Mixing and biodegradation of hydrocarbons in the Daerqi oilfield, Baiyinchagan Depression, northern China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1479-1500

  Pan, Changchun ^a   Tan, Yuming ^a,b   Feng, Jianhui ^a,b   Jin, Guangxing ^b   Zhang, Yunxian ^b   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ZHONGYUAN OILFIELD BRANCH COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORIC WATER PERCOLATION; MOLECULAR MATURITY PARAMETERS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CRUDE OIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; MIXING; PERCOLATION;

ASIA; BAIYINCHAGAN DEPRESSION; CHINA; DAERQI OILFIELD; ERLIAN BASIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 34547743123     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Aquino Neto F.R., Trendel J.M., Restle A., Connan J., and Albrecht P.A. Occurrence and formation of tricyclic and tetracyclic terpanes in sediments and petroleum. In: Bjorøy M., et al. (Ed). Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1981 (1983), John Wiley and Sons 659-667
2. Arouri K.R., and McKirdy D.M. The behaviour of aromatic hydrocarbons in artificial mixtures of Permian and Jurassic end-member oils: application to in-reservoir mixing in the Eromanga Basin, Australia. Organic Geochemistry 36 (2005) 105-115
3. Bailey N.J.L., Jobson A.M., and Rogers M.A. Bacterial degradation of crude oil: comparison of field and experimental data. Chemical Geology 11 (1973) 203-221
4. Baskin D.K., and Peters K.E. Early generation characteristics of a sulfur-rich Monterey kerogen. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 76 (1992) 1-13
5. Chen J., Liang D., Wang X., Zhong N., Song F., Deng C., Shi X., Jin T., and Xiang S. Mixed oils derived from multiple source rocks in the Cainan oilfield, Junggar Basin, Northwest China. Part I: genetic potential of source rocks, features of biomarkers and oil sources of typical crude oils. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 889-909
6. Chen J., Deng C., Liang D., Wang X., Zhong N., Song F., Shi X., Jin T., and Xiang S. Mixed oils derived from multiple source rocks in the Cainan oilfield, Junggar Basin, Northwest China. Part II: artificial mixing experiments on typical crude oils and quantitative oil-source correlation. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 911-930
7. Chicarelli M.I., Aquino Neto F.R., and Albrecht P.A. Occurrence of four stereoisomeric tricyclic terpane series in immature Brazilian shales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 52 (1988) 1955-1959
8. Connan J. Biodegradation of crude oils in reservoirs. In: Brooks J., and Welte D.H. (Eds). Advances in Petroleum Geochemistry 1 (1984), Academy Press, London 299-335
9. di Primio R., and Horsfield B. Predicting the generation of heavy oils in carbonate/evaporitic environments using pyrolysis methods. Organic Geochemistry 24 (1996) 999-1016
10. Dou L., Zhu Y., Yang T., Xu S., and Ping X. Origins of heavy oils in the Erlian Basin, NE China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 15 (1998) 769-781
11. Dzou L.I., Holba A.G., Ramón J.C., Moldowan J.M., and Zinniker D. Application of new diterpane biomarkers to source, biodegradation and mixing effects on Central Llanos Basin oils, Colombia. Organic Geochemistry 30 (1999) 515-534
12. England W.A. The organic geochemistry of petroleum reservoirs. Organic Geochemistry 16 (1990) 415-425
13. Evans C.R., Rogers M.A., and Bailey N.J.L. Evolution and alteration of petroleum in Western Canada. Chemical Geology 8 (1971) 147-170
14. Farrimond P., Bevan J.C., and Bishop A.N. Tricyclic terpane maturity parameters: response to heating by an igneous intrusion. Organic Geochemistry 30 (1999) 1011-1019
15. Fu J., and Sheng G. Biological marker composition of typical source rocks and related crude oils of terrestrial origin in the People's Republic of China: a review. Applied Geochemistry 4 (1989) 13-32
16. Gao W., Wu Z., and Chen M. Petroleum geology of Eilian Basin. In: Zhai G., et al. (Ed). Petroleum Geology of China vol. 5 (1988), Chinese Petroleum Industrial Press, Beijing 455-561 (in Chinese)
17. Granch J.A., and Posthuma J. On the origin of sulfur in crudes. In: Tissot B., and Bienner F. (Eds). Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1973 (1974), Editions Technip, Paris 727-739
18. Head I.M., Jones D.M., and Larter S.R. Biological activity in the deep subsurface and the origin of heavy oil. Nature 426 (2003) 344-352
19. Huang H., Jin G., Lin C., and Zheng Y. Origin of an unusual heavy oil from the Baiyinchagan depression, Erlian basin, northern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 20 (2003) 1-12
20. Hunt J.M. Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology (1979), Freeman and Co. 617pp
21. Jiang C., Li M., Osadetz K.G., Snowdon L.R., Obermajer M., and Fowler M.G. Bakken/Madison petroleum systems in the Canadian Williston Basin. Part 2: molecular markers diagnostic of Bakken and Lodgepole source rocks. Organic Geochemistry 32 (2001) 1037-1054
22. Jiang C., and Li M. Bakken/Madison petroleum systems in the Canadian Williston Basin. Part 3: Geochemical evidence for significant contribution of Bakken-derived oils in Madison Group reservoirs. Organic Geochemistry 33 (2002) 761-787
23. Jiang C., and Li M. Bakken/Madison petroleum systems in the Canadian Williston Basin. Part 4: Diphenylmethanes and benzylcyclohexanes as indicators for oils derived from the Madison petroleum system. Organic Geochemistry 33 (2002) 855-860
24. Kuo L.C. An experimental study of crude oil alteration in reservoir rocks by water washing. Organic Geochemistry 21 (1994) 465-479
25. Larter S.R., and Aplin A.C. Reservoir geochemistry: methods, applications and opportunities. In: Cubitt J.M., and England W.A. (Eds). The Geochemistry of Reservoirs vol. 86 (1995), Geological Society Special Publication 5-32
26. Larter S.R., Wilhelms A., Head I., Koopmans M., Aplin A., di Primio R., Zwach C., Erdmann M., and Telnæs N. The controls on the composition of biodegraded oils in deep subsurface-part 1: biodegradation rates in petroleum reservoirs. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 601-613
27. Li M., Bao J., Lin R., Stasiuk L.D., and Yuan M. Revised models for hydrocarbon generation, migration and accumulation in Jurassic coal measures of the Turpan basin, NW China. Organic Geochemistry 32 (2001) 1127-1151
28. Li S., Pang X., Li M., and Jin Z. Geochemistry of petroleum systems in the Niuzhuang South Slope of the Bohai Bay Basin-part 1: source rock characterization. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 389-412
29. Liu W. Discussions on the classification, choice of thermal recovery standard and reserves of heavy oils in China. Selected papers of the Sino-Canadian Symposium on Techniques of Heavy oils. Beijing (1987), Petroleum Industry Press 19-43
30. Mackenzie A.S. Application of biomarkers in petroleum geochemistry. In: Brooks J., and Welte D.H. (Eds). Advances of Petroleum Geochemistry vol. 1 (1984), Academic Press 115-214
31. Mackenzie A.S., Patience R.L., Maxwell J.R., Vandenbroucke M., and Durand B. Molecular parameters of maturation in the Toarcian shales, Paris basin, France I. Changes in the configurations of the acyclic isoprenoid alkanes, steranes and triterpanes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 44 (1980) 1709-1721
32. Martinez A.R. Report of working group on definitions. In: Meyer R.F., Wynn J.C., and Olson J.C. (Eds). The Future of Heavy Crude and Tar Sands, Second International Conference vols. LXVII-LXVIII (1984), McGraw-Hill, New York
33. Orr W.L. Kerogen/asphaltene/sulfur relationships in sulfur-rich Monterey oils. Organic Geochemistry 10 (1986) 499-516
34. Pan C., and Yang J. Geochemical characteristics and implications of hydrocarbons in reservoir rocks of Junggar Basin, China. Chemical Geology 167 (2000) 321-335
35. Pan C., Yang J., Fu J., and Sheng G. Molecular correlation of free oil and inclusion oil of reservoir rock in the Junggar Basin, China. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 357-374
36. Pan C., Feng J., Tian Y., Yu L., Luo X., Sheng G., and Fu J. Interaction of oil components and clay minerals in reservoir sandstones. Organic Geochemistry 36 (2005) 633-654
37. Pang X., Li M., Li S., and Jin Z. Petroleum systems in the Bohai Bay Basin: Part 2. Geochemical evidence for significant contribution of mature source rocks to "immature oils" in the Bamianhe field. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 931-950
38. Peters K.E., and Moldowan J.M. The Biomarker Guide: Interpreting Molecular Fossils in Petroleum and Ancient Sediments (1993), Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, NJ
39. Powell T.G. Some aspects of the hydrocarbon geochemistry of a middle Devonian barrier reef complex, western Canada. In: Palacas J.G. (Ed). Petroleum Geochemistry and Source Rock Potential of Carbonate Rocks. AAPG Studies in Geology vol. 18 (1984), American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa 45-62
40. Powell T.G., Cook P.J., and McKirdy D.M. Organic geochemistry of phosphorites-relevance to petroleum genesis. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 59 (1975) 618-632
41. Price L.C. Aqueous solubility of petroleum as applied to its origin and primary migration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 60 (1976) 213-244
42. Rooney M.A., Vuletich A.K., and Griffith C.E. Compound-specific isotope analysis as a tool for characterizing mixed oils: an example from the west of Shetlands area. Organic Geochemistry 29 (1998) 241-254
43. Scalan R.S., and Smith J.E. An improved measure of the odd-even-predominance in the normal alkanes of sediment extracts and petroleum. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 34 (1970) 611-620
44. Schwark L., Stoddart D., Keuser C., Spitthoff B., and Leythaeuser D. A novel sequential extraction system for whole core plug extraction in a solvent flow-though cell - application to extraction of residual petroleum from an intact pore-system in secondary migration studies. Organic Geochemistry 26 (1997) 19-31
45. Scotchman I.C., Griffith C.E., Holmes A.J., and Jones D.M. The Jurassic petroleum system north and west of Britain: a geochemical oil-source correlation study. Organic Geochemistry 29 (1998) 671-700
46. Seifert W.K., and Moldowan J.M. Applications of steranes, terpanes, and monoaromatics to the maturation, migration, and source of crude oils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 42 (1978) 77-95
47. Seifert W.K., and Moldowan J.M. Paleoreconstruction by biological markers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 42 (1981) 783-794
48. Seifert W.K., and Moldowan J.M. Use of biological markers in petroleum exploration. In: Johns R.B. (Ed). Biological Markers in the Sedimentary Record (1986), Elsevier 261-290
49. Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Eglinton T.I., de Leeuw J.W., and Schenck P.A. Organic sulfur in macromolecular sedimentary organic matter: I, structure and origin of sulfur-containing moieties in kerogen, asphaltenes and coal as revealed by flash pyrolysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53 (1989) 873-889
50. Sinninghe Damsté J.S., de las Heras F.X., van Bergen P.F., and de Leeuw J.W. Characterization of Tertiary Catalan lacustrine oil shales: discovery of extremely organic sulfur-rich type I kerogens. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57 (1993) 389-415
51. Sweeney J.J., and Burnham A.K. Evaluation of a simple model of vitrinite reflectance based on chemical kinetics. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 74 (1990) 1559-1570
52. Tissot B.P. Recent advances in petroleum geochemistry applied to hydrocarbon exploration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 68 (1984) 545-563
53. Tissot B.P., and Welte D.H. Petroleum Formation and Occurrence (1984), Springer, Berlin pp. 699
54. Tuo J., Wang X., and Chen J. Distribution and evolution of tricyclic terpanes in lacustrine carbonates. Organic Geochemistry 30 (1999) 1429-1435
55. Wang, L., Su, H., Ku, G., Zhang, F., Wang, B., Jin, G., Li, J., 1999. Oil generation and occurrence in Baiyinchagan Depression. Internal Research Report of Exploration and Development Research Institute, Zhongyuan Oilfield Company, Sinopec, Puyang, pp. 106 (in Chinese).
56. Wilkes H., Boreham C.J., Harms G., Zengler K., and Rabus R. Anaerobic degradation and carbon isotopic fractionation of alkylbenzenes in crude oil by sulphate-reducing bacteria. Organic Geochemistry 31 (2000) 101-115
57. Wilkes H., Kuehner S., Bolm C., Fischer T., Classen A., Widdel F., and Rabus R. Formation of n-alkane- and cycloalkane-derived organic acids during anaerobic growth of a denitrifying bacterium with crude oil. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 1313-1323
58. Wilhelms A., Horstad I., and Karlsen D. Sequential extraction - a useful tool for reservoir geochemistry?. Organic Geochemistry 24 (1996) 1157-1172
59. Wilhelms A., and Larter S.R. Origin of tar mats in petroleum reservoirs; Part 1, Introduction and case studies. Marine and Petroleum Geology 11 (1994) 418-441
60. Wilhelms A., and Larter S.R. Origin of tar mats in petroleum reservoirs; Part II, Formation mechanisms for tar mats. Marine and Petroleum Geology 11 (1994) 442-456
61. Wilhelms A., Larter S.R., Head I., Farrimond P., di Primio R., and Zwach C. Biodegradation of oil in uplifted basins prevented by deep-burial sterilization. Nature 411 (2001) 1034-1037
62. Wilhelms A., and Larter S.R. Shaken but not always stirred. Impact of petroleum charge mixing on reservoir geochemistry. In: Cubitt J.M., England W.A., and Larter S.R. (Eds). Understanding Petroleum Reservoirs: Towards an Integrated Reservoir Engineering and Geochemical Approach vol. 237 (2004), Geological Society Special Publications 27-35
63. Zhang S., Liang D., Gong Z., Wu K., Li M., Song F., Song Z., Zhang D., and Wang P. Geochemistry of petroleum systems in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin: evidence for mixed oils. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 971-991
64. Zhang, Y., Wu, G., Lu, B., 1999. Origin of Viscous Oils in Daerqi Region, Baiyinchagan Depression. Internal Research Report of Exploration and Development Research Institute, Zhongyuan Oilfield Company, Sinopec, Puyang, pp. 55 (in Chinese).