Petroleum potential and kinetic models for hydrocarbon generation from the Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene Latrobe Group coals and shales in the Gippsland Basin, Australia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-67

  Abbassi, Soumaya ^a   Edwards, Dianne S ^b   George, Simon C ^a   Volk, Herbert ^c,e   Mahlstedt, Nicolaj ^d   di Primio, Rolando ^d   Horsfield, Brian ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coals; Gas:oil ratio; Gippsland Basin; Kinetic model; Latrobe Group; Petroleum formation; Shales

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SHALE; COAL; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

GIPPSLAND BASINS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KINETIC CHARACTERISTICS; KINETIC MODELING; LATROBE GROUP; OIL AND GAS ACCUMULATION; OIL RATIO; PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

SHALE;

COAL; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KINETICS; PYROLYSIS; SHALE;

AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN;

NOTHOFAGIDITES;

EID: 84949843692     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Ahmed M., Volk H., George S.C., Faiz M., Stalker L. Generation and expulsion of oils from Permian coals of the Sydney Basin, Australia. Organic Geochemistry 2009, 40:810-831.
2. Ahmed, M., Edwards, D.S., Volk, H., Gong, S., Tingate, P.R., Boreham, C.J., 2013. Using biomarkers and multivariate statistics to unravel the genesis of petroleum in the Gippsland Basin, Australia, vol. 1. In: Book of abstracts, International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Tenerife, Spain, 15-20 September, pp. 147-148.
3. Alexander R., Noble R., Kagi R. Fossil resin biomarkers and their application in oil to source-rock correlation, Gippsland Basin, Australia. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1987, 27:63-72.
4. Bernecker T., Partridge A.D. Emperor and Golden Beach subgroups: the onset of Late Cretaceous sedimentation in the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia. Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium, a Refocused Energy. Perspective for the Future 2001, 391-402. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia. K.C. Hill, T. Bernecker (Eds.).
5. Boreham C.J., Horsfield B., Schenk H.J. Predicting the quantities of oil and gas generated from Australian Permian coals, Bowen Basin using pyrolytic methods. Marine and Petroleum Geology 1999, 16:165-188.
6. Boreham C.J., Hope J.M., Hartung-Kagi B. Understanding source, distribution and preservation of Australian natural gas: a geochemical perspective. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Journal 2001, 41:523-547.
7. Brooks J.D. The use of coals as indicators of the occurrence of oil and gas. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1970, 10:35-40.
8. Brooks J.D., Smith J.W. The diagenesis of plant lipids during the formation of coal, petroleum and natural gas-II. Coalification and the formation of oil and gas in the Gippsland Basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1969, 33:1183-1194.
9. Burnham A.K., Braun R.L., Gregg H.R., Samoun A.M. Comparison of methods for measuring kerogen pyrolysis rates and fitting kinetic parameters. Energy & Fuels 1987, 1:452-458.
10. Burns B., James A., Emmett J. The use of gas isotopes in determining the source of some Gippsland Basin oils. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1984, 24:217-221.
11. Burns B.J., Bostwick T.R., Emmett J.K. Gippsland terrestrial oils-recognition of compositional variations due to maturity and biodegradation effects. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1987, 27:73-84.
12. 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. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol. 77, pp. 31-70.
13. Cook A., Struckmeyer H. The role of coal as a source rock for oil. Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium 1986, 419-432. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia. R.C. Glenie (Ed.).
14. Cowley R., O'Brien G.W. Identification and interpretation of leaking hydrocarbons using seismic data: a comparative montage of examples from the major fields in Australia's North West Shelf and Gippsland Basin. Australian Petroleum Production Exploration Association Journal 2000, 40:121-150.
15. di Primio R., Horsfield B. From petroleum-type organofacies to hydrocarbon phase prediction. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 2006, 90:1031-1058.
16. di Primio R., Dieckmann V., Mills N. PVT and phase behaviour analysis in petroleum exploration. Organic Geochemistry 1998, 29:207-222.
17. Dieckmann V. Modelling petroleum formation from heterogeneous source rocks: the influence of frequency factors on activation energy distribution and geological prediction. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2005, 22:375-390.
18. Dieckmann V., Schenk H.J., Horsfield B., Welte D.H. Kinetics of petroleum generation and cracking by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis of Toarcian Shales. Fuel 1998, 77:23-31.
19. Diessel C.F.K. Coal-Bearing Depositional Systems 1992, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 721 p.
20. Durand, B., Paratte, M., 1983. Oil potential of coals: a geochemical approach. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol. 12, pp. 255-265.
21. Espitalié J., Laporte J.L., Madec M., Marquis F., Leplat P., Paulet J., Boutefeu A. Méthode rapide de caractérisation des roches mères, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution. Revue Institut Francais du Pétrole 1977, 32:23-42.
22. George S.C., Smith J.W., Jardine D.R. Vitrinite reflectance suppression in coal due to a marine transgression: a case study of the organic geochemistry of the Greta Seam, Sydney Basin. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1994, 34:241-255.
23. George S.C., Eadington P.J., Lisk M., Quezada R.A. Geochemical comparison of oil trapped in fluid inclusions and reservoired oil in Blackback oilfield, Gippsland Basin, Australia. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Journal 1998, 26:64-81.
24. Gorter, J., 2001. A marine source rock in the Gippsland Basin, Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium, A Refocused Energy Perspective for the Future. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Special Publication, pp. 385-390.
25. Hedberg H.D. Significance of high-wax oils with respect to genesis of petroleum. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 1968, 52:736-750.
26. Hoffman N., Preston J.C. Geochemical interpretation of partially-filled hydrocarbon traps in the Nearshore Gippsland Basin. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Journal 2014.
27. Horsfield B. Practical criteria for classifying kerogens: some observations from pyrolysis-gas chromatography. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1989, 53:891-901.
28. Horsfield B. The bulk composition of first-formed petroleum in source rocks. Petroleum and Basin Evolution 1997, 335-402. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. D. Welte, B. Horsfield, D. Baker (Eds.).
29. Horsfield B., Dueppenbecker S.J. The decomposition of Posidonia Shale and Green River Shale kerogens using microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 1991, 20:107-123.
30. Horsfield B., Yordy K.L., Crelling J.C. Determining the petroleum-generating potential of coal using organic geochemistry and organic petrology. Organic Geochemistry 1988, 13:121-129.
31. Horsfield B., Disko U., Leistner F. The micro-scale simulation of maturation: outline of a new technique and its potential applications. Geologische Rundschau 1989, 78:361-374.
32. Hunt J.M. Generation of gas and oil from coal and other terrestrial organic matter. Organic Geochemistry 1991, 17:673-680.
33. Killops S.D., Woolhouse A.D., Weston R.J., Cook R.A. A geochemical appraisal of oil generation in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 1994, 78:1560-1585.
34. Lafargue E., Marquis F., Pillot D. Rock-Eval 6 applications in hydrocarbon exploration, production, and soil contamination studies. Oil & Gas Science and Technology 1998, 53:421-437.
35. Larter S.R. Application of analytical pyrolysis techniques to kerogen characterization and fossil fuel exploration/exploitation. Analytical Pyrolysis: Methods and Application 1984, 212-275. Butterworth, London. K.J. Voorhees (Ed.).
36. Larter S.R., Senftle J.T. Improved kerogen typing for petroleum source rock analysis. Nature 1985, 318:277-280.
37. Littke R., Horsfield B., Leythaeuser D. Hydrocarbon distribution in coals and in dispersed organic matter of different maceral compositions and maturities. Geologische Rundschau 1989, 78:391-410.
38. Lowry D., Longley I. A new model for the Mid-Cretaceous structural history of the northern Gippsland Basin. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1991, 31:143-153.
39. Moore P.S., Burns B.J., Emmett J.K., Guthrie D.A. Integrated source, maturation and migration analysis, Gippsland Basin. Australia. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1992, 32(1):313-324.
40. Moriarty, S.G., 2010. Source rock characterisation in the Gippsland Basin: an analysis of Rock-Eval pyrolysis data from 15 wells in the Central Deep. University of Adelaide, 73 p (Honours thesis).
41. 2 geosequestration. Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium III: Energy Security for the 21th Century 2008, 1-28. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Special Publication. J.E. Blevin, B.E. Bradshaw, C. Uruski (Eds.).
42. O'Brien G., Tingate P., Goldie Divko L., Miranda J., Campi M., Liu K. Basin-scale fluid flow in the Gippsland Basin: implications for geological carbon storage. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 2013, 60:59-70.
43. Partridge, A.D., 1999. Late Cretaceous to Tertiary geological evolution of the Gippsland Basin, Victoria. La Trobe University (unpubl.) (PhD thesis).
44. Partridge, A.D., 2012. Palynology and Kerogen analyses from seven wells in Gippsland Basin: Anemone-1 & 1A, Carrs Creek-1, Hermes-1, Omeo-1, Perch-1, Sunday Island-1 and Volador-1. Biostrata Report 2012/03, 51 p.
45. Pepper A.S., Corvi P.J. Simple kinetic models of petroleum formation. Part I: oil and gas generation from kerogen. Marine and Petroleum Geology 1995, 12:291-319.
46. Peters K.E., Cassa M.R. Applied source-rock geochemistry. The Petroleum System-From Source to Trap 1994, vol. 60:93-120. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin.
47. Petersen H., Rosenberg P. Reflectane retardation (suppression) and source rock properties related to hydrogen-enriched vitrinite in Middle Jurassic coals, Danish North Sea. Journal of Petroleum Geology 1998, 21:247-263.
48. Petersen H., Rosenberg P. The relationship between the composition and rank of humic coals and their activation energy distributions for the generation of bulk petroleum. Petroleum Geoscience 2000, 6:137-149.
49. Philp R.P., Gilbert T.D. Biomarker distributions in Australian oils predominantly derived from terrigenous source material. Organic Geochemistry 1986, 10:73-84.
50. Rahmanian V.D., Moore P.S., Mudge W.J., Spring D.E. Sequence stratigraphy and the habitat of hydrocarbons, Gippsland Basin, Australia. Classic Petroleum Provinces 1990, 525-541. Geological Society, London, Special Publication. J.D. Brooks (Ed.).
51. Sakurovs R., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Radlinski A.P., Blach T., Lemmel H., Mildner D.F. Pore size distribution and accessible pore size distribution in bituminous coals. International Journal of Coal Geology 2012, 100:51-64.
52. Saxby J.D., Shibaoka M. Coal and coal macerals as source rocks for oil and gas. Applied Geochemistry 1986, 1:25-36.
53. Schaefer R.G., Schenk H.J., Hardelauf H., Harms R. Determination of gross kinetic parameters for petroleum formation from Jurassic source rocks of different maturity levels by means of laboratory experiments. Organic Geochemistry 1990, 16:115-120.
54. Schenk H.J., Dieckmann V. Prediction of petroleum formation: the influence of laboratory heating rates on kinetic parameters and geological extrapolations. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2004, 21:79-95.
55. Schenk H.J., Horsfield B., Krooss B., Schaefer R.G., Schwochau K. Kinetics of petroleum formation and cracking. Petroleum and Basin Evolution 1997, 231-269. Springer, Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. D.H. Welte, B. Horsfield, D.R. Baker (Eds.).
56. Shanmugam G. Significance of coniferous rain forests and related organic matter in generating commercial quantities of oil, Gippsland Basin, Australia. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 1985, 69:1241-1254.
57. Sloan M., Moore P., McCutcheon A. Kipper - a unique oil and gas discovery, Gippsland Basin, Australia. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1992, 32:1-8.
58. Smith G. A review of the Tertiary-Cretaceous tectonic history of the Gippsland Basin and its control on coal measure sedimentation. Australian Coal Geology 1982, 4:1-38.
59. Smith G.C., Cook A.C. Petroleum occurrence in the Gippsland Basin and its relationship to rank and organic matter type. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1984, 24:196-216.
60. Stainforth J.G. Gippsland hydrocarbons-perspective from the basin edge. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1984, 24:91-100.
61. Sun Y., Sheng G., Peng P., Fu J. Compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis as a tool for correlating coal-sourced oils and interbedded shale-sourced oils in coal measures: an example from Turpan basin, north-western China. Organic Geochemistry 2000, 31:1349-1362.
62. Sykes R. Depositional and rank controls on the petroleum potential of coaly source rocks. Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium, a Refocused Energy Perspective for the Future 2001, 591-601. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Special Publication. K.C. Hill, T. Bernecker (Eds.).
63. Sykes R., Volk H., George S.C., Ahmed M., Higgs K.E., Johansen P.E., Snowdon L.R. Marine influence helps preserve the oil potential of coaly source rocks: eocene Mangahewa Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Organic Geochemistry 2014, 66:140-163.
64. Teerman S.C., Hwang R.J. Evaluation of the liquid hydrocarbon potential of coal by artificial maturation techniques. Organic Geochemistry 1991, 17:749-764.
65. Thomas B.M. Land-plant source rocks for oil and their significance in Australian basins. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1982, 22:164-178.
66. Thomas, J.H., Bernecker, T., Driscoll, J., 2003. Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Areas V03-3 and V03-4, Offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia: 2003 Acreage Release, Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 80. Department of Primary Industries.
67. Ungerer P. State of the art of research in kinetic modelling of oil formation and expulsion. Organic Geochemistry 1990, 16:1-25.
68. Ungerer P., Pelet R. Extrapolation of the kinetics of oil and gas formation from laboratory experiments to sedimentary basins. Nature 1987, 327:52-54.
69. Wilkins R.W.T., George S.C. Coal as a source rock for oil: a review. International Journal of Coal Geology 2002, 50:317-361.