Geochemical study on a well in the Western Canada Basin: relation of the aromatic distribution pattern to maturity of organic matter

Details Geochemical study on a well in the Western Canada Basin: relation of the aromatic distribution pattern to maturity of organic matter Geochemical study on a well in the Western Canada Basin: relation of the aromatic distribution pattern to maturity of organic matter

Jan 1982

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 46, Issue 1, pp.1-10

Computer Science

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Thirty-one rock samples from a Western Canada Basin well have been analysed for aromatics, using glass capillary gas chromatography with simultaneous flame ionization and sulfur-selective flame photometric detection. A uniform aromatic distribution pattern with a marked predominance of di- and tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbons was observed throughout a depth interval of 3000 meters comprising Cretaceous and Jurassic sediments. The very high relative abundance of sulfur aromatics at two narrow intervals in the Triassic and Mississippian is attributed to a major change in facies. Gradual changes with increasing depth have been observed for a series of compound ratios, which had been calculated from the isomers of methyl- and dimethylphenanthrene, and their parent compounds. These changes reflect the increasing thermal maturation of the sedimentary organic matter. A Methylphenanthrene Index (MPI) has been introduced, which exhibited a very good correlation with vitrinite reflectance data. The MPI is the first maturity parameter which is based on a series of aromatic hydrocarbons. This hydrocarbon internal maturity parameter permits the recognition and definition of maturity levels in extracts which can be compared to the maturity (e.g. vitrinite reflectance) of source rocks.

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