Petroleum Geochemical Characterisation of the Lower Congo Coastal Basin Bucomazi Formation

Burwood, R.; Witte, Susanne; Mycke, B.; Paulet, J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78911-3_13

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“…Furthermore, the Observatory Hill Formation of Australia, which was deposited in a Cambrian continental alkaline playa lake, is also characterized by abundant 3-methylhopanes (Logan et al, 1997). The depositional environments of the lacustrine source rocks from offshore West Africa studied here are not well known, but varied from freshwater to saline (Burwood et al, 1995;Cole et al, 2000), and are likely to have included alkaline facies.…”

Section: Methylhopanes In Oils and Source Rocksmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…8). By analogy with the occurrence of abundant 3␤-methylBHPs in two modern alkaline lakes, it is tempting to suggest that these facies may represent saline (possibly alkaline; with dominant 3-methylhopanes) and freshwater environments (documented by Burwood et al, 1995;Cole et al, 2000); however, the specific facies cannot be determined, but their depositional environments were surely characterized by different bacterial communities prevailing during source rock deposition.…”

Section: Methylhopanes As a Correlation Tool: Offshore West Africamentioning

confidence: 96%

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Methylhopanoids: Molecular indicators of ancient bacteria and a petroleum correlation tool

Farrimond

Talbot

Watson

et al. 2004

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

115

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Section: Methylhopanes In Oils and Source Rocksmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Methylhopanes As a Correlation Tool: Offshore West Africamentioning

confidence: 96%

Methylhopanoids: Molecular indicators of ancient bacteria and a petroleum correlation tool

Farrimond

Talbot

Watson

et al. 2004

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

115

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“…In this study, the method of Espitalie´et al (1985) was utilized to evaluate the organic geochemical attributes of the studied rocks. The interpretive guidelines used were from (Tissot and Welte, 1984;Peters, 1986;Peters and Cassa, 1994;Burwood et al, 1995;Dymann et al, 1996).…”

Section: Samples and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pre-Messinian (Sub-Salt) Source-Rock Potential on Back-Stop Basins of the Hellenic Trench System (Messara Basin, Central Crete, Greece)

Maravelis

Panagopoulos

Piliotis

et al. 2013

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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Re´sume´-Roche-me`re potentielle du Messinien pre´-e´vaporitique d'un basin adosse´a`l'ensemble de fosses helle`niques (Messara, Cre`te central, Gre`ce) -Le secteur grec de la Ride Me´diterrane´enne, vu son potentiel en hydrocarbures, demande une exploration frontalie`re prononce´e. Les similitudes ge´ologiques entre ses parties prolifiques, incluses dans les zones e´conomiques exclusives chypriote et e´gyptienne, indiquent des re´serves possibles et re´cupe´rables de gaz naturel dans la partie de la zone e´conomique exclusive grecque. Ne´anmoins, et jusqu'a`pre´sent, il manque une e´tude frontalie`re syste´matique, bien que des indices directs pe´troliers existent. Plusieurs volcans de boues actives sur la Ride Me´diterrane´enne, e´mettant constamment du gaz et des hydrates de gaz, n'ont pas encore e´te´e´tudie´s, quoiqu'en ge´ne´ral, dans le monde entier, ils sont fortement lie´s a`la pre´sence d'hydrocarbures (par exemple dans la Mer Caspienne, le Golfe du Mexique, le Bassin Africain Occidental, a`Trinite´-et-Tobago et dans le coˆne du Nil). Pour cette raison, la roche me`re potentielle dans les successions se´dimentaires du Mioce`ne Supe´rieur d'un bassin 'back-stop' du syste`me du Sillon Helle´nique (bassin de Messara, Cre`te centrale, Gre`ce), a e´te´e´tudie´e. Les donne´es de la pyrolyse indiquent que la teneur en matie`re organique est suffisante et avec une qualite´assez bonne pour la conside´rer comme une roche me`re potentielle. En outre, le type du ke´roge`ne III, sugge`re un potentiel de gene`se de gaz. Meˆme si des indications d'une e´volution thermique plus e´leve´e existent, les roches e´tudie´es te´moignent d'un faible niveau de maturation. Des suintements de gaz bioge´nique dans la re´gion e´tudie´e de´montrent le potentiel re´gional de ge´ne´ration de gaz.Abstract -Pre-Messinian (Sub-Salt)

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“…A summary of this source rock information plot of our samples classify the shales of the Patti Formation principally as secondary source rocks with potentials to generate condensates and associated gas at maturity (cf. Burwood et al, 1995).…”

Section: Petroleum Source Potentialmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…A hydrocarbon yield (i.e. S2) versus TOC cross plots of Burwood et al (1995) classified effective primary source rocks as those having S2 > 5 kg/ton of rock (Fig. 8) and effective non-source rocks (ENS) grouping below S2 of less than 1 kg/ton of rock.…”

Section: Petroleum Source Potentialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paleoenvironments, organic petrology and Rock-Eval studies on source rock facies of the Lower Maastrichtian Patti Formation, southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Akande

Ojo

Erdtmann

et al. 2005

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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Petroleum Geochemical Characterisation of the Lower Congo Coastal Basin Bucomazi Formation

Cited by 43 publications

References 24 publications

Methylhopanoids: Molecular indicators of ancient bacteria and a petroleum correlation tool

Methylhopanoids: Molecular indicators of ancient bacteria and a petroleum correlation tool

Pre-Messinian (Sub-Salt) Source-Rock Potential on Back-Stop Basins of the Hellenic Trench System (Messara Basin, Central Crete, Greece)

Paleoenvironments, organic petrology and Rock-Eval studies on source rock facies of the Lower Maastrichtian Patti Formation, southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

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