Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 851-861.doi: 10.11743/ogg20170503

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Geochemical characteristics of the Cambrian source rocks in the Tarim Basin and oil-source correlation with typical marine crude oil

Yang Fulin1,3, Yun Lu2, Wang Tieguan3, Ding Yong2, Li Meijun3   

  1. 1. Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou 554300, China;
    2. Northwest Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China;
    3. College of Geoscience, China University of Petroleum(Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2016-02-03 Revised:2017-08-11 Online:2017-10-28 Published:2017-11-10

Abstract: 27 Cambrian source rock samples collected from the Tarim Basin were analyzed for geochemical characteristics and oil-source correlation studies.Most Cambrian source rock samples show a series features such as low pristane/phytane,C21 tricyclic terpane/C23 tricyclic terpane values,low homohopanes content,high content of gammacerane,high relative content of C28 regular steranes and C27 triaromatic steroids,high content of triaromatic dinosteroids and heavier stable carbon isotopic values.The oil-source rock analysis between typical Cambrian and Ordovician oils reveals that Cambrian source rocks have a high degree of similarity with Cambrian oils and are different from those Ordovician oils.So that the Cambrian source rocks are believed not to be the major source rocks of Ordovician reservoirs.Besides,source rocks from Xiaoerbulakr,Dongergou and Sugaitebulake profiles of the Kalpin Uplift show some differences with the rest of Cambrian source rocks on source constitution,which implies partially the same organism compositions with Ordovician oils.

Key words: triaromatic steroid, oil-source rock correlation, source rock, Cambrian, Tarim Basin

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