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Volume 13 Issue 4
Dec 2002
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Li Sumei. Distribution and Significance of Methyl Steranes in Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Journal of Earth Science, 2002, 13(4): 330-337.
Citation: Li Sumei. Distribution and Significance of Methyl Steranes in Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Journal of Earth Science, 2002, 13(4): 330-337.

Distribution and Significance of Methyl Steranes in Bohai Bay Basin, East China

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the Natural Science Research Council of China (under China973National Key Research and Development Program) #G1999-43310

  • Received Date: 12 Aug 2002
  • Accepted Date: 20 Sep 2002
  • Available Online: 18 Jul 2022
  • Issue Publish Date: 30 Dec 2002
  • samples of shales and mudstones developed in reducing hypersaline and freshwater setting and 20 oil samples of Bamianhe oilfield, Bohai Bay basin were collected for a detailed study of petroleum system. Composition and distribution, especially significance of steroids, are discussed as a part of those. Abundant steroidal biomarkers, including C27-29 regular steranes, C28-30 4-methyl steranes, dinosteranes and aromatic steranes, were detected. Results show that the composition and distribution of the steroids in samples studied are functions of thermal maturity, organic source, paleoenvironment and lithology of potential source rocks. Alga-rich Es4 shales (brackish water) developed in the south slope of depocenter (Niuzhuang sag) were found particularly rich in steroidal biomarkers including C30 4-methyl steranes and dinosteranes. Es3 mudstones (fresh water) were found devoid of dinosteranes. Distribution patterns of regular steranes are completely different from methyl steranes indicating different origins of the specific compounds of the fraction. Diagnostic distribution of steranes in rock extracts of diverse intervals makes the compounds to be essential indictors of source-rock tracing. Methyl steranes prove to be much more useful in oil-source rock correlation than regular steranes. Results also show that alga-rich Es4 shales located in the south slope are not likely the primary source rock responsible for the oils discovered based on the composition and distribution of steroids.

     

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