Kinetic study of hydrocarbon generation of oil asphaltene from Lunnan area, Tabei uplift |
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Affiliation: | JIA Wanglu, SHUAI Yanhua, PENG Ping'an, WANG Feiyu & XIAO Zhongyao State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; 2. Chinese University of Petroleum, Beijing 102200, China; 3. Tarim Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Kuerle 841000, China |
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Abstract: | The molecular compositions and molecular carbon isotopic compositions of gas hydrocarbons produced in the hydrocarbon generation of oil asphaltene from Lunnnan area were investigated by pyrolysis of asphaltene sealed in gold tube in a limited system. The experimental results indicated that oil asphaltene from Lunnan area had relatively high generation potential of methane. However, the molecular compositions and molecular carbon isotopic compositions of gas hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon generation of oil asphaltene exhibited different characteristics from that of gas hydrocarbons by primary cracking of kerogen and secondary cracking of oil. Based on kinetic simulation with paleo-geothermal data of oil reservoir, the methane produced by cracking of oil asphatene was characterized by relatively light carbon isotopic compositions. This result could not explain relatively heavy carbon isotopic compositions of natural gas from Lunnan area. Pyrolysis of kerogen from source rocks under very high temperature probably made remarkable contributions to natural gas from Lunnan area. |
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Keywords: | oil asphaltene kinetics of hydrocarbon generation methane carbon isotopic compositions Lunnan area. |
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