Fluorescence micro-spectrometry of synthetic and natural hydrocarbon fluid inclusions: Crude oil chemistry, density and application to petroleum migration

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-241

  Stasiuk, L D ^a   Snowdon, L R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crude oils; Fluorescence properties; Synthetic hydrocarbon fluid inclusions

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBONS; INCLUSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FIRST ORDER LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATIONS; FLUORESCENCE MICRO SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBON FLUID INCLUSIONS; THERMAL MATURITY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CRUDE OIL; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031148458     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00047-9     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Barres O., Burneau A., Dubessy J. and Pagel M. (1987) The application of micro-FTIR spectroscopy to individual hydrocarbon fluid inclusion analysis. Appl. Spectrosc. 41, 1000-1008.
2. Bertrand P., Pittion J-L. and Bernaud C. (1986) Fluorescence of sedimentary organic matter in relation to its chemical composition. Org. Geochem. 10, 641-647.
3. Bodnar R. J. (1990) Petroleum migration in the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, USA: constraints from fluid inclusion studies. Mineral. Mag. 54, 295-304.
4. Brown D. M., McAlpine K. D. and Yole R. W. (1989) Sedimentology and sandstone diagenesis of Hibernia Formation in Hibernia oil field, Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 73, 557-575.
5. Burruss R. C. (1981). Hydrocarbon fluid inclusions in studies of diagenesis. In Short Course in Fluid Inclusions: Application to Petrology (eds L.S. Hollister and M.L. Crawford). Mineralog. Assoc. of Canada 6, 138-156.
6. Burruss R. C. (1981). Hydrocarbon fluid inclusions in studies of diagenesis. In Short Course in Fluid Inclusions: Application to Petrology (eds L.S. Hollister and M.L. Crawford). Mineralog. Assoc. of Canada 6, 138-156.
7. Eadington P. J., Hamilton P. J. and Bai G. P. (1991) Fluid history analysis - a new concept for prospect evaluation. APEA Jour. 31, 282-294.
8. England W. A. (1990) The organic geochemistry of petroleum reservoirs. Org. Geochem. 16, 415-425.
9. Fowler M. G. 1992. The influence of Gloeocapsomorpha prisca on the organic geochemistry of oils and organic-rich source rocks of Late Ordovician age from Canada. In: Early Organic Evolution: Implications for Mineral and Energy Sources (ed. M. Schidlowski). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 336-356.
10. Fowler M. G. and Brooks P. W. (1990) Organic geochemistry as an aid in the interpretation of the history of oil migration into different reservoirs at the Hibernia K-19 and Ben Nevis I-45 wells, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland. Org. Geochem. 16, 461-485.
11. Guilhaumou N., Szydlowskii N and Pradier B. (1990) Characterization of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions by infra-red and fluorescence microspectrometry. Mineral. Mag. 54, 311-324.
12. Hagemann H. W. and Hollerbach A. (1986) The fluorescence behavior of crude oils with respect to their thermal maturation and degradation. Org. Geochem. 10, 473-480.
13. Karlson D. A., Nedkvitne T, Larter S. R. and Bjorlykke K. (1993) Hydrocarbon composition of authigenic inclusions: application to elucidation of petroleum reservoir filling history. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 3641-3659.
14. Khavari Khorasani G. (1987) Novel development in fluorescence microscopy of complex organic mixtures: application in petroleum geochemistry. Org. Geochem. 11, 157-168.
15. Leythaeuser D. and Ruckheim J. (1989) Heterogeneity of oil composition within a reservoir as a reflection of accumulation history. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 2119-2123.
16. Lin R. and Davis A. (1987) A fluorogeochemical model for coal macerals. Org. Geochem. 12, 363-374.
17. Lumb D. M. (1978) Organic luminescence. In Luminescence Spectroscopy (ed. D.M. Lumb), Academic Press, New York, pp. 93-148
18. Moser M. R., Rankin A. H. and Milledge H. J. (1992) Hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions in fluorite associated with Windy Knoll bitumen deposits. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56, 155-168.
19. McLimans R. K. (1987) The application of fluid inclusions to migration of oil and diagenesis in petroleum reservoirs. Appl. Geochem. 2, 585-603.
20. Mukhopadhyay P. K. (1992) Maturation of organic matter as revealed by microscopic methods: applications and limitations of vitrinite reflectance and continuous spectral and pulsed laser fluorescence spectroscopy. In Diagenesis III (eds K.H. Wolf and G. V. Chilingarian). Development in Sedimentology, 47, Elsevier, 435-510.
21. Mukhopadhyay P. K. (1992) Maturation of organic matter as revealed by microscopic methods: applications and limitations of vitrinite reflectance and continuous spectral and pulsed laser fluorescence spectroscopy. In Diagenesis III (eds K.H. Wolf and G. V. Chilingarian). Development in Sedimentology, 47, Elsevier, 435-510.
22. Mukhopadhyay P. K. and Rullkotter J. (1986) Quantitative microscopic spectral fluorescence measurement of crude oil, bitumen, kerogen and coal. Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 70, 624.
23. Osadetz K. G., Snowdon L. R. and Brooks P. W. (1992) Oil families and their sources in Canadian Williston Basin (southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba). Bull. Can. Petrol. Geol. 40, 254-273.
24. Pironon J. (1990) Synthesis of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions at low temperature. Am. Mineralog. 75, 226-229.
25. Roedder E. (1984) Fluid inclusions. Reviews in Mineralogy 12, 644.
26. Sellwood B. W., Wilkes M. and James B. (1993) Hydrocarbon inclusions in late cements: migration indicators in the Great Oolite Group, Weald Basin, S. England. Sed. Geol. 84, 51-55.
27. Van Gijzel P. (1981) Applications of the geomicrophotometry of kerogen, solid hydrocarbons and crude oils to petroleum exploration. In Organic Maturation Studies and Fossil Fuel Exploration (ed. J. Brooks). Academic Press, London, pp. 351-377.
28. Williamson M. A., Coflin K. C., Agrawal Z., Huang K. and McAlpine K. D. (1995). The risk of encountering biodegraded oils in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 3058, Proceedings of the Oil and Gas Forum '95, Calgary, 313-316.
29. Williamson M. A., Coflin K. C., Agrawal Z., Huang K. and McAlpine K. D. (1995). The risk of encountering biodegraded oils in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 3058, Proceedings of the Oil and Gas Forum '95, Calgary, 313-316.