ppt课件-kerogen- universityof stavanger（干酪根-斯塔万格大学）.pptVIP

Kerogen Kerogen - a re-cap complex, HMr, diseminated organic matter in sediments operational definition: OM that is insoluble in non-polar solvents (benzene/methanol, toluene, methylene chloride) and nonoxidizing mineral acids (HCl and HF) major starting material for most oil and gas generation sediments are subjected to heating in the subsurface - oil and gas is generated from the kerogen most abundant form of organic carbon on earth (1000 x more than coal) made up from altered remains of marine and lacustrine microorganisms, plants and animals - with differing amounts of terriginous debris Re-cap cont’d kerogen ~1% of OM originating from biological sources - forms after all degradation processes discussed earlier in this course structured, terriginous portions of kerogen have an elemental composition similar to coal may contain significant contributions from biopolymers altered during degradation pathways substantial incorporation of biological macromolecules that have been transformed prior to and after burial contains info about the depositional, geological, and geothermal history of sediments Methodologies Chemical and optical methods utilized Kerogen does not migrate - so, sediment matrix and ‘kerogen’ are from same depositional and thermal history microscopic methods - work well for structured kerogen chemical methods - work well for ‘amorphous’ OM (usually present in greater abundance than structured) - why do we want to know? so we can find out the ‘petroleum-generating’ potential Methods cont’d No magic bullets combination of chemical methods chemical techniques provide routine analyses in oil and gas exploration information with regard to the origin and subsequent geological history of kerogen can’t do both with one technique Screening for potential Determination of total oil and gas generation potential directly linked to availability of hydrogen rich linkages how easy it is to release the CH moieties Rock Eval pyrolysis - measures gas generating potent