Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 35-46.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20240105

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Origin of Crude Oil From Coal Mine of Yan’an Formation in Huangling-Tongchuan Area,Ordos Basin

KONG Lingyin(), LI Jianfeng, WU Kai, MA Jun   

  1. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company,Research Institute of Exploration and Developments,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710018,China;b. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company,National Engineering Laboratory for Exploration and Development of Low Permeability Oil and Gas Fields,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710018,China
  • Received:2023-08-17 Revised:2023-10-12 Online:2024-02-01 Published:2024-01-23

Abstract:

To clarify the geochemical characteristics and origin of the crude oil from the coal mine in Yan’an formation in Huangling-Tongchuan area,southeastern Ordos basin,a comparative study was conducted on the biomarker compositions and carbon isotope distribution of n-alkane monomers in extracts from crude oil,coal,and mudstone in the study area using gas chromatography,chromatography-mass spectrometry,and isotope mass spectrometry techniques. The oil from coal mine is characterized by equilibration of pristane and phytane,high sesquiterpene content,relatively high Ts/Tm and C29Ts/C29 norhopane ratios,relatively low ratios of C30 moretane/C30 hopance,C30 norhopane/C30 hopance,and 22S/(22S+22R) for C31 homohopane and C32 homohopane,“V”-shaped distribution of ααα-20R regular sterane,and relatively light carbon isotopic values of crude oil and n-alkane monomers. The extracts from the Jurassic coal-bearing source rocks exhibit high Pr/Ph ratio,low sesquiterpene content,low Ts/Tm and C29Ts/C29 norhopane ratios,relatively high ratios of C30 moretane/C30 hopance,C30 norhopane/C30 hopance,and high 22S/(22S+22R) values for C31 homohopane and C32 homohopane,inverted “L”-shaped distribution of ααα-20R regular sterane,and relatively heavy carbon isotopic values of crude oil and n-alkane monomers. The characteristics of crude oil significantly differ from those of the potential coal-bearing source rocks,which is consistent with the deep lacustrine source rocks and the generated hydrocarbons of Chang 7 member in the basin. The coal of the Jurassic Yan’an formation is at a low maturity stage,and it is incapable of expelling liquid hydrocarbons,since the generated liquid hydrocarbons cannot even fully meet its adsorption needs. The crude oils in the Cuijiagou Coal Mine in Tongchuan and the Diantou Coal Mine in Huangling are both originated from the source rocks of the underlying Chang 7 member.

Key words: Ordos basin, Huangling-Tongchuan area, Jurassic, Yan’an formation, coal mine, crude oil, origin

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