Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 582-584.

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Source and Enrichment Condition of Mercury in Natural Gas

GOU Yan-xia1, HOU Dong-cai2, WANG Xu-dong2   

  1. 1.Department of Geochemistry, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China;
    2.Langfang Branch, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Langfang, Hebei 065007, China
  • Received:2009-02-11 Revised:2009-04-20 Online:2009-10-01 Published:2020-09-30

Abstract: Based on the great amount of measured data of mercury at home and abroad, integrated with the variation of its concentration in coal measures in the course of evolution, this paper discusses the source and enrichment conditions of mercury in natural gas, and suggests that the formation of a high mercury concentration gas field needs two conditions, one is effective magma activity, the other is special temperature. So the dominant distribution area of high mercury concentration gas could be in the deep strata of the tension fault basin in eastern China and foreland basin in western China.

Key words: natural gas, mercury, source, origin, coal measures, magma

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