Genetic types and source of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area in northern Ordos Basin,central China |
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| Authors: | Chunhua Ni Jianping Bao Guangxiang Liu Jianhui Zhu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Earth Environment and Water Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei, China;2. Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China;3. Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
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| Abstract: | The physical properties, group compositions, carbon isotopes and biomarkers of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area in northern Ordos Basin were investigated to study geochemical characteristics and source of the crude oil. The Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area belongs to the medium oil with high viscosity, high wax content, low sulfur content and low freezing point, and it displays the group composition of high saturated hydrocarbons/aromatics. The carbon isotopic compositions and biomarkers of crude oil indicated that the Upper Paleozoic crude oil was coal-derived oil and at the mature stage. The physical properties, carbon isotopes and GC-MS parameters of saturated hydrocarbons indicated that, the crude oil displayed a good affinity with the Upper Paleozoic coal rocks in the Shanxi Formation. Therefore, the Upper Paleozoic coal rocks in the Shanxi Formation were the important source of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil, and this provided valuable direction for the petroleum exploration in northern Ordos Basin. |
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| Keywords: | Ordos Basin shiguhao area upper Paleozoic oil geochemistry oil-source correlation |
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