Analysis of wax hydrocarbons in petroleum source rocks from the Damintun depression, eastern China, using high temperature gas chromatography

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1673-1687

  Huang, Haiping ^a,b   Larter, Steve R ^a   Love, Gordon D ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ROCKS;

WAX HYDROCARBONS;

WAXES;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOURCE ROCK; WAX;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0344927802     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00172-4     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. 80+) in the trilaminar outer cell walls of some freshwater microalgae. A reappraisal of algaenan structure. Organic Geochemistry 33, 789-801.
2. Burger, E.D., Perkins, T.K., Striegler, J.H., 1981. Studies of wax deposition in the Trans Alaska Pipeline. Journal of Petroleum Technology 33, 1075-1086.
3. Carlson, R.M.K., Teerman, S.C., Moldowan, J.M., Jacobson, S.R., Chan, E.I., Dorrough, K.S., Seetoo, W.C., Mertani, B., 1993. High temperature gas chromatography of high wax oils. In: Indonesian Petroleum Association, 22nd Annual Convention Proceedings, Jakarta, Indonesia, pp. 483-507.
4. Carlson, R.M.K., Jacobsen, S.R., Moldowan, J.M., Chan, E.I., 1994. Potential application of high temperature gas chromatography to Middle Eastern petroleum exploration and production. In: Al-Husseini, M.I. (Ed.), Geo'94, Vol 1, Selected Middle East Papers from The Middle East Petroleum Geoscience Conference. Gulf PetroLink, Manama, Bahrain, 1994, pp. 258-267.
5. 40 in waxes from natural crude oils and bitumens based on carbon isotopic evidence. In: 18th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, 22-26 September, Maastricht, The Netherlands, pp. 399-400 (abstract).
6. Collinson, M.E., van Bergen, P.F., Scott, A.C., De Leeuw, J.W., 1994. The oil-generating potential of plants from coal and coal-bearing strata through time: a review with new evidence from Carboniferous plants. In: Scott, A.C., Fleet, A.J. (Eds.), Coal and Coal-bearing Strata as Oil-prone Source Rocks? Special Publication No. 77. Geological Society, London, pp. 31-70.
7. Curry, D.J., Emmett, J.K., Hunt, J.W., 1994. Geochemistry of aliphatic-rich coals in the Cooper Basin, Australia, and Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: implications for the occurrence of potentially oil-generative coals. In: Scott, A.C., Fleet, A.J. (Eds.). Coal and Coal-bearing Strata as Oil-prone Source Rocks? Special Publication No. 77. Geological Society, London, pp. 149-182.
8. Del Rio, J.C., Philp, R.P., 1992. Oligomerization of fatty acids as a possible source for high molecular weight hydrocarbons and sulphur-containing compounds in sediments. Organic Geochemistry 18, 869-880.
9. 40) in oils and solid bitumens. Organic Geochemistry 18, 541-553.
10. Del Rio, J.C., Philp, R.P., 1999. Field ionization mass spectrometric study of high molecular weight hydrocarbons in a crude oil and a solid bitumen. Organic Geochemistry 30, 279-286.
11. Didyk, B.M., Simoneit, B.R.T., Brassell, S.C., Eglinton, G., 1978. Organic geochemical indicators of palaeoenvironmental conditions of sedimentation. Nature 272, 216-222.
12. Eglinton, G., Hamilton, R.J., 1967. Leaf epicuticular waxes. Science 156, 1322-1335.
13. Ge, T., Chen, Y., 1993. Liaohe Oilfield. Petroleum Geology of China, 3. Petroleum Industry Press, Beijing (in Chinese).
14. Gelin, F., Boogers, I., Noordeloos, A.A.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Riegman, R., de Leeuw, J.W., 1997. Resistant biomacromolecules in marine microalgae of the classes Eustigmatophyceae and Chlorophyceae; geochemical implications. Organic Geochemistry 26, 659-675.
15. Gelin, F., Volkman, J.K., Largeau, C., Derenne, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., de Leeuw, J.W., 1999. Distribution of aliphatic, nonhydrolyzable biopolymers in marine microalgae. Organic Geochemistry 30, 147-159.
16. Goth, K., de Leeuw, J.W., Püttman, W., Tegelaar, E.W., 1988. Origin of Messel oil shale kerogen. Nature 336, 759-761.
17. Hatcher, P.G., Spiker, E.C., Szverenyri, M., Maciel, G.E., 1983. Selective preservation: the origin of petroleum forming aquatic kerogen. Nature 305, 498-501.
18. Hedberg, H.D., 1968. Significance of high wax oils with respect to genesis of petroleum. AAPG Bulletin 52, 736-750.
19. Hsieh, M., Philp, R.P., del Rio, J.C., 2000. Characterization of high molecular weight biomarkers in crude oils. Organic Geochemistry 31, 1581-1588.
20. Hsieh, M., Philp, R.P., 2001. Ubiquitous occurrence of high molecular weight hydrocarbons in crude oils. Organic Geochemistry 31, 1581-1588.
21. Huang, H., Pearson, M.J., 1999. Source rock palaeoenvironments and controls on the distribution of dibenzothiophenes in lacustrine crude oils, Bohai Bay basin, eastern China. Organic Geochemistry 30, 1455-1470.
22. Huang, H., Li, H., Ma, K., He, H., 2001. Formation condition of high wax oils in Damintun sag. Zhiyou Yu Tianranqi Dizhi (Oil and Gas Geology) 22, 64-67, 71 (in Chinese with English abstract).
23. Huang, H., Zhen, Y., Zhang, Z., Li, J. Lacustrine biomass - a significant precursor of high wax oil. Chinese Science Bulletin (in press).
24. Huang, Y., Geng, A., Fu, J., Sheng, G., Zhao, B., Cheng, Y., Li, M., 1992. The investigation of characteristics of biomarker assemblages and their precursors in Damintun ultrahigh wax oils and related source rocks. Organic Geochemistry 19, 29-39.
25. 40+ n-alkanes in coals. Organic Geochemistry 31, 589-597.
26. Largeau, C., Casadevall, E., Kadouri, A., Metzger, P., 1984. Formation of immature Torbanite and of the resistant biopolymer (PRB A) isolated from the extant alga Botryococcus braunii: mechanism of formation and structure of Torbanite. Organic Geochemistry 10, 1023-1032.
27. de Leeuw, J.W., van Bergen, P.F., van Aarsen, B.G.K., Gatellier, J.P., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Collinson, M.E., 1991. Resistant biomacromolecules as major contributors to kerogen. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 333, 329-337.
28. Love, G.D., Snape, C.E., Fallick, A.E., 1998. Differences in the mode of incorporation and biogenicity of the principal aliphatic constituents of a Type I oil shale. Organic Geochemistry 28, 797-811.
29. Mackenzie, A.S., 1984. Application of biological markers in petroleum geochemistry. In: Brooks, J., Welte, D. (Eds.), Advance in Petroleum Geochemistry, Vol. 1. Academic, London, pp. 115-214.
30. Mello, M.R., Maxwell, J.R., 1990. Organic geochemical and biological marker characterization of source rocks and oils from lacustrine environments in the Brazilian Continental Margin. In: Katz, B.J. (Ed.), Lacustrine Basin Exploration. AAPG Memoir 50, pp. 77-97.
31. Moldowan, J.M., Seifert, W.K., Gallegos, E.J., 1985. Relationship between petroleum composition and depositional environment of petroleum source rocks. AAPG Bulletin 69, 1255-1268.
32. Mueller, E., Philp, R.P., 1998. Extraction of high molecular weight hydrocarbons from source rocks: an example from the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah. Organic Geochemistry 28, 625-631.
33. Musser, B., Kilpatrick, P.K., 1998. Molecular characterization of wax isolated from a variety of crude oils. Energy and Fuels 12, 715-725.
34. Nip, M., Tegelaar, E.W., de Leeuw, J.W., Schenck, P.A., Holloway, P.J., 1986. Analysis of modern and fossil plant cuticles by Curie point Py-GC and Curie Point Py-GC-MS: recognition of a new, highly aliphatic and resistant biopolymer. Organic Geochemistry 10, 769-778.
35. Philp, P.R., Calvin, M., 1976. Possible origin for insoluble organic (kerogen) debris in sediments from insoluble cell wall materials of algae and bacteria. Nature 262, 134-136.
36. Philp, P.R., 1994. Geochemical characteristics of oils derived predominantly from terrigenous source materials. In: Scott, A.C., Fleet, A.J. (Eds.), Coal and Coal-bearing Strata as Oil-prone Source Rocks? Special Publication No. 77. Geological Society, London, pp. 71-91.
37. Powell, T.G., Boreham, C.J., 1994. Terrestrially source oils: where do they exist and what are our limits of knowledge? In: Scott, A.C., Fleet, A.J. (Eds.), Coal and Coal-bearing Strata as Oil-prone Source Rocks? Special Publication No. 77. Geological Society, London, pp. 11-29.
38. Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kenig, F., Koopmans, M.P., Köster, J., Schouten, S., Hayes, J.M., de Leeuw, J.W., 1995. Evidence for gammacerane as an indicator of water column stratification. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59, 1895-1900.
39. Tegelaar, E.W., Matthezing, R.M., Jansen, J.B.H., Horsfield, B., de Leeuw, J.W., 1989. Possible origin of n-alkanes in high wax crude oils. Nature 342, 529-531.
40. Tegelaar, E.W., Kerp, H., Visscher, H., Schenk, P.A., de Leeuw, J.W., 1991. Bias of the paleobotanical record as a consequence of variations in the chemical composition of higher vascular plant cuticles. Palaeobiology 17, 133-144.
41. ten Haven, H.C., de Leeuw, J.W., Rullkotter, J., Sinninghe Damste, J.S., 1987. Restricted utility of the pristane/phytane ratio as paleoenvironmental indicator. Nature 330, 641-643.
42. Thanh, N.X., Hsieh, M., Philp, R.P., 1999. Waxes and asphaltenes in crude oils. Organic Geochemistry 30, 119-132.
43. Tissot, B.P., Weite, D.H., 1984. Petroleum Formation and Occurrence, second ed., Springer-Verlag.
44. Tong, X., Huang, Z., 1991. Buried-hill discoveries of the Damintun depression in North China. AAPG Bulletin 75, 780-794.
45. Volkman, J.K., 1986. A review of sterol markers for marine and terrigenous organic matter. Organic Geochemistry 9, 83-100.
46. Volkman, J.K., 1988. Biological marker compounds as indicators of the depositional environments of petroleum source rocks. In: Fleet, A.J., Kelts, K., Talbot, M.R. (Eds.), Lacustrine Petroleum Source Rocks. Geological Society Special Publication 40. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 103-122.