Study on the geochemical correlation of crude oils of Palaeocene and Jurassic ages from the Potowar Indus Basin in northern Pakistan

This study deals with a detailed geochemical characterization of three crude oils from the Upper Indus Basin, Punjab, Pakistan. The samples were obtained from three productive oil fields of the Datta Formation (Jurassic), Lochhart (Palaeocene) and the Dhak Pass zone (Palaeocene). The GC parameters for and the bulk properties of Datta Formation oils are essentially coincident with those of the oils from the Dhak Pass Formation in the Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan and the oils likely originate from a marine source rock. In contrast, the Lockhart Formation oils show different behaviors and seem to be originated from dirty carbonate rocks although all three crude oils are mature, being of non-biodegraded and somewhat mixed organic matter origin. Low Pr/Ph values and high C₃₅ homohopane index for the Lockhart Formation oils suggest a source of anoxic environment with low Eh while oils from the Datta Formation and Dhak Pass Formation showed different trends, i.e., lower values of C₃₅ homohopane index indicating different depositional environment than oil from the Lockhart Formation. All three crude oils from the Upper Indus Basin are mature for the hopane ratios, i.e., Ts/Ts+Tm, C₃₂22S/(S+R) and C₃₀ αβ/(αβ+βα) and sterane ratios, i.e., C₂₉22S/(S+R) and C₂₉ββ/(ββ+αα) but oils from the Lockhart Formation seem to be less mature than those from the Palaeocene and Datta Formation according to plots like API° vs. homohopane Index, Pr/Ph vs. sterane. The relative composition of 5α(H), 14β(H), 17β(H)-24-ethylecholestanes and the C₂₉20S/20S+20R index, indicate that all three crude oils are equally mature, which makes it unlikely with respect to the above said plots. This difference is may be due to the migratory chromatography which alters the concentrations of sterane and hoapnes and hence gives different results. These oils do not exhibit UCM and have complete n-alkane profiles indicating non-biodegradation.     

Geochemical characteristics of saturate hydrocarbons in crude oils and source rocks of the Qaidam, Tarim, Tupran basins, NW China

Based on the systematic analyses of fifteen typical crude oils and ten typical potential source rocks col-lected from the Qaidam,Tarim and Turpan basins,Northwest China,the geochemical characteristics of the oils and source rocks were investigated and oil-source rock correlations undertaken.The oils and source rocks deposited in saline lacustrine environment from the western Qaidam Basin were characterized by n-alkanes with even car-bon-number preference in the C20-C28 range,low pristane/phytane(Pr/Ph) ratios(less than 0.5),and high abundances of C27 steranes,gammacerane and C35 hopanes.The oils and source rocks deposited in marine environment from the Tarim Basin were characterized by n-alkanes with even carbon-number preference in the C14-C18 range,relatively low Pr/Ph ratios(near to 1),high abundance of C28 steranes,and relatively high gammacerane.In contrast,the oils and source rocks deposited in terrigenous bog environment from the Turpan Basin were characterized by relatively high Pr/Ph ratios(oil samples greater than 6) high abundance of C29 steranes,and relatively low gammacerane and C31-35 hopanes.The higher amounts of C37 and C38 n-alkanes of source rocks from the western Qaidam Basin and the Tarim Basin suggest an origin of these alkanes from functionalized C37 and C38 n-alkadienes and alkenones in prymnesiophytes living in lacustrine and marine environments.Oil-source rock correlations suggest oils in the west-ern Qaidam Basin were derived from the Oligocene Lower Ganchaigou Formation(E3),oils in the Tabei and Tazhong uplifts from the Tarim Basin have a genetic relationship with the Middle-Upper Ordovician source beds.Oils in the Turpan Basin generally fall into two genetic types.Most oils in the Taibei depression from the Turpan Basin were derived from the Lower-Middle Jurassic coal measures,but the fewer oils in this region are a mixed source derived from the Lower-Middle Jurassic coal measure and the Upper Permian source rocks.     

柴达木盆地原油碳同位素组成的主控因素与成因类型

对采集于柴达木盆地16个油田的40个原油进行了碳同位素测定,研究了它们碳同位素组成特征、主控因素及其成因类型。结果表明,柴达木盆地西部地区和北部地区原油碳同位素组成具有显著的差别,西部地区原油富集13C,北部地区原油富集12C。研究发现,成油环境(如盐度和湿度)是决定西部盐湖相原油碳同位素组成及其变化的主要因素,母源性质则控制了北部淡水湖沼相原油的碳同位素组成和变化。根据原油的碳同位素组成和Ph/nC₁₈比值特征,将柴达木盆地原油划分为五种成因类型。     

柴达木盆地东坪地区一类新的原油及其地球化学特征

各类生物标志物的组成特征表明:柴达木盆地北缘的冷湖油田原油具有姥植比高（Pr/Ph>2.0）,重排甾烷（C₂₇重排甾烷/规则甾烷=0.5~0.7）、重排藿烷（diaC₃₀H/C₃₀H=0.2~0.4）和新藿烷（C₂₉Ts/C₂₉H=0.4~0.7）含量中等,伽马蜡烷含量低（伽马蜡烷指数<0.05）的特征,它们源于该地区发育的下侏罗统淡水湖沼相烃源岩;而柴西北区咸水湖相原油的姥植比低（Pr/Ph<0.8）,重排甾烷（C₂₇重排甾烷/规则甾烷<0.1）、重排藿烷（diaC₃₀H/C₃₀H<0.05）和新藿烷（C₂₉Ts/C₂₉H=0.2~0.4）含量低和伽马蜡烷含量高（伽马蜡烷指数=0.4~0.8）,这一系列特征与柴西地区发育的古近系-新近系咸水湖相烃源岩一致。但是,东坪地区原油呈现完全不同的生物标志物组合,主要表现为丰富的伽马蜡烷（伽马蜡烷指数=1.2~3.0）与高含量的新藿烷（C₂₉Ts/C₂₉H>1.5）、重排藿烷（diaC₃₀H/C₃₀H>0.7）和重排甾烷（C₂₇重排甾烷/规则甾烷>0.4）并存,这与地质样品中伽马蜡烷和重排类标志物的分布特征相矛盾,因为依据现有的认识无法解释这一特殊地球化学现象。生物标志物组成特征表明东坪地区原油所具有的特殊生物标志物组合并非源于不同类型原油之间的混合,而是一种客观存在,尽管其确切的地球化学意义和形成条件目前并不清楚。由此可见,东坪地区原油为柴达木盆地一个新的原油类型,推测其烃源岩可能形成于偏酸性的咸水环境。     

Organic geochemical characteristics of crude oils from the Masila Basin, eastern Yemen

The Masila Basin is an important hydrocarbon province in Yemen, but the origin of hydrocarbons and their generation history are not fully understood. In this regard, 10 crude oils from different petroleum reservoir sections in the Masila Basin were characterized by a variety of biomarker and non-biomarker parameters using GC, GC-MS and stable carbon isotope techniques. Oils from the Masila Basin display pristane/phytane (Pr/Ph) ratios ranging from 1.7 to 2.0, low sulfur content, high C₃₅ homohopane index, relatively high C₂₇ sterane concentrations and relatively high tricyclic terpanes suggesting a marine clay source rock that was deposited in mildly anoxic to suboxic conditions with dominantly algal organic matter. C₂₉ 20S/(20S + 20R) steranes and ββ/(ββ + αα) sterane ratios indicate that the Masila oils have reached peak oil window maturity. Another related feature of these oils is the absence of 18α (H)-oleanane, which suggests a source age older than Cretaceous. The carbon isotope compositions are similar to those of the potential source rocks, which range from −25.4‰ to −28.3‰, indicating a marine environment. The new data presented in this paper suggest that the Masila oils constitute one oil family and that the oil originated from the Upper Jurassic Madbi source rock in the basin.     

东濮凹陷北部盐湖相原油特征与成因

东濮凹陷盐湖相油气成因与成藏机理研究薄弱。采用色谱/质谱(GC/MS)等常规技术,结合傅立叶变换离子回旋共振质谱、单体烃碳同位素技术,对东濮凹陷北部文明寨、卫城地区油气特征及其成因进行了解剖。结果表明,该区原油具有植烷对姥鲛烷优势显著、伽马蜡烷富集、升藿烷“翘尾”、甾烷异构化程度较低等咸水、盐湖相原油的典型特征。原油还具有正构烷烃单体烃碳同位素呈低碳重、高碳轻、近两段式分布的特征,与柴达木盐湖相原油有所差异。原油中检测到丰富的S1、S2、O1S1、N1、O1、O2、O3等芳构化程度较低的NSO化合物,其与该区低熟油的形成关系密切。油-油、油-岩详细对比表明,东濮凹陷北部原油主要来自埋深超过3 000 m的沙三—沙四段烃源岩、存在不同成熟度原油混合聚集现象。研究结果对该区进一步油气勘探具有重要指示意义。     

柴达木盆地西部油族划分及成因研究

对柴达木盆地西部各油田的151个原油进行了分子地球化学分析,并选取伽马蜡烷/C30藿烷、升藿烷指数、甾烷C27/C29和三环萜烷/C30Hop四个参数作为变量进行SAS聚类分析。结合常规二维散点图法,柴西原油可以分为3个油族7个亚族：油族Ⅰ以强水体分层、强还原环境为特征,主要分布于西端的七个泉、红柳泉地区,该油族可以分为两个亚族,油亚族②相比于油亚族①具有更高的甾烷 C27/C29比值;油族Ⅱ主要分布于狮子沟、花土沟、跃进和南翼山油泉子地区,在七个泉、红柳泉等地区也有分布,以相对较强的水体分层、还原环境为特征;油族Ⅲ主要分布于东（南）部的切克里克、乌南、绿草滩、咸水泉、跃西和跃进Ⅱ号等地区,以水体分层变差、较还原环境为特征,该油族可以分为3个亚族,其中油亚族⑤则具有异常低的三环萜烷/C30Hop 比值,油亚族⑥具有异常高的甾烷 C27/C29比值,油亚族⑦则具有异常高的三环萜烷/C30Hop 比值。油族空间分布特征受下干柴沟组源岩有机相在空间上的变化制约,下干柴沟组源岩发育时期,自西向东地层沉积速率增大,水体的分层变差、还原性降低,导致陆源输入的增加以及有机质保存条件变差。     

柴达木盆地西部尕斯库勒油田E31油藏成藏条件与机制

柴达木盆地西部原油为盐湖相未成熟-低成熟原油,属于典型的原油成因类型。尕斯库勒油田是柴达木盆地西部最大的油田。从油气生成运移、聚集成藏诸方面,较为系统地研究了该油田中E1₃ 油藏的形成条件,动态地探讨了油藏的形成机制,为该油藏的成因认识和进一步勘探开发提供了科学依据。     

柴达木盆地西部尕斯库勒油田E_3~1油藏成藏条件与机制

柴达木盆地西部原油为盐湖相未成熟—低成熟原油,属于典型的原油成因类型。尕斯库勒油田是柴达木盆地西部最大的油田。从油气生成运移、聚集成藏诸方面,较为系统地研究了该油田中E13 油藏的形成条件,动态地探讨了油藏的形成机制,为该油藏的成因认识和进一步勘探开发提供了科学依据。     

柴达木盆地北缘东段石炭系生烃潜力及其地质意义

依据烃源岩有机质丰度、有机质类型、有机质成熟度和可溶有机质特征分析,发现柴达木盆地北缘东段上石炭统泥质烃源岩有机碳含量平均为1.26%,有机质类型主要以Ⅲ型和Ⅱ型为主;碳酸盐岩有机质丰度较低,平均为0.24%,有机质类型较好,为Ⅱ和Ⅰ型;有机质正处于成熟阶段后期-高成熟早期,有的还处在大量生烃阶段,表明上石炭统烃源岩达到中等—好生油岩级别。石炭系烃源岩有机质形成于较强还原条件下的咸水环境,具有丰富的低等水生生物和藻类母质输入。运用地球化学指标和柴达木盆地北缘各构造带原油系统对比研究,表明石炭系烃源岩对冷湖、南八仙构造带原油没有实质性的贡献。马北构造带个别原油样品中表现出存在来源于石炭系烃源岩的油源,揭示柴达木盆地北缘东段石炭系烃源岩是不可忽视的又一套烃源岩。     

柴达木盆地西部第三系咸水湖相原油地球化学特征

在系统分析柴达木盆地西部各油田40余个原油样品碳同位素和饱和烃、芳烃组成的基础上,全面剖析了该地区第三系湖相原油的地球化学特征.研究结果表明,这些原油具有特殊的碳同位素组成和异常的生物标志物分布.其全油碳同位素偏重(-26‰～-24‰);正构烷烃系列单体烃碳同位素分布曲线呈水平状,表现出类同于海相有机质的碳同位素组成特征.它们的生物标志物中正烷烃系列兼具奇碳和偶碳优势双重碳数分布模式;呈强植烷优势,Pr/Ph值大多<0.6;伽玛蜡烷普遍异常丰富,C35藿烷含量高,表征高盐、厌氧的咸水湖相沉积环境性质.芳烃组份以萘、菲系列为主,而二苯并噻吩等含硫有机化合物相对含量较低,反映该地区咸水湖相原油源岩沉积相的特殊性.柴西各油田原油地球化学参数在区域上呈规律性变化趋势,与其源岩沉积相的时空变迁相一致.     

塔里木盆地寒武系原油微量元素特征及意义

塔里木盆地是中国最大的内陆含油气盆地,有关盆地内主力烃源岩层位时代目前仍存在一定争议。油-油对比能够 发现原油间的亲缘关系,明确不同类型原油地球化学特征,是解决这一问题的有效手段。中深1井及中深1C井发现的中寒 武统阿瓦塔格组、下寒武统肖尔布拉克组原油可以作为重要的端元油类型参与油-油对比。本文通过对比两种寒武系原油 及盆地内多种轻质原油微量元素组成,发现根据多种过渡金属元素比值进行聚类分析可将盆地内轻质原油分为I类和II类, Cr/V,Ni/Mn,Ni/Mo比值是原油分类的良好指标。I类原油较II类原油具有较低的Cr/V比及较高的Ni/Mn与Ni/Mo比,表明 其烃源岩沉积环境相对还原。本次分类结果与前人有机地球化学研究相符,表明无机地球化学指标可作为原油分类的重要 参考,具有较大的应用潜力。     

藏北南羌塘盆地扎仁地区油苗地球化学特征及意义

扎仁地区地处南羌塘盆地南缘,属油气研究的“空白区”,结合羌塘盆地扎仁区块1∶〖KG-*2〗5万石油地质构造详查,重点研究了位于该区的地表油苗的生物标志化合物和分子碳同位素特征,并且进行了油源对比。研究资料揭示了原油有机质母质为菌藻类和高等植物,特别是藻类为原油的形成作出了贡献;原油形成于还原—弱还原的咸水环境,显示成熟原油的特征。原油的生物标志物特征和中侏罗统夏里组烃源岩具有亲缘关系,反映了原油主要来源于夏里组烃源岩,但其单体碳同位素特征又与夏里组烃源岩存在一定的差异,反映了混合来源的特征。     

Variations in Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition of n-Alkanes from Ordovician and Triassic-Derived Oils in Lunnan Oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China： Global Paleoenvironmental Constraints

Molecular stable carbon isotope technique was employed to study well-sourced crude oils collected from a single drilling well and from the entire Lunnan oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China. The stable carbon isotopic composition of n-alkanes from crude oils showed that Ordovi-clan-derived oils are enriched in ^13C and Triassic-derived oils are depleted in ^13C. This is consistent with the distribution and evolution trend of stable carbon isotope ratios in crude oils/organic matter from all over the world in geological history (Stahl, 1977; Andrusevich et al. ,1998). An extensive survey of literature indicates that, except for thermal maturity, organic matter input and depositional environment, paleoenvironmental background is another key factor that affects the stable carbon isotopic composition of Ordovician- and Triassic-derived crude oils. The results showed that gas chromatographic-isotope ratio mass spectrometry ( GC-C-IRMS), combining with biogeoehemical evolution of organic matter in geological history, may be a powerful tool in refining oil/oil, oil/source correlations in multi-age, multi-source petroliferous basins like Tarim.     

柴达木盆地第三系油源对比

本文利用生物标记化合物,着重讨论了柴达木盆地第三系内陆盐湖相地层中的油源对比问题.主要应用甾烷的母源参数与成熟度参数相结合的方法,和油/岩综合指纹类型曲线对比法.查明了这组同时代但不同成熟度的原油,各有其相应成熟级别(未成熟、低成熟、成熟和高成熟)的源岩.表明它们是不同成烃演化阶段的产物.研究证明,迄今柴达木盆地所找到的石油,大部分是低成熟的,而成熟和高成熟的油气资源还有很大的勘探前景.     

鄂尔多斯盆地南部中生界原油地球化学特征及油源分析

系统采集鄂尔多斯盆地南部中生界的烃源岩、原油及油砂样品,对其饱和烃和芳烃馏分进行气相色谱-质谱分析,通过 对生物标志物组成特征的研究,分析和探讨中生界原油的油源。结果表明:根据 8β(H)-补身烷和 C3017α(H)-重排藿烷含量, 鄂尔多斯盆地南部中生界原油可划分为I,II,III类。第I类原油 8β(H)-补身烷含量高, C3017α(H)-重排藿烷含量低,来自 深湖相沉积相带的长 7 油页岩 (A1 类),第II类原油 8β(H)-补身烷含量较高, C3017α(H)-重排藿烷含量中等,来自深湖—半深 湖沉积相带的长 7 暗色泥岩 (A2 类),第III类原油 8β(H)-补身烷含量低, C3017α(H)-重排藿烷含量高,来自半深湖沉积相带的 长 7 暗色泥岩 (A3 类),由于采集样品数量限制,第III类原油不排除来自长 8 或长 9 暗色泥岩 (A3 类) 的可能,目前发现的原油 主要是第I类,即各油层组的原油主要是由长 7 油页岩提供的,它是鄂多斯盆地南部中生界的主力烃源岩。     

Variations in Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition of n-Alkanes from Ordovician- and Triassic-Derived Oils in Lunnan Oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China: Global Paleoenvironmental Constraints

1IntroductionInthelastdecade,theGC C IRMStechniquehasbeenwidelyappliedinthestudyoffossilfu els (Bjoryetal.,1 990 ,1 991 ,1 992 ,1 994a ,1 994b ;Schoelletal.,1 994) ,biomarkers (Schoelletal.,1 992 )andpaleoenvironment(Pancostetal.,1 999) ,aswellasofpaleoceanography (Kenni cuttetal.,1 990 ) ,biogeochemistry (e .g .Hayesetal.,1 990 )andenvironmentalsciences (O’Malleyetal.,1 994) .Stablecarbonisotopicanalysesweremadeofacoupleofcompound specifictypesincludingn alkanes,isoprenoids,lighthydr…     

Geochemical characteristics and oil family classification of crude oils from the Markit Slope in the southwest of the Tarim Basin,Northwest China

Based on the chromatograms of oils and saturated hydrocarbons, biomarkers and stable carbon isotope analyses, the geochemical characteristics and oil family Classification of crude oils from the Markit Slope in the southwest of the Tarim Basin were investigated. The results showed that crude oils from the Markit Slope are divided into two oil family Classification. Oils collected from the Bashituo oilfield in the western part of the Markit Slope are characterized by high contents of tricyclic terpanes, pregnane, and homopregnane, low contents of garmmacerane (G/H<0.20), dibenzofuran, and methyl cyclohexane, and light stable carbon isotopic values (the δ13C values of satu-rated hydrocarbons and aromatic components are less than -34‰ and -32‰, respectively), with the distribution type of steranes being C27>>C28 -32‰ and -30.6‰, respectively), with the distribution type of steranes being C27>C28<相似文献   

Evidence of Oil Sources and Migration in Triassic-Jurassic Reservoirs in the South Tianhuan Depression of the Ordos Basin,China Based on Analysis of Biomarkers and Nitrogen-Bearing Compounds

Abstract: The Ordos Basin is an important intracontinental sedimentary basin in western China for its abundant Mesozoic crude oil resources. The southern part of the Tianhuan Depression is located in the southwestern marginal area of this Basin, in which the Jurassic and Triassic Chang-3 are the main oil-bearing strata. Currently, no consensus has been reached regarding oil source and oil migration in the area, and an assessment of oil accumulation patterns is thus challenging. In this paper, the oil source, migration direction, charging site and migration pathways are investigated through analysis of pyrrolic nitrogen compounds and hydrocarbon biomarkers. Oil source correlations show that the oils trapped in the Jurassic and Chang-3 reservoirs were derived from the Triassic Chang-7 source rocks. The Jurassic and Chang-3 crude oils both underwent distinct vertical migration from deep to shallow strata, indicating that the oils generated by Chang-7 source rocks may have migrated upward to the shallower Chang-3 and Jurassic strata under abnormally high pressures, to accumulate along the sand bodies of the ancient rivers and the unconformity surface. The charging direction of the Jurassic and Chang-3 crude oils is primarily derived from Mubo, Chenhao, and Shangliyuan, which are located northeast of the southern Tianhuan Depression, with oils moving toward the west, southwest, and south. The results show that an integration of biomarker and nitrogen-bearing compound analyses can provide useful information about oil source, migration, and accumulation.     

Geochemical characteristics of aromatic hydrocarbons in saline lacustrine crude oils and their significance as exemplified by the south area of western Qaidam Basin

Based on quantitative GC-MS analysis of 40 crude oil samples collected from the south area of western Qaidam Basin,one of the largest saline lacustrine basins in China,the geochemical characteristics of aromatic hydrocarbons in oils were studied systematically in this paper.Among those constitutes,naphthalene(43% 59%),phenanthrene(12% 21%) and taromatic-sterane series(6% 28%) were the main ones of aromatic hydrocarbons.The ratio of aromatic hydrocarbon maturity parameter vs.saturated hydrocarbon maturity parameter C 29 20S/(20S+20R) shows that some aromatic hydrocarbon maturity parameters are not suitable for low-mature oils,including MPI,MNR,DNR,etc.Meanwhile,maturity parameters for dibenzothiophene and taromatic-sterane series are more appropriate for low maturity saline lacustrine crude oils.Based on the ratio of 4,6-DMDBT/1,4-DMDBT,the R c values are within the range of 0.59% 0.72%.However,the abundance of dibenzothiophene(DBT) is low,and the dibenzofuran(DBF) content is even lower,suggesting that the crude oils were formed in a saline lacustrine anaerobic environment.The high abundance of C 26 triaromatic steroid also indicates that the source material is brackish water-saline water with strong reducibility.