GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CENTRAL NIGER DELTA OILS

Oil samples from six oilfields in the Central Niger Delta were analyzed for normal alkanes, aliphatic isoprenoid hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons and biomarkers using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The study was carried out with the aim of assessing the origin and thermal maturity of the oils and the depositional environment of the organic matter from which they were derived, and to evaluate similarities (or differences) among the oils from the Central Niger Delta in comparison to those from other parts of the Delta. The ratios of n-alkanes and aliphatic isoprenoids showed that Pr/nC₁₇ ranged from 0.56 to 0.86 while Ph/nC₁₈ ranged from 0.22 to 0.31 indicating that the oils were derived from organic matter of both terrestrial and marine origin. Pristane/phytane ratios ranged from 2.67 to 3.50, suggesting that the organic matter was deposited in generally oxidizing environments. The oleanane index, which ranged from 0.07 to 1.39, and other biomarker data also indicate contributions from both marine and terrestrial organic matter. Both saturated and aromatic hydrocarbon biomarker data indicate that the oils are thermally mature. The study showed that the Central Niger Delta oils have organic geochemical characteristics similar to those of oils from other parts of the Delta. However, there is a striking difference in the distribution of aromatic hydrocarbons, and this may in future be used as a tool with which oils from different parts of the Delta can be differentiated.     

THE GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF OILS FROM PALAEOZOIC RESERVOIRS IN THE SE WEST SIBERIAN BASIN

We present organic geochemical data (vanadyl and Ni-porphyrin contents, pristane/phytane ratios and n-alkane compositions) relating to oils from Palaeozoic reservoirs in the SE West Siberian Basin. Analogous data from organic material in Palaeozoic and overlying Jurassic source rocks is also presented. The Jurassic succession here consists of siliciclastic units deposited during alternating marine transgressions and regressions. Our results indicate that vanadyl and Ni-porphyrins occur predominantly in transgressive units, and that pristane/phytane ratios increase progressively up through the Jurassic section. However, for Jurassic sediments in which vanadyl porphyrins are present, the Pr/Ph ratio is strongly facies dependent and is relatively high in transgressive units and lower in regressive units. By contrast, (C₂₁+C₂₃+C₂₅)/3C₂₀ n-alkane ratios are relatively low in transgressive deposits and higher in regressive deposits. There is a close relationship between this parameter and Pr/Ph ratio.
Oils from weathered Palaeozoic reservoirs have variable compositions. In most cases, these compositions appear to be influenced by the depositional characteristics of the overlying Jurassic source intervals. Our data point to a mainly Jurassic origin for the oils in SE Western Siberia. However there is some evidence that a Palaeozoic source may be significant in the south of the studied area.     

Application of Light Hydrocarbon (C7 ) and Biomarker Analyses in Characterizing Oil from Wells in the North and North Central Sinai, Egypt

Seven representative oil show samples from wells in the north and north central Sinai have been characterized by means of a variety of organic geochemical techniques (C₇ hydrocarbon and biomarker analyses), to illustrate origin, differences, and similarity among oils. These oils were obtained from Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoirs. The C₇ oil correlation star diagram (OCSD) suggests closely related oils, derived mainly from similar source rocks, while the C₇ oil transformation star diagram (OTSD) and C₇ light hydrocarbon analyses indicate a minor degree of transformation of some oils, as Misri-1, Halal-1, and Nakhl-1 oils were subjected to evaporative fractionation. Moreover, the studied oils show no sign of water washing and biodegradation. Molecular characteristics suggest pre-Tertiary shales and carbonate source rocks, deposited under a saline oxic environment, rich in terrigeneous organic sources with significant bacterial and algal input. Since the studied oils are of mixed marine and terrestrial origin, C₇ signature of these oils is not representative of their origin and should be supported by other geochemical evidence (e.g., biomarkers) to predict their origin.     

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A BIODEGRADED CRUDE OIL, ASSRAN FIELD, CENTRAL GULF OF SUEZ

A crude oil sample from the Assran field in the Central Gulf of Suez (Egypt) was analysed geochemically and characterized in terms of a variety of source and maturity dependent biomarkers. Biodegradation was indicated by increasing concentration ratios of Pr/n-C₁₇ and Ph/n-C₁₈. However, biodegradation was only slight as GC-MS analyses of the saturate and aromatic fractions showed that hopanes, steranes, aromatic steroids and polycyclic aromatic compounds including sulphur heterocycles remained intact. The sterane and hopane distributions showed a predominance of C₂₇ steranes, a low diasterane index, an abundance of gammacerane, a high homohopane index and an oleanane index < 0.2. The results indicate that the Assran-10 crude oil was derived from a marine carbonate source deposited in a highly reducing saline environment with a high bacterial contribution, consistent with the Upper Cretaceous Brown Limestone or Lower Eocene Thebes Formation containing Type IIS kerogen. Maturity parameters based on changes in the stereochemistry at chirality centres in hopane and sterane nuclei, such as C₃₀βα/(βα+αβ) and C₃₁ 22S/(22S+22R) hopanes and C₂₉ββ/(ββ+αα) and C₂₉ 20S/(20S+20R) steranes, together with triaromatic sterane cracking ratios, indicate that the oil sample was marginally mature. The results also suggest that biodegradation is probably due to sulphate-reducing anaerobic bacteria.     

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL GAS AT GIANT ACCUMULATIONS IN CHINA

A total of six giant gasfields each with proven reserves of more than 100 billion cubic metres are present in the Ordos and Tarim Basins, China. The gasfields are Sulige, Yulin, Wushenqi, Da'niudi and Jingbian in the Ordos Basin, and Kela 2 in the Tarim Basin. In this paper, we report on the geochemical characteristics of the natural gas at these fields based on studies of gas composition (150 samples), together with stable isotope data (143 samples) and helium isotope data (21 samples). Results show that the gases have high contents of C_1-4 alkanes (generally over 90%) and minor contents of CO₂ (below 3%). The generally high δ¹³C values of C₁-C₄ hydrocarbons indicates a significant contribution from humic source rocks such as Permian-Carboniferous and Mid-Lower Jurassic coal measures. δ¹³ C₁, δ¹³C₂, δ¹³C₃ and δ¹³C₄ values for gases in Upper Palaeozoic reservoirs were -35 to -32‰, -28 to -24‰, -27 to -24‰, and -23.5 to -22‰, respectively. The δ¹³C_iC4 value is higher than that of the δ¹³C_nC4•
He³/He⁴ ratios vary from 10^-7 to 10^-8, indicating that the helium is of crustal (as opposed to mantle) origin. The CH₄/ He³ ratio is 10¹⁰ - 10¹¹, indicating that the CH₄ is of biogenic origin. None of the data is consistent with an abiogenic origin for gas in the Ordos Basin.     

THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT HYDROCARBONS IN WESTERN NIGER DELTA OILS

Fifty-one oils from ten fields in the Western Niger Delta were analyzed for their C₇ hydrocarbon contents. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and Principal Component Analysis were used to discriminate the oils into four sets which were distinct in all the seven variables used in the cluster analysis. Methylcyclohexane and toluene were the most important discriminating variables. In spite of this separation into four sets, all the oils were found to exhibit a high six-ring preference (6RP). The distribution of C₇ hydrocarbons in the oils indicated that two of the eleven fields are homogenous in terms of oil type, whereas the rest are not.     

BIOMARKER GEOCHEMISTRY OF CRUDE OILS FROM THE QAIDAM BASIN, NW CHINA

A suite of 16 crude oil samples from 13 oilfields in the Qaidam Basin were analyzed using techniques including gas chromatography and gas chromatography - mass spectrometry. Biomarker compositions and parameters were used to investigate the palaeoenvironmental and depositional conditions and to correlate the oils with eachother. Oils from the western Qaidam Basin have pristane/phytane (Pr/Ph) ratios of less than 0.7, and contain abundant gammacerane, C₂₇ steranes, 4-methyl steranes and long-chain tricyclic terpanes. C₂₉ sterane 20S/(20S+20R) and ββ/(ββ+αα) ratios show that the western Qaidam oils have variable maturities ranging from immature to mature. Oils from the northern Qaidam Basin, by contrast, have Pr/Ph ratios greater than 3, low gammacerane contents, and relatively abundant C₂₉ steranes, bicyclic terpanes and alkylcyclohexanes. C₂₉ sterane 20S/(20S+20R) and ββ/(ββ+αα) ratios indicate that the northern Qaidam oils are mature.
δ¹³C values, which range from -25.4‰ to -28.3‰ with the exception of one oil from the north (-3l.6‰), are similar for oils from both the northern and western parts of the Qaidam Basin. The oils'carbon isotope compositions are similar to those of the organic matter in potential source rocks.
The western Qaidam oils are inferred to have originated from Tertiary source rocks deposited under anoxic and saline-hypersaline lacustrine conditions with dominant algal organic matter. The northern Qaidam oils are interpreted to be derived from Jurassic source rocks which were deposited in a freshwater lacustrine environment and which are dominated by terrigenous organic matter.     

THE GENESIS OF THE ZOHAR GAS AS DEDUCED FROM ITS CHEMICAL AND CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION

The hydrocarbon compositions (C₁/ΣC₁—C₄) = 0.96-0.98) and the carbon isotopes ratios of methane (—51.4 to—52.1%) studied in the Zohar Gas Field indicate that the generations of the gas was associated with an oil-generation process. Thus, gas and heavy oils found in the area could have formed simultaneously within one system.
The carbon isotope composition of the CO₂ is relatively heavy, with δ¹³ CO₂ value ofabout +7% which is probably the original value of the CO₂ generated by biodegradation of the cruded oil.
The dissimilarity in the organochemical characteristics of the Kidod shales, which cap the gas reservoirs and the oils found in the region, as well as the low degree of maturation of the Kidod, shales, negate the accepted hypothesis that these shales are the source rock of the heavy oils and the gas found in the Zohar area. The vitrinite reflectance of the reservoir rocks and of the underlying Jurassic sequences, which is only 0.5%, infers that the gas is not trapped near its site of generation.     

SOURCE ROCK CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON BIOLOGICAL MARKER DISTRIBUTIONS OF CRUDE OILS IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF SUEZ, EGYPT

The depositional environment and maturity of source rocks in the southern Gulf of Suez were evaluated using biomarker and isotope data from crude oils derived from a variety of source rock types of different geological ages. Two oils families were identified and are referred to as types A and B. Type A oils are characterized by a predominance of oleanane and relatively low gammacerane concentrations, suggesting that they were derived from a terrigenous source rock with a significant input of angiosperm material inferred to occur within the marginally-mature syn-rift Lower Miocene Rudeis Shale. By contrast, type B oils are distinguished by a predominance of gammacerane and relatively low oleanane concentrations, suggesting that they were generated from mature marine carbonate source rocks inferred to occur within the Upper Cretaceous Brown Limestone and Middle Eocene Thebes Formation. Maturity parameters including the sterane isomerisation ratios C ₂₉αββ/(αββ+ααα), C₂₉ααα20S/(S+R) and TAS/(TAS+MAS), together with aromatic sulphur compound ratios (4-MDBT / I-MDBT; 4,6- / 1,4-DMDBT; 2,4–/ 1,4-DMDBT; and DBT / phenanthrenes), support the higher thermal maturity of type B oils relative to type A oils.
The biomarker variablility reflects the occurrence of two distinct source rocks in the southern Gulf of Suez and suggests that two independent petroleum systems are present here. These appear to be confined to the pre-rift (pre-Miocene) and syn-rift megasequences respectively.     

鄂尔多斯盆地杏子川油田延长组原油地球化学特征与油源探讨

陕北斜坡中部杏子川油田延长组原油物性、族组成、饱和烃气相色谱、萜甾烷生物标志化合物以及地质综合分析显示,不同层位延长组原油地球化学特征具有显著的差异。长4+5、长6原油性质基本一致,具有同源属性,其差异性可能主要与运移分馏效应以及原油成熟度有关。长9、长10原油与长4+5、长6原油性质具有明显的差异,反映了其具有不同的母源属性。Ts/Tm、C₂₉ββ/（ββ+αα）、αααC₂₉20S/（20S+20R）等反映原油成熟度的生物标志化合物显示长9、长10原油具有较高的成熟度。长9和长10原油规则甾烷含量显示具有不同的成因。地质综合分析和油源对比表明:长4+5、长6原油均来自于长7生油岩,长9原油来自于其顶部的李家畔页岩,长10原油可能主要来源于长92有效烃源岩。      

珠江口盆地白云凹陷原油中典型生物标志化合物组合及其地球化学意义

珠江口盆地白云凹陷原油中富含新C₁₅倍半萜烷、特殊构型的三环萜烷和四环萜烷(X、Y、Z和X1、Y1、Z1)及双杜松烷等指示陆源高等植物有机质输入的典型生物标志化合物以及常见的指示被子植物有机质输入的生物标志化合物奥利烷。基于白云凹陷13件原油样品饱和烃色谱质谱分析结果,对原油中典型生物标志化合物的组成及其地球化学意义进行了探讨。研究表明,降A-奥利烷(Y1)和C₂₇四环萜烷(Z1)可能具有相同的生物来源;而根据相关化合物分子结构及各区域丰度相关性分析,判断出新C₁₅倍半萜烷、降A-奥利烷和C₂₇四环萜烷及双杜松烷可能具有不同的生源或演化过程。另外,不同区域原油的生物标志化合物组成差异明显。这些生物标志化合物是研究区原油族群划分的良好指标。经分析,双杜松烷与新C₁₅倍半萜烷的分布受到沉积环境的影响较大,可能更富集于偏氧化的沉积环境;降A-奥利烷、C₂₇四环萜烷和奥利烷的分布主要受到生源的影响,而受沉积环境影响较小。白云东北、东区原油降A-奥利烷、C₂₇四环萜烷和奥利烷相对丰度明显偏高,这在一定程度上反映了位于白云东部的东沙隆起和云荔低隆起可能是研究区陆源有机质的重要来源地。      

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THERMAL MATURITY OF OILS FROM THE THRACE BASIN (WESTERN TURKEY) AND WESTERN TURKMENISTAN

Crude oils in the Thrace Basin (western Turkey) and western Turkmenistan are believed to have been generated by a common Oligocene siliciclastic source rock. This widespread source rock extends over the area between western Turkey and the eastern South Caspian Basin. Oils from three Eocene reservoirs in the Thrace Basin and from four Pliocene reservoirs onshore western Turkmenistan were analyzed to investigate and compare their source-rock characteristics. In order to understand controls on the timing of hydrocarbon generation and source-rock maturation in both basins, the results of quantitative basin modelling were compared with those of geochemical analyses.
The results indicate that all the oil samples exhibit similar geochemical characteristics, such as IP13-IP20 acyclic isoprenoid, terpane, regular sterane, methylsterane, and dinosterane profiles. The low tricyclic/pentacyclic terpane ratios, low C₂₉ norhopane/C₃₀ hopane ratios and low diasterane/regular sterane ratios, and the presence of 18α (H)³⁰ oleanane and gammacerane further support a common source or source facies. Based on these observations, it is concluded that shallow-marine clastics of Oligocene age constitute source rocks in both basins.
The oils are of low maturity (Req(%) < 0.60), as indicated by their low ethylcholestane 20S/20S+20R, 17α (H), 21β (H)-bishomohopane 22S/22S+ 22R, and high 17β (H), 21α (H) moretane/17β (H), 21α (H) hopane ratios. However, oils from west Turkmenistan appear to be more mature than those from the Thrace Basin. This is consistent with their earlier generation, which resultedfrom the higher sedimentation rate and higher heating rate. Present-day reservoir depths and temperatures appear to play only a minor role in determining the oils' maturities.     

ORGANIC FACIES OF EARLY CRETACEOUS SYNRIFT LACUSTRINE SOURCE ROCKS FROM THE MUGLAD BASIN, SUDAN

Cuttings samples from eight wells in the Muglad Basin have been analysed using a combination of organic geochemistry and palynofacies. The lacustrine Aptian-Albian shales of the Abu Gabra Formation, previously identified as the main source rock, have an overall mean TOC of 1.43% (n = 146), with those from the NW part of the basin (Sharaf area) being approximately twice as organic-rich as those from the SE (Heglig area). The Abu Gabra Formation contains two distinct organic facies: a lower interval dominated by higher TOC values (1.5–2.3%), higher measured hydrogen indices (338–546), higher amorphous kerogen contents (>80%), and heavier δ¹³C_TOC values (> −27%₀); and an upper, less rich interval (mean TOC 1.4%, mean HI 83, δ¹³C_TOC approximately −28%₀). The isotopic contrast between the upper and lower units may potentially be of stratigraphic use. The organic facies differences appear to reflect deteriorating preservation of the organic matter (higher dissolved oxygen, possibly due to shallower conditions resulting from lower rates of subsidence). Use of S2 v. TOC plots suggests corrected true mean hydrogen indices of around 800 in the richer facies (corresponding to a Type I kerogen). Mean random vitrinite reflectance, pyrolysis Tmax values, and visually determined fluorescence colours indicate that the samples studied are mostly immature, or at most in the earliest part of the oil window (<0.7% VR_o); biomarker data suggest that the vitrinite reflectance values may be suppressed by up to 20%.     

成熟度与热模拟产物分步萃取对滞留油生物标志物的影响

明确抽提过程中不同极性有机溶剂对所获得的生物标志物参数的影响,对基于生物标志物的生烃母质研究具有重要意义。选用鄂尔多斯盆地延长组低熟富有机质泥页岩进行生、排烃热模拟实验,并结合热模拟固体残样的实测随机镜质体反射率(R_O)值,准确剖析热演化程度和溶剂极性对生源和沉积环境参数适用范围的影响。结果表明：有机溶剂极性的大小不仅会影响抽提物的产率和族组分特征,而且会显著影响抽提物中正构烷烃、三环萜烷的分布特征,但对甾烷的分布特征影响并不明显。溶剂极性和热演化的双重影响导致生物标志物参数的适用范围存在明显区别,∑C_21^-/∑C_22⁺和(nC₂₁+nC₂₂)/(nC₂₈+nC₂₉)仅在低熟—高成熟的中期阶段(R_O值介于0.70%～1.48%之间)可作为有效的生源参数,而沉积环境判识参数∑三环萜烷/∑藿烷值适用范围更窄,仅在低熟—高成熟早期阶段(RO值介于0.70%～1.34%之间)有...     

HYDROTHERMAL LAUMONTIZATION AND MICROFRACTURE FORMATION IN RESERVOIR ROCKS AT THE YUFUTSU FIELD, HOKKAIDO, NORTHERN JAPAN

Reservoir rocks at the Yufutsu oil- and gasfield (southern Hokkaido, Northern Japan) comprise Eocene conglomerates and Early Cretaceous granitoids in which networks of fractures < 0.02 mm across are widespread. These basement reservoir rocks were fractured during normal faulting in the late Oligocene — early Miocene. In the early to middle Miocene, the fractured rocks are thought to have been permeated by acidic formation waters derived from Eocene coal measures. Laumontite (a Ca-rich zeolite) and smectite/illite (S/I) mixed-layer clay minerals were precipitated in the microfractures and occluded them.
The Yufutsu field is located on the western margin of a duplex structure formed during Pliocene or later shortening. As a result of this regional compression, the preexisting "early" microfractures which had been occluded with structurally-weak laumontite and S/I mixed-layer clay mineral aggregates reopened as "late" microfractures. Natural gas, which had been generated in deeply-buried Eocene coal measures in the synclinal area to the east of Yufutsu field, migrated westwards and accumulated in the re-fractured reservoir rocks.
The duplex structure in central Hokkaido probably extends to the unexplored offshore Iburioki structure to the south. Fractured reservoir rocks similar to those at the Yufutsu field may also occur at Iburioki.     

塔河油田奥陶系原油C_(26)降胆甾烷分布特征及地质意义

塔河油田奥陶系原油中都检测出丰富的C26降胆甾烷系列。大多数原油24-降胆甾烷含量相对27-降胆甾烷低,而九区T904和塔东地区TD2井原油24-降胆甾烷含量相对较高。以LN46、BD2等井为代表的上奥陶统灰岩、泥灰岩具有类似于塔河油田奥陶系原油的C26降胆甾烷分布特征,而以TD2井、和4井及柯坪露头为代表的寒武系黑色泥岩和灰色灰岩具有类似于T904和TD2井原油的C26降胆甾烷分布特征。该文提出判识寒武系烃源层油气来源的C26降胆甾烷地球化学判识标准为:NCR[24/(24+27)-降胆甾烷]0.50,NDR[24/(24+27)-降重排胆甾烷]0.35;上奥陶统烃源层油气来源的C26降胆甾烷判识标准为:NCR0.40,NDR0.35。结果表明C26降胆甾烷不仅是塔河油田奥陶系油藏进行原油族群划分的特征分子标志物,也为研究硅藻、沟鞭藻等藻类的起源和演化以及塔里木盆地古板块构造运动提供了有力的分子地球化学证据。     

渤海湾盆地沧东凹陷古近系孔二段页岩层系原油地球化学特征

利用原油物性、族组分分离与定量、饱和烃色谱—质谱、芳烃色谱—质谱、稳定碳同位素等分析测试资料,系统分析了渤海湾盆地沧东凹陷古近系孔二段页岩层系原油地球化学特征。研究表明,原油属于中质、中凝稠油,流动性较差;原油中烃类含量偏低,饱芳比和非沥比均较低。不同构造单元上的原油生物标志物及稳定碳同位素分布特征相似,反映其母质来源及生烃演化过程基本一致。饱和烃色谱以正态分布的单峰型为主,轻碳优势不明显,C27、C28、C29规则甾烷呈"上升型"分布,三环萜烷含量低,反映原油有机母质来源具有湖相水生生物和陆源高等植物的双重贡献,且以陆源高等植物为主。伽马蜡烷指数、重排霍烷含量及分布、Pr/Ph、三芴系列化合物、原油稳定碳同位素分布等指标反映了原油形成于弱氧化—还原条件下的淡水—微咸水沉积环境。正构烷烃分布特征和奇偶优势比、αββ/(ααα+αββ)C29与20S/(20S+20R)C29甾烷异构化指数以及霍烷异构化指数均指示原油成熟度偏低。     

C4-C8轻烃在原油地球化学研究中的应用——以塔里木盆地大宛齐油田凝析油为例

全油样品的GC分析表明,塔里木盆地大宛齐油田不同层位的81个原油样品富含轻烃组分,且部分样品遭受了不同程度的微生物降解。以C₄-C₈轻烃地球化学参数为工具,对原油成熟度和次生蚀变等方面进行地球化学研究。轻烃成熟度参数表明,原油的折算R_c在0.9%左右,处于成熟阶段。对遭受生物降解作用的原油分析发现,随着生物降解作用的增强,其Mango轻烃参数K₁值减小,K₂值明显增大,甲基环己烷指数增大,甲基环戊烷较乙基环戊烷更容易遭受生物降解,表明单烷基环戊烷中烷基取代基越大的烃类越难遭受生物降解作用。结合轻烃参数指示的原油成熟度和母质来源,推测研究区原油为次生凝析油。通过轻烃参数对比研究发现,大宛齐油田凝析油轻烃参数特征与大北和其南部地区正常原油相似。依据塔里木盆地大宛齐油田的地质背景和原油成藏模式可知,研究区原油是大北和南部地区两类原油通过深大断裂运移到大宛齐浅部,通过蒸发分馏作用聚集成藏。      

川东北地区典型海、陆相原油地球化学特征及来源

基于饱和烃和芳烃组分的GC/MS和GC/MS/MS分析,揭示了川东北天然气勘探区探井及露头剖面中发现的典型海、陆相原油（油苗）的分子地球化学特征,并结合烃源岩分析资料探讨其来源。研究结果表明,大普光构造带的新清溪1井和元坝构造带的元坝9井中侏罗统千佛崖组原油饱和烃呈姥鲛烷优势（Pr/Ph>1.5）;三环萜烷很少,ETR值低于1.2;芳烃中芴系列含量高;经与相关烃源岩干酪根碳同位素组成的对比,确认两者油源均来自本层位湖相烃源岩。但这两井原油的重排藿烷类化合物丰度相差悬殊,表征两者油源岩性质有所不同。大普光构造带的川岳84井二叠系原油Pr/Ph值（0.82）较低,三环萜烷丰富,含有C₂₆降胆甾烷,油-岩对比认为来源于上二叠统龙潭组海相烃源岩。江油二郎庙飞仙关组、长兴组油苗呈显著的C₂₉甾烷优势,24-异丙基-/24-正丙基-胆甾烷比值较高（1.1）,C₃₀甲基甾烷中以3β-、2α-甲基甾烷为主,C₂₆甾烷中27-降胆甾烷占优势,芳烃中缺少三芳甲藻甾烷,且全油碳同位素很轻（-34.1‰～-34.6‰）,表明源于寒武系-震旦系烃源岩。     

塔北隆起中部原油轻烃地球化学特征及其意义

对塔北隆起中部27个原油样品进行了轻烃地球化学分析,结果表明这些不同区块、不同层位、不同产状原油C₅-C₇与C₇轻烃组成非常接近,原油母质高度相似,均反映典型的海相成因、主要源自藻类和细菌等低等生物。轻烃2-MH/3-MH值和Pr/Ph值具有较好的正相关性,指示其沉积环境介质条件可能存在细微差异。庚烷值和异庚烷值分别介于22.97%～37.37%和1.04～4.06之间,原油生成温度为119.03~130.89℃,表明属于高成熟原油。混有早期生物降解原油的多期充注成藏,使得轻烃组成揭示的仅为晚期正常原油的地质地球化学信息。