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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (06): 1538-1550.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.220

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Organic Geochemical Characteristics of Source Rocks of Permian Lucaogou Formation in Southeastern of Junggar Basin

ZHANG Hanjing1(), LI Sumei1(), GAO Yongjin2, ZHANG Lin2, KE Changwei1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting,China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249,China
    2. Oil and Gas Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2022-03-20 Revised:2022-04-21 Online:2022-12-10 Published:2023-01-11
  • Contact: LI Sumei

Abstract:

Thermal evolution and petroleum potential of the source rocks as well as origin of the hydrocarbons discovered in the southeast Junggar Basin are not clear enough. Geochemical methods including Rock-Eval, GC-MS and carbon isotopic analysis are used to unravel relevant issues. The results show that there are obvious differences in organic matter abundance and kerogen types of the source rocks form the Permian Lucaogou Formation (P2l) with varying thermal maturity. The total organic carbon (TOC) of the P2l source rocks is ranged in 0.43 %-12.89 % (averaged 2.84 %), and the petroleum potential of (S1+S2) is in the range of 0.52-77.24 mg/g. The source rock quality can be reduced from “excellent” grade at low maturity to “moderate-poor” grade at high maturity (Rc≈0.54%-1.93%). The type of organic matter varies from type Ⅰ-Ⅱ at low maturity to type Ⅱ2-Ⅲ at high maturity, indicating that it is necessary to properly restores the original value of the kerogen type and hydrocarbon generation potential for the high to over-mature source rocks. Distinguished characteristics of the biomarkers of the P2l source rocks were observed: a weak advantage of pristine over phytane was observed with the ratios of Pr/Ph ranging from 0.92 to 1.81 (averaged 1.22), indicating a weakly reduced lacustrine sedimentary environment; the relative abundance of C27-,C28-, and C29-regular steranes showed an ascending linear pattern. The source rocks are also characterized by high relative abundance of C28-regular steranes (with the mean value of the C28/ C29-regular steranes ratio to be 0.96), low relative abundance of homohopanes with gammacerane developed, while the abundance of hopanes is low and gammacerane is moderately developed in the source rocks,indicating saline and/or water stratified paleoenvironment of the P2l source rocks when deposited. Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations showed that the crude oils from the Lucaogou Formation were mainly derived from the P2l source rocks. The geochemical and geological investigations of this study shows that the P2l source rocks with a relatively wide range of burial depth and therefore a wide range of maturity level were well developed, suggesting an excellent hydrocarbons generation potential in the area investigated. It indicates great petroleum exploration prospects for deep and shallow horizons.

Key words: Lucaogou Formation, hydrocarbon generation potential, biomarker, Junggar Basin

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