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Immature Oils in China and Their Genetic Mechanisms
Author(s) -
Tieguan WANG
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2000.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - organic matter , petroleum , sulfur , hydrocarbon , environmental science , china , environmental chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , geography , archaeology
Immature crude oils are a kind of unconventional petroleum resources. They are generated through early low‐temperature biochemical/chemical reactions of some specific organic matter. Their geological reserves explored are as high as several hundred million tons in China. Based on a detailed organic geochemical study, five genetic mechanisms of immature oils have been proposed in this paper for early hydrocarbon generation from suberinite, resinite, bacteria‐reworked terrestrial organic matter, biolipids and sulphur‐rich macromolecules respectively.