scholarly journals Geochemical Considerations from the Carboniferous Unconventional Petroleum System of SW Iberia

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Gabriel A. Barberes ◽  
Rui Pena dos Reis ◽  
Nuno L. Pimentel ◽  
André L. D. Spigolon ◽  
Paulo E. Fonseca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Random Distribution ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Organic Geochemistry ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Gas Reservoir ◽  
Thermal Maturation ◽  
Petrographic Analyses ◽  
Rock Eval

The Baixo Alentejo Flysch Group (BAFG) is an important stratigraphic unit that covers over half of the South Portuguese Zone (SPZ) depositional area, and it is composed by three main tectono-stratigraphic units: the Mértola, Mira, and Brejeira formations. All of these formations contain significant thicknesses of black shales and have several wide areas with 0.81 wt.%, 0.91 wt.%, and 0.72 wt.% average total organic carbon (TOC) (respectively) and thermal maturation values within gas zones (overmature). This paper is considering new data from classical methods of organic geochemistry characterization, such as TOC, Rock–Eval pyrolysis, and organic petrography, to evaluate the unconventional petroleum system from the SPZ. A total of 53 samples were collected. From the stratigraphical point of view, TOC values seem to have a random distribution. The Rock–Eval parameters point out high thermal maturation compatible with gas window (overmature zone). The samples are dominated by gas-prone extremely hydrogen-depleted type III/IV kerogen, which no longer has the potential to generate and expel hydrocarbons. The petrographic analyses positioned the thermal evolution of these samples into the end of catagenesis to metagenesis (wet to dry gas zone), with values predominantly higher than 2 %Ro (dry gas zone). The presence of thermogenic hydrocarbon fluids characterized by previous papers indicate that the BAFG from SPZ represents a senile unconventional petroleum system, working nowadays basically as a gas reservoir.

scholarly journals Fácies orgânica da Formação La Luna, Bacia do Valle Superior Del Magdalena, Colômbia: implicações para a geração de petróleo e caracterização paleoambiental

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-81
Author(s):  
Juliana Andrade Iemini ◽  
João Graciano Mendonça Filho ◽  
Felix Thadeu Teixeira Gonçalves ◽  
Taíssa Rêgo Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Organic Geochemistry ◽  
Maturation Stage ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Thermal Maturation ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
Organic Facies ◽  
Oil Generation ◽  
La Luna

Upper Cretaceous pelitic rocks generate most of the oil reserves in Colombia. In Del Magdalena Upper Valley (MUV), the existence of good quality outcrops and thermal evolution levels that vary from immaturity to the end of the oil generation "window" makes it one of the most appropriate regions for the study of primary migration and generation of oil in Upper Cretaceous. The main objectives of this work were to study the organic facies of La Luna Formation in an outcrop section called Riacho Bambuca (Bambuca Creek), determine the oil generation potential and characterize the paleoenvironment. For this research, 24 samples were used in palynofacies analysis (characterization of the kerogen components assembly) and in organic geochemistry analysis (Total Organic Carbon - TOC analysis and Rock-Eval pyrolysis, provided by Colombia Oil Institute - ECOPETROL). The palynofacies analysis included the use of microscopy techniques (transmitted white light and incident blue light). Furthermore, a Spore Coloration Index (SCI) analysis was made in order to determine the thermal maturation stage. The studied material was composed mainly of an amorphous organic substance, with its fluorescent coloration varying from yellow to bright orange. The palynomorph group is represented by spore morph and dinoflagellate cysts. The ligneous material are present in very low percentages; they are mainly opaque phytoclasts. The results of geochemical analysis showed TOC contents ranging from medium to high, excellent potential for the generation of hydrocarbons (PG >; 4 mg HC/g of rock), hydrogen index ranging from 329 to 589 mg HC/g, and low values of oxygen index, characterizing type II kerogen. The low degree of thermal maturation was determined by Spore Coloration Index values ranging from 2,5 to 3,0, Tmax values below 440ºC and Hydrocarbon Production Index inferior to 0,2. According to the organic facies data, La Luna Formation deposited in a marine environment with facies from disoxic-anoxic distal shelf and suboxic-oxic distal basin; there was kerogen of excellent quality, and its quantity was adequate for the generation of oil.

Organic geochemistry of margin sediments and its significance for hydrocarbon generation

1980 ◽  
Vol 294 (1409) ◽  
pp. 187-187
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Organic Geochemistry ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Marine Origin

Organic-rich shales and mudstones have been drilled during the D.S.D.P. legs 47a off northwestern Africa and legs 47b and 48 off western Europe. Early Miocene black shales of the Tarfaya Basin contain an organic matter of marine origin and deposited in a reducing environment. Cretaceous dark shales and mudstones are widespread in the north Atlantic Ocean, but they contain mainly detrital organic matter of terrestrial origin. Thus, their potential for petroleum generation is rather low. An immature stage of thermal evolution can be assigned to all Miocene and Cretaceous cores. In other parts of the Atlantic Ocean black shales containing abundant organic matter of marine origin have been found in the same series of Lower Cretaceous age. The widespread occurrence of Lower Cretaceous organic rich sediments from very different sources suggests that the conditions of preservation may be the controlling factor for black shale sediments.

scholarly journals Age and paleoenvironment of the Nukhul Formation, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Insights from palynology, palynofacies and organic geochemistry

GeoArabia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-174
Author(s):  
Haytham El Atfy ◽  
Rainer Brocke ◽  
Dieter Uhl
Keyword(s):  
Nile Delta ◽  
Organic Geochemistry ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Tectonic Activity ◽  
Gulf Of Suez ◽  
Spores And Pollen ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
History Of ◽  
Geochemical Analyses ◽  
Rock Eval

ABSTRACT Palynological results of a detailed study carried out on 56 samples retrieved from two selected wells (GH 404-2A and SA-E6A) of the Hilal and Shoab Ali fields within the southern part of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, are presented. This study is mainly focused on the poorly dated Nukhul Formation, for which very little information from palynology is available despite its importance from a petroleum viewpoint. The assemblages discovered in our study are moderately preserved and reveal a sparse but significant record of spores and pollen and dinoflagellates together with highly diverse fungi and algal taxa, e.g. Botryococcus and Pediastrum. A latest Oligocene–Early Miocene (Chattian–Aquitanian) age has been suggested for the Nukhul Formation, based on compiling palynostratigraphic and ecologic data obtained from palynomorphs that have previously been assumed to be representatives for this period on a regional scale. In addition, the Oligocene/Miocene Boundary (OMB) could be lithostratigraphically defined within the studied formation, most likely at the boundary between the lower Shoab Ali Member and upper Ghara Member. A fungal/algal ‘event’ within the interval from 11,370–11,430 ft in the GH 404-2A Well may be associated with a strong regressive phase. Such a regression was previously observed in the Nile Delta and other locations around the Red Sea province, and may be assigned to the global Mi-1 glaciation event at the OMB. However, not only glacial-driven eustacy but also tectonic activity related to the Gulf of Suez rifting may have contributed in forming such an event. Palynofacies investigations were carried out under both transmitted and fluorescence microscopy and the results were partly supplemented by existing organic geochemical analyses (GH 404-2A Well) involving Rock-Eval pyrolysis and total organic carbon (TOC) measurements. The analysis was used to interpret the depositional regime, paleoenvironment and thermal maturation history of the studied succession. These results support the temporary existence of shallow, pond- or lake-like aquatic habitats during deposition of the lower Shoab Ali Member that evolved into a shallow-marine environment with the onset of the deposition of upper Ghara Member of the Nukhul Formation.

scholarly journals Trans-border (south-east Serbia/west Bulgaria) correlations of the Jurassic sediments: Infra-Getic Unit

2006 ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Platon Tchoumatchenco ◽  
Dragoman Rabrenovic ◽  
Barbara Radulovic ◽  
Vladan Radulovic
Keyword(s):  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Geological Heritage ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The West ◽  
Coal Beds ◽  
Lower Member ◽  
Upper Bajocian ◽  
Upper Boundary ◽  
Lower Bathonian

The Infra-Getic Unit is a palaeogeographic unit, predestined by palaeotectonics. From the point of view of geological heritage, it represents a geosites framework. For the purpose of the correlation, the Serbian sections of Lukanja, Bogorodica Monastery, Rosomac and Senokos, as well as the Bulgarian sections of Komshtitsa, Gintsi, and Stanyantsi were used. The Jurassic sediments of the Infra-Getic Unit crop out on the southern slops of the Stara Planina Mountain in east Serbia and west Bulgaria. The Lower Jurassic started with continental and continental-marine sediments (clays and sandstones) (Lukanja clastics and Lukanja coal beds in Serbia and the Tuden Formation in Bulgaria) and continue with Lukanja quartz sandstones (Serbia) and the Kostina Formation (Bulgaria). These sediments are covered by Lukanja brachiopod beds and Lukanja limestones (Serbia) and the Romanov Dol, Ravna and Dolni Loukovit Members of the Ozirovo Formation (Bulgaria) predominantly consist of bioclastic limestones. The sedimentations follow with Lukanja belemnites-gryphaea beds (marls and clayey limestones), which in Bulgaria correspond to the Bukorovtsi Member (also marls and clayey limestones) of the Ozirovo Formation. The Middle Jurassic sedimentation started with black shales with Bossitra alpine. These sediments are individualized in Serbia as Senokos aleurolites and clays and in Bulgaria they are known as the Etropole Formation. In Serbia the section continues with sandstones called Vodenicki sandstones of Bajocian age, known in Bulgaria as the Dobrogled Member of the Polaten Formation. However, in Bulgaria, the age is Upper Bajocian-Lower Bathonian, and it cover the marls of the lower member (Gornobelotintsi Member) of the Bov Formation and is covered by the upper member - alternation of marls and clayey limestones - the Verenitsa Member of the Bov Formation. The Vodenicki sandstones-Dobrogled Member which ended their distribution in the section of Komshtitsa, to the east (in the Gintsi section), they are not represented - build a body of sandstones, a prodelta coming from the west to the east. The Bov Formation corresponds to the Senokos ammonite beds in east Serbia. The upper boundary of the Senokos ammonite beds and of the Bov Formation is sharp. It is covered by grey limestones of the Yavorec Formation in Bulgaria and by the Kamenica limestones in eastern Serbia. They are covered by grey or red nodular/lithoclastic limestones ("ammonitico rosso" type) of the Gintsi Formation in Bulgaria and the Pokrovenik ammonitic (acanthicum) limestones in Serbia. The Jurassic section in the Infra-Getic ended with grey micritic and lithoclastic limestones, which belong to the Rosomac and Rsovci limestones in east Serbia and to the Glozhene Formation in Bulgaria.

Oldest preserved sodium carbonate evaporite: Late Paleozoic Fengcheng Formation, Junggar Basin, NW China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Wang ◽  
Jian Cao ◽  
Alan R. Carroll ◽  
Dongming Zhi ◽  
Yong Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Carbonate ◽  
Organic Geochemistry ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Junggar Basin ◽  
Late Paleozoic ◽  
Hypersaline Lake ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Nw China ◽  
Petrographic Analyses ◽  
Geologic Setting

Sodium carbonate evaporites can provide important paleoclimatic constraints and economic resources but are relatively rare; most known examples are limited to the Cenozoic. The first known late Paleozoic occurrence was recently reported from the Fengcheng Formation in the northwestern Junggar Basin, NW China. However, its mineralogy, age, and geologic setting have been sparsely documented. To help establish a broader understanding of the formation of these important deposits, this paper presents a comprehensive new data set that includes drill core, well logs, petrographic analyses, X-ray diffraction data, organic geochemistry (biomarkers), and U-Pb zircon age data. Evaporite deposition is estimated to have occurred between ca. 305 Ma and 296 Ma in a series of extensional grabens that hosted a stratified, hypersaline lake (or lakes). The lake deposits are closely associated with coeval volcanic rocks, suggesting that subsurface interaction of these with CO2-enriched hydrothermal fluids may have contributed to the excess alkalinity required to precipitate Na-carbonate. Trona (NaHCO3 · Na2CO3 · 2H2O) in the Fengcheng Formation was likely formed syndepositionally and then partly replaced by wegscheiderite (Na2CO3 · 3NaHCO3). Other evaporite minerals most likely formed during diagenesis. The Fengcheng Formation also contains nahcolite (NaHCO3), which requires pCO2 >680 ppm to form, although no textural evidence was found to demonstrate a primary origin. The presence of extensive lacustrine evaporites nonetheless reflects a relatively warm and arid climate at ∼40−50°N that apparently coincided with the late Paleozoic icehouse.

scholarly journals Influence of strategic points in the dispersion of Aedes aegypti in infested areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerson Laurindo Barbosa ◽  
Mariana De Oliveira Lage ◽  
Valmir Roberto Andrade ◽  
Antônio Henrique Alves Gomes ◽  
Jose Alberto Quintanilha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Spatial Statistics ◽  
Random Distribution ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Control Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Vector Control Program

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether sites with large amount of potential breeding sites for immature forms of Aedes aegypti, called strategic points, influence in the active vector’s dispersion into properties in their surroundings. METHODS: We selected four areas in the municipality of Campinas, three of them with strategic points classified as high, moderate, and low risk according to infestation and a control area, without strategic points. Between October 2015 and September 2016, we monthly installed oviposition traps and evaluated the infestation by Ae. aegypti in all properties of each selected area. To verify if there was vector dispersion from each strategic point, based on its location, we investigated the formation of clusters with excess of eggs or larvae or pupae containers, using the Gi spatial statistics. RESULTS: The amount of eggs collected in the ovitraps and the number of positive containers for Ae. aegypti did not show clusters of high values concerning its distance from the strategic point. Both presented random distribution not spatially associated with the positioning of strategic points in the area. CONCLUSIONS: Strategic points are not confirmed as responsible for the vector’s dispersion for properties in their surroundings. We highlight the importance of reviewing the current strategy of the vector control program in Brazil, seeking a balance from the technical, operational, and economic point of view, without disregarding the role of strategic points as major producers of mosquitoes and their importance in the dissemination of arboviruses in periods of transmission.

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