be rationalized by theoretical considerations, and it is shown that different situations may require different formulations in a macroscopic description
Abadon, Luc. "Couplage pyrolyse-chromatographie en phase gazeuse. : Application a la géochimie organique pétrolière." Pau, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PAUU3018.
Full textBruan, Valérie. "Géochimie organique de séries sédimentaires du crétacé@ : gisements de Timahdit et Tarfaya (Maroc)." Poitiers, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001POIT2330.
Full textYensepbayev, Talgat. "Genèse des hydrocarbures des séries infrasalifères de la partie Est du bassin Précaspien (Kazakhstan)." Nancy 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007NAN10018.
Full textAims of the thesis are the characterization of source rocks, of degree of maturity of the organic matter, the building of the genesis of hydrocarbons in the subsalt formations (Devonian, Carboniferous, Permien) of eastern part of the Precaspian Basin. This study allowed to determinate two facies of slope, the first (calciturbidites and breccia) during the Carboniferous and the second (turbidites) with downlap on the Carboniferous carbonated platform during the early Permian. The following formations were classed as source rocks : the calciturbidites of Serpukhovian, Bashkirian and Moscovian with organic matter (OM) of type II (marine); the turbidites of early and mid-Visean, and early Permian with OM of type III (continental) and mixture of type II and III. The turbiditic source rocks from Visean and early Permian are the most significant source of hydrocarbons. The source rocks correlate with the oil of the same age of reservoirs. The studied samples own generally a low maturity with Vitrinite reflectance lower than 0. 75, Tmax lower than 435°C. The Precaspian basin seems the coldest, the Preuralian basin is the hottest under the thrust of Ural where these rocks are inside the gas window. This fact is confirmed by the Petromod modelling. After all these data, we can distinguish four zones in which the depths of the beginning and end of the oil window are different: the western zone (basin) from 4 - 9 km, the zone of slope and border from 3 - 5 km, Preuralian basin from 2,8 - 5 km, and the eastern zone under the thrust of Ural (Izembet) from 2 - 4 km. The ages of trapping of fluid inclusions correspond to Permien, which allow to estimate the periode of oil migration
Kenig, Fabien. "Sedimentation, distribution et diagenese de la matiere organique dans un environnement carbonate hypersalin : le systeme lagune-sabkha d'abu dhabi (e.a.u.)." Orléans, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991ORLE2031.
Full textBrevet, Julien. "Mise en évidence de la réactivité de la matière organique du Callovo-Oxfordien et de son influence sur le transfert de radioéléments dans le contexte d'un stockage." Poitiers, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006POIT2310.
Full textGeologic disposal of radioactive waste is under consideration in a number of different geological settings. One site under consideration in France is in the eastern part of the Paris Basin (Meuse/Haute Marne Departments), where the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA) is operating an underground laboratory. In order to better understand the impact of OM on the porewater chemistry of this formation, it have developed a protocol of gentle extraction/fractionation of OM. This protocol minimizes the possible production of functional groups not originally present in the organic matter. It combines the currently used procedure for the extraction of soil OM and a procedure applied in the study of kerogens. It allows a precise quantification of all the extracted fractions, which are then characterized at the molecular level (by mass spectroscopy, analytical and preparative thermochemolysis, FT-IR and STXM) and on the basis of titrations. These experiments have determined the nature and the quantities of the functional groups (i. E. Carboxylic and phenolic groups) of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic fractions. The concentration of hydrophilic organic acids with pKa’s of 4 to 9. 5 remains below 0. 06 mmol/kg of rock. These functions are those which are likely to interact with radionuclides. The last objective of this work were studies of complexations of a chosen radionuclide, europium, with fractions of hydrophilic organic matter by Time-Resolved Laser-induced Fluorescence as well as studies of sorption of europium on solid organic matter fraction by liquid scintillation showing the capacity of these OM to interact with radionuclides
Rochdi, Aïcha. "Analyse ponctuelle de la matière organique par microspectroscopie infrarouge : méthodologie et applications." Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992INPL050N.
Full textBourbin, Mathilde. "Carbonaceous matter in Archean Siliceous Sedimentary Rocks : from the origins of life on earth to exobiological perspectives." Paris 7, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA077250.
Full textThe first traces of Life on Earth are preserved under the form of complex carbonaceous mater embedded in the minerai matrix of siliceous sedimentary rocks named cherts. To have a better understanding of the processes controlling the evolution of such carbonaceous matter trough geological times, a set of sixteen cherts was studied. Samples were selected on the basis of their age, ranging from Neocene (45 Myr) to Archean (3. 5 Gyr), but also of their geographical setting and geological backgrounds. A multi-technical and interdisciplinary approach was adopted, combining spectroscopic techniques (Raman, EPR, NMR), but also microscopies (Optical, HRTEM) or chemical analyses (elemental analysis, pyrolysis-GCMS), This PhD work highlights the weak thermal alteration of the selected Archean samples. A methodology of carbonaceous mater datation was established, allowing contamination detection, Finally, a biomarker, i. E. A marker proving the biological origin of the studied carbonaceous matter, was proposed
Collell, Julien. "Analyse multi-échelles du transport d'hydrocarbures au sein d'un schiste non-saturé." Thesis, Pau, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PAUU3011/document.
Full textHydrocarbons production from shales has been of growing industrial and scientific interest for the last fifteen years. The different kinds of shale resources represent huge quantities around the world and may durably change the energy market, as for example in the US. However, the recovery process remains critical and may drastically impact the profitability of these resources. In shales, the majority of the fluids are contained in micrometered nodules of organic matter : the kerogen, which acts as source rock and as reservoir for the oil and gas. The aim of the PhD thesis is to study the kerogen and the petroleum fluids contained in shales, by molecular simulations. For this purpose, Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations with existing molecular simulation softwares and in-house codes have been used. The first part of the work has been dedicated to the construction of molecular models mimicking shales organic matter (kerogen and embedded fluids), based on analytical data. From these models, 3D structures have been generated under typical reservoir conditions. Agreements with available experimental results have been found on volumetric, storage, transport and mechanical properties. Then, we have focused our efforts on the adsorption and diffusion of hydrocarbon mixtures in such materials. Molecular simulations have been performed to provide both pseudo-experimental and reference data. On storage properties, a theoretical model which accounts for multicomponent adsorption of super-critical (dry gas) and sub-critical (condensate gas, light oil) mixtures has been developed and validated. On transport properties, the mechanisms governing hydrocarbon mass transfer have been identified and a model has been proposed which describes the dependence of mixture diffusion coefficients with thermodynamic conditions (composition, pressure and temperature)
Meslé, Margaux. "GéoMicrobiologie de la méthanogenèse dans les schistes immatures du bassin de Paris." Thesis, Lyon, École normale supérieure, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ENSL0800.
Full textThe exploitation of natural unconventional resources in substitution for petroleum is one of the challenges of the 21st century. In situ microbial transformation of these resources in methane is one of the most promising pathway currently developed, although its application needs to be demonstrated. My objectives were to demonstrate the existence of a microbial conversion into methane of the organic matter (OM) of immature shales, and to quantify it in order to extrapolate the potential for methane production of the rocks at the sedimentary basin scale. A method of detection and monitoring of methanogenic consortia from paper shales in microcosms, combining quantitative PCR, GC-FID and Rock-Eval pyrolysis, was developed and validated. It was used to study the spatial distribution of methanogens in paper shales of the Paris Basin and to demonstrate the methanization of the OM of these rocks. The results show the conversion of the soluble fractions of the OM (bitumen) by methanogenic consortia isolated from shales, but also the transformation of a more complex fraction (kerogen). No strict correlation was established between lithology and presence of active methanogens, which makes the extrapolation of methane production to the basin scale more difficult. However, the localization of methanogens in both OM-rich and OM-poor zones constitute an advantage in the perspective of an economic exploitation of these resources. This work demonstrates a great potential for microbial methane production in the Paris Basin and paves the way to studies of economic feasibility and profitability on the scale of a production site
Riboulleau, Armelle. "Géochimie des black shales du Jurassique supérieur de la plate-forme russe. Processus de sédimentation et de préservation de la matière organique." Phd thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2000. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00006731.
Full textSabriana, Ortega Georgia Irai. "Développement de méthodes analytiques pour la détermination de l’isotopie du plomb et des éléments traces dans des produits pétroliers (huile, asphaltène, kérogène, roche mère). Application à la datation de la génération du pétrole et de la déposition de la roche mère dans un bassin pétrolier." Thesis, Pau, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PAUU3043/document.
Full textTiming crude oil generation and source rock deposition provides important clues in petroleum prospection. In this work, different analytical procedures were developed for trace metals and Pb isotope ratio were determination crude oils and related products. These analytical strategies were then used, for the first time, to assess the applicability of the U-Th-Pb geochronometers for timing source rock deposition age and crude oil generation in the Illinois Basin. Ages determined are in good agreement with those predicted by geological numerical models, demonstrating the potential of these geochronometers to study the history of hydrocarbons formation and to find new hydrocarbon sources
Chadouli, Kheira. "Caractérisation pétrographique appliquée à la modélisation pétrolière : étude de cas." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0291/document.
Full textUnderstanding oil systems requires petrographic characterization of all elements and process that compose it. In this work, several examples of source rocks, reservoir rocks and seal from different petroleum basins have been studied in order to describe conventional petrographic methods and develop new ones. The new ones as: a program of transformation kinetic of kerogene composed of two types of organic matter, maceral analysis and microfractures study using images analysis, the diffraction X-ray and tomography allowed source rock description. As for, reservoir rocks, methods of petrophysical characterization by images analysis, MSCL Microscopy and wettability parameters permit reservoir quality description and their preservation over time due to recrystalization and dissolution phenomena, fluid flow and TSR/BSR reaction. The cap rocks studied in this thesis are those of Callovo-Ordovician argillites, using X-Ray diffraction as well as images analysis and tomography. Those methods facilitated the understanding of argillites behavior over time, their sorption/desorption ability and their reliability of nuclear waste storage. Finally, Modeling using Petromod helps to determine petroleum systems functioning. Modeling by percolation method gives results closer to oil basins reality, than by Darcy/Hybrid method
Elie, Marcel. "Effets des conditions temps-température et de la matrice minérale sur l'évolution de matières organiques de type II et III au cours de la pyrolyse en milieu confiné." Nancy 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994NAN10315.
Full textFarhat, Faten. "Modélisation multiéchelle du comportement mécanique des gaz shales." Thesis, Lille 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LIL1I015/document.
Full textThe main objective of this thesis is to study the influence of microstructure on the macroscopic mechanical behavior of heterogeneous rocks, particularly Vaca Muerta shale rock. In this context, micromechanical models are developed by well-adapted homogenization techniques. The microstructure of this rock has been extensively studied in order to define the representative elementary volume indispensable for the implementation of a micromechanical approach. The studied material is modeled as a heterogeneous medium, made up, at mesoscale, of a composite matrix in which are dipped different types of inclusions. On a smaller scale, fine grains of calcite and kerogen are immersed in a porous clay matrix. The homogenization of non-linear instantaneous behavior is established in the context of clay matrix elastoplasticity and the progressive debonding of mineral inclusions: the nano-micro transition leads to the strength domain of the porous clay phase where the solid phase is considered to be a cohesive-frictional material that obeys to the classic Drucker-Prager criterion. Hill’s incremental method is used as a homogenization means at micro-meso and meso-macro transitions. Next, the long-term behavior of the studied material is defined in terms of microstructure degradation. Finally, a simplified micomechanical model is developed to study long-term behavior of clayey and shale rocks in the context of clay matrix viscoplasticity. Based on this model, for the industrial application of the thesis, we study the interaction between Vaca Muerta shale rock and spherical grains of proppants
Oulebsir, Fouad. "Transport de fluides dans les matériaux microporeux." Thesis, Pau, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PAUU3018/document.
Full textThe share of unconventional resources in the global energy mix is expected to rise because of the shortage of conventional fossil resources. The major part of these unconventional resources are found in source rocks such as gas shales. The profitability of shale reservoirs strongly depends on the quality, type and content of organic matter contained in the rock. Indeed, it is admitted that more than half of the hydrocarbons stored in the shale are adsorbed in the solid organic matter, the so-called kerogen. The latter exhibits a microporous amorphous structure, and acts as both the source and the reservoir of hydrocarbons. Kerogen is finely dispersed in the mineral matrix and represents about 5% of the total mass of the rock. The understanding of the transport of fluids at the microporous scale is of crucial importance for optimizing the recovery of these resources. More specifically, how the structural properties of the microporous material and thermodynamic conditions influence its transport properties is an open question. In this regard, the main objective of this thesis is to document the transport properties of hydrocarbons through kerogens and to improve their theoretical description. To do so, we opted for a numerical approach based on molecular simulations of molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo codes performed on molecular models of mature kerogen, as well as simplified model systems. We thus explored transport mechanisms at the molecular scale, at which experimental observations are difficult, if not impossible. Supercritical thermodynamic conditions (high pressure, high temperature) were considered, which are characteristic of shale gas reservoirs. The first part of this work has consisted in studying the transport and adsorption properties of pure fluids in mature kerogen structures reconstructed by molecular simulations. We studied the dependence of the transport properties on the variations of the thermodynamic conditions (pressure gradient at a fixed temperature) as well as the influence of the pore size distribution. In order to better understand and describe the diffusion of fluids at the scale of a microporous constriction between two pores, the second objective of this thesis focused on a model system, which consisted of a single-layer solid with a slit aperture of controllable width. We simulated the diffusional transport of simple fluids through the constriction for various geometrical parameters (aspect ratio between the width of the pore and the size of the diffusing molecules) and thermodynamic conditions (temperature, fluid loading). These simulations results have been compared to the predictions of a theoretical model, based on the kinetic theory and classical statistical mechanics, which accounts for the effect of temperature on the accessible porosity and the effect of fluid loading at the entrance of the pore. A good agreement was observed between the simulated values of the diffusion coefficients and the predictions of the proposed model. The investigation of this simplified system helped in understanding the molecular sieving phenomena inherent to the transport of fluids in microporous materials such as kerogen
Aycard, Mylène. "Géochimie des sédiments du bassin de Cariaco (Venezuela) dans le contexte de la dernière transition glaciaire-interglaciaire : processus de sédimentation et préservation de la matière organique." Lille 1, 2004. https://pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr/LIBRE/Th_Num/2004/50376-2004-Aycard.pdf.
Full textLe résultat majeur obtenu est que dans le site exceptionnel du bassin de Cariaco la matière organique se révèle être un marqueur paléoclimatique d'aussi grande qualité que les isotopes stables de l'oxygène. Une étude géochimique détaillée de la matière organique de cinq échantillons révèle l'origine essentiellement phytoplanctonique de la matière organique, ainsi qu'une faible contribution d'origine bactérienne, alors que la matière organique dérivée de végétaux supérieurs est négligeable. Un examen détaillé de la matière organique, par une étude spectroscopique, puis pyrolytique, a permis de montrer que le proto-kérogène, ou matière organique insoluble non hydrolysable, est essentiellement constitué de géomacromolécules, ou mélanoi͏̈dines, formée par une réaction de condensation de matériel dérivé de protéines et de polysaccharides dégradés associées à des lipides fonctionnalisés. Des thermochemolyses TMAH ont également permis de montrer que des protéines avaient été préservées par encapsulation dans la fraction de la matière organique la plus réfractaire. Enfin, le processus de sulfuration naturelle est d'ampleur très modérée, et ce malgré des conditions de sédimentation a priori favorables, i. E. Présence d'une anoxie de la colonne d'eau et intense sulfato-réduction
Cependant, la proportion de composés organo-soufrés tend à augmenter avec le temps. Ainsi, il apparaît que le processus de sulfuration naturelle se produit sur un intervalle de temps long, à l'inverse de la dégradation-recondensation qui paraît finie même pour l'échantillon le plus récent (ca. 800 ans). Une étude détaillée des composés organo-soufrés a permis d'approcher la cinétique de ces processus, et révèle que les polysaccharides incorporent le soufre plus rapidement que les lipides. En effet, la matière organique sulfurée identifiée dans l'échantillon le plus récent est essentiellement dérivée de carbohydrates. En revanche, la proportion de lipides sulfurés dans les proto-kérogènes tend à augmenter dans les échantillons les plus anciens traduisant une meilleure résistance des lipides à la reminéralisation par rapport aux carbohydrates. La combinaison d'une étude géochimique globale des sédiments bruts, couplée à l'étude géochimique moléculaire approfondie de la matière organique permet de proposer un modèle de dépôt de la matière organique dans un cadre climatique parfaitement contraint
O, Burrola Francisco de la. "Étude pétrographique et géochimique intégrée du charbon et de shale à gaz du bassin Sabinas et de Chihuahua au Nord du Mexique : estimation des ressources en gaz méthane." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0233/document.
Full textThis comprehensive characterization study was performed using organic petrology and geochemistry conducted in the Sabinas basin and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. This information allowed a numerical modeling of gas formation, considering the thermal subsidence of coal and carbonaceous shales.The objectives of this thesis are: establish a characterization methodology for the studied rocks ; estimate potential gas generator and its regional distribution ; estimate the methane gas resources. For the development of this project, we conducted an intensive campaign representative sampling of coal, carbonaceous shales and coal gas "in situ". For the Sabinas basin were studied 97 samples and 114 samples in the basin of Chihuahua. The analyses carried out that were used on the samples analyzed allowed to characterize the kerogen and gas. The methodology used to cross petrographic and geochemical information to analyze the petroleum system by numerical modeling. Analyses were: Petrographic, reflectance %Ro, elemental analysis and immediate, Rock Eval6 ® (Bulk rock), isotopic analysis, [delta]13C, [delta]D, (coal gas), scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and analysis of macerals fluid inclusions. The analyzes that were used on the samples allowed to characterize the sample, the kerogen and gas. The methodology used to cross petrographic and geochemical information for analyze the oil system by numerical modeling. Analyses were: Petrographic, reflectance% Ro, elemental analysis and immediate, Rock Eval6 ® (Bulk rock), isotopic analysis, d13C, dD, (coal gas), scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and analysis of macerals fluid inclusions. A computer program was constructed to cross the information with the analysis of samples of artificial maturation experiments in the laboratory. This approach allowed estimation of methane gas resources generated by coal and carbonaceous shales. [...] In conclusion, between the two basins studied, the Sabinas basin, generates more gas for industrial exploitation. However, the rocks of the basin of Chihuahua unconventional types (shale gas) show good potential for hydrocarbon generation. The methodology used for the study of kerogen and gas in the two basins is in our opinion the most appropriate to meet the objectives proposed in this thesis. This allows to characterize the thermal evolution of coal, carbonaceous shale (shale gas), coal gas and hydrocarbon source rocks
Atmani, Léa. "Study of organic matter decomposition under geological conditions from replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AIXM0104/document.
Full textIn deep underground, organic residues decompose into a carbonaceous porous solid, called kerogen and a fluid usually composed of hydrocarbons and other small molecules such as water, carbon monoxide. The formation process of the kerogen remains poorly understood. Modeling its geological maturation could widen the understanding of both structure and composition of kerogen, and could be useful to oil and gas industry.In this work we adopt a purely thermodynamic approach in which we aim, through molecular simulations, at determining the thermodynamic equilibrium corresponding to the decomposition of given organic precursors of a specific type of kerogen –namely type III- under reservoir conditions. Starting from cellulose and lignin crystal structures we use replica exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) simulations, using the reactive force field ReaxFF and the open-source code LAMMPS. The REMD method is a way ofovercoming large free energy barriers, by enhancing the configurational sampling of a conventional constant temperature MD using states from higher temperatures.At the end of the simulations, we have reached for both systems, a stage where they can clearly be cast into two phases: a carbon-rich phase made of large molecular clusters that we call here the "solid" phase, and a oxygen and hydrogen rich phase made of small molecules that we call "fluid" phase.The evolution of solid parts for both systems and the natural evolution of a type III kerogen clearly match. Evolution of our systems follows the one of natural samples, as well as the one of a type III kerogen submitted to an experimental confined pyrolysis
Salmon, Élodie. "Étude des mécanismes du craquage thermique par simulation dynamique moléculaire de géopolymères organiques avec un champ de force réactif (ReaxFF)." Thesis, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008INPL003N/document.
Full textKerogen, the insoluble fraction of sedimentary organic matter, is a complex mixing of organic macromolecules, the structure of which evolves during geological times as a function of temperature mainly. The thermal evolution of kerogen is at the origin of hydrocarbon deposits in sedimentary basins. Understanding and quantifying the physicochemical processes associated to this transformation is therefore important to improve the evaluation of petroleum systems. During this study, two geopolymers were selected in order to represent the thermal decomposition of typical structures in natural kerogen. Firstly, an experimental protocol was set up (1) to define molecular structures of the geopolymers, and (2) to describe primary mechanisms of decomposition of both geopolymers. The two samples were analysed using off-line pyrolysis experiments, at five reference temperatures comprised between 200 to 300°C. A kinetic scheme accounting for early decomposition processes was derived from these experimental observations for each geopolymer. Secondly, molecular models were submitted to molecular dynamic simulations using a reactive force field (ReaxFF). ReaxFF simulations provided theoretical supports to the key-processes derived from laboratory experiments. On the overall, results of this study suggested that kinetic models in one step (= parallels reactions implemented in standard (commercial) basin simulators do not adequately reproduce the physicochemistry of organic matter decomposition processes in natural source rocks