Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 736-741.doi: 10.11743/ogg20050607

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Distribution and occurrence of kerogen fatty acids in low mature marl and calcareous mudstone

Meng Qianxiang, Zheng Jianjing, Fang Xuan, Sun Minzhuo   

  1. Lanzhou Research Center of Oil & Gas Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu
  • Received:2005-07-27 Online:2005-12-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

Three acid series,including straight chain monoacid,straight chain binary acid and aromatic acid,have been detected in the kerogen of low mature Tertiary source rocks with low organic carbon content in Qaidam basin.Relative abundance of straight chain monoacid is the highest among these three acid series,and C16:0 acid occurs as the main peak(saturated fatty acid),with obvious even carbon number predominance.The volume of kerogen fatty acid is over three times that of enhanced kerogen fatty acid,and the former has much larger relative abundance of straight chain binary acid than the latter.In addition,the volume of fatty acid that enrich in carbonate crystals of source rocks in the form of calcium(magnesium)fatty acid salt and fatty acid is far greater than that occur in kerogen network.When these carbonate crystals were decomposed at high temperature(and at complex geologic conditions),the fatty acid salt and fatty acid might be cracked into small molecular hydrocarbon,i.e.,gaseous hydrocarbon.The sulfur in deposited organic matters in the study area occur as pentabasic,hexabasic and octatomic ring stable states,and would make contribution to the enrichment and existence of fatty acid(salt)due to its strong electron negativity.

Key words: carbonate crystal, fatty acid(salt), kerogen, hydrocarbon generation, Tertiary, Qaidam basin

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