Active effects of less known bituminous rock alginite on the biological processes of Solanum lycopersicum L.

Applied two preparations of alginite formed from natural bituminous rock alginite in 4 different variants into the soil (granular forms) and spraying on leaves (extracts) in 2 cultivars of Solanum lycoper-sicum L. resulted in reduced production traits on plants and fruits, increased or decreased accumulation of macro and microelements content in plants and fruits and by increasing the antioxidant activity of the fruits compared to the control variant without alginite.

IR-Spectroscopic Studies of Bituminous Sands of the Zhyly-Oi Deposit

The organic part of bituminous Sands (BS) is a chemical raw material of complex and unstable composition. The physical and chemical properties and composition of this raw material depend on the BS Deposit, the method of separation of the organic part, methods and equipment for analysis. The organic component-natural bitumen-is an oil dispersed system, the dispersed phase of which is formed by high – molecular components-resins and asphaltenes; the dispersed medium is made up of lighter hydrocarbons. It was found that traces of tungsten oxide (V), primary and secondary alcohols, and esters were found in the bituminous rock of the Deposit. It was found that natural bitumen extracted from BS contains saturated hydrocarbons: linear: n-heptane, n-decane and cycloparaffins: 1-phenyldodecane, methylcyclohexane, various primary and secondary alcohols, ketone and esters.

POLYMER ADDITIVE EFFECT ON THE STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ORGANIC PART OF OIL BITUMINOUS ROCK

The article presents the results of gas chromatographic analysis method of the organic part of oil bituminous rock and the results from the analysis of the molecular weight distribution of atactic polypropylene carried out using reverse gel-permeation chromatography. The research results of the structural and mechanical properties of the bitumen part of oil bituminous rock (OBR) of the Iman-Kara deposit, atactic polypropylene (APP) and compositions based on them, carried out on the instrument Reotest 2.1, are also presented herein. It has been determined that the organic part of OBR of the Iman-Kara deposit mainly consists of oxygen-containing organic compounds with additions of heteroatomic structures (sulfur, haloids and nitrogen) with a weight fraction of 53.97%. According to the chromatogram of the molecularly-mass distributed atactic polypropylene, it is found that the average time of fraction maximum yield is 11.4 minutes, the corresponding value of logarithm of the average molecular weight Lg(M) equals to 5.5. Accordingly, the average molecular weight of fraction M is 400. The change patterns of the rheological properties of the organic part of OBR, atactic polypropylene and compositions based on them are described. It has been established that the addition of APP to the organic part of OBR creates a disperse system in which the particles of a polymer additive that are swollen due to oily components are dispersed in the bitumen medium. At the same time, mechanical properties such as elasticity and heat resistance of the organic part of oil bituminous rock are improved. These properties can be shown only with the optimum quantity of APP, when their concentration is such that they form an uninterrupted net structure. The influence patterns of APP on the structure of the organic part of OBR defined in the process of experiments can also be used in further experiments during development of various types of waterproofing materials and coatings.

Organic Geochemistry and Source Rock Potential of Naokelekan Formation in Selected Wells, North Iraq

In this study, organic geochemical characteristics and potential of Upper Oxfordian–Lower Kimmeridgian aged bituminous shale beds in Naokelekan formation (North Iraq) were investigated by using TOC and pyrolysis analyses. The Total Organic Carbon (TOC) contents for the studied samples varying between from 0.46-21.33%, average 7.06% and Taq Taq-1 well as good hydrocarbon potential (0.85-1.66 %, with average of 1.06%), whereas Jk-1 well can be rated as an very good hydrocarbon potential from 1.04-4.16 %, with average of 2.15 %. The low Hydrogen Index (HI = 24-605 mg HC/g TOC) for Bj-1 well, (HI = 147-673 mg HC/g TOC) in the Jk-1 well while in Taq Taq-1 well (HI = 9-48 mg HC/g TOC) indicate that kerogen type for the vast majority of the studied samples is Type II/I for Bj-1 well and Type IV with few samples, Type of I and II kerogens in the Taq Taq-1 and Jk-1 well. Consequently most of the organic matter of Bj-1 and Jk-1 well tends to generate petrol, even though a small portion of them exhibit a tendency to generate gas. While all samples of Taq Taq-1 well tends to generate gas. The studied bituminous rock samples characterized by low Tmax (434-602 °C) for Bj-1,Taq Taq-1 (344-429 °C) and (419-602 °C) for Jk-1 well. These values show, in terms of potential of hydrocarbon generation, that the studied samples have a source rock potential of organic matter from immature to over mature. Additionally, the S1 hydrocarbon type values indicate no external contribution of migrated hydrocarbons to the bituminous rocks of the studied area.