Hydrocarbon Generation Potential and Depositional Setting of Eocene Oil-Prone Coaly Source Rocks in the Xihu Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin
Shilong Kang, Longyi Shao, Lanzhi Qin, Shuxia Li, Jinshui Liu, Wenchao Shen, Xiaodong Chen, Kenneth A. Eriksson, Qianyu Zhou
Abstract
. The absence of combustion-derived PAHs indicates that neither vegetation fire nor peat fire occurred very frequently during the formation of peat. Areas in the Xihu sag with considerable thicknesses of coal should be paid particular attention for future hydrocarbon exploration. From a global perspective, Cenozoic coaly source rocks, which are characterized by a relatively high content of aliphatic components, should be paid special attention for their oil-prone properties related to the advent of conifer plants.
Topics & Concepts
LiptiniteVitriniteMaceralInertiniteKerogenGeologySource rockSedimentary depositional environmentCoalPaleogeneGeochemistryTerrigenous sedimentHydrocarbonSteraneOrganic geochemistryMineralogyPetrographyPaleontologyStructural basinChemistrySedimentary rockOrganic chemistryHopanoidsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisPetroleum Processing and AnalysisCoal Properties and Utilization