Geochemical characteristics and genetic types of the crude oils from the Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf

Rabbani, Ahmad Reza; Kotarba, Maciej J.; Baniasad, Alireza; Hosseiny, Ehsan; Więcław, Dariusz

doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.02.010

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“…Accordingly, the Middle Sarvak is the main candidate for the source of Ilam and Upper Sarvak oils due to the type of kerogen, lithology, depositional environment, and reducing conditions. Apart from maturity parameters, most biomarker ratios from the Middle Sarvak correlate satisfactorily with seven analyzed oils (relevant to study area) (Rabbani et al, 2014) from the Ilam and Upper Sarvak reservoirs (Fig. 13).…”

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“…It seems that three petroleum systems (i.e. Paleozoic, Late Jurassic and Late Cretaceous petroleum systems) are active in the area (Bordenave and Hegre, 2010;Rabbani et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although some papers have been published regarding oil families in the study area (Rabbani, 2001(Rabbani, , 2007(Rabbani, , 2008Rabbani and Kamali, 2005;Rabbani et al, 2014;, Saberi et al, 2016, little research on source rocks and petroleum systems is available.…”

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“…Rabbani et al (2014) studied 33 oil samples collected through the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf. They defined two oil families (Jurassic to Early Cretaceous and Late Cretaceous) in the east part of the Persian Gulf.…”

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Source rock characterization of the Cretaceous Sarvak Formation in the eastern part of the Iranian sector of Persian Gulf

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“…It seems that three petroleum systems (i.e. Paleozoic, Late Jurassic and Late Cretaceous petroleum systems) are active in the area (Bordenave and Hegre, 2010;Rabbani et al, 2014).…”

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2016

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“…They can be used to determine a genetic relationship between numbers of oil samples (Galimov, 1973;Galimov, 1985;Rabbani and Galimov, 2000;Galimov and Rabbani, 2001;Rabbani and Kamali, 2005;Rabbani, 2008;Rabbani et al, 2014). Table 3 shows the bulk composition of the studied oils in terms of NSO, saturates, aromatics, API and stable carbon isotopes.…”

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Oil-oil correlation by FTIR spectroscopy of asphaltene samples

Asemani

Rabbani

2015

Geosci J

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In this paper, a new technique with easy interpretation, low cost, and reliable results is presented for oil-oil correlation purpose. In this technique, the structural characterization of asphaltene, because of its structural similarity with kerogene and resistance to secondary processes (e.g., migration, biodegradation, thermal maturity, and so on), was considered as a correlation parameter and asphaltenes structure similarity in different oil samples is the basis of geochemical correlation. FTIR spectroscopy was applied to detect and compare asphaltene structures with each other. The four oil samples from different oil fields in the Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf were investigated by FTIR spectroscopy and introduced indexes that represent structural characteristic of asphaltenes enabled us to perform geochemical correlation. To validation of this technique, the other common geochemical techniques (e.g., stable carbon isotope and biomarkers) were applied to geochemical correlation. These techniques completely supported and complemented the results of the asphaltene FTIR spectroscopy technique. The results of these three techniques show genetic relationships among these 4 oil samples and indicated that these oil samples belong to two distinct oil families. The First oil family originated from carbonate rich source rock and the second oil family was sourced from calcareous shale source rock.

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Burial and thermal maturity modeling of the Middle Cretaceous–Early Miocene petroleum system, Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf

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Rabbani

Kamali³

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Pet. Sci.

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The Cretaceous Kazhdumi and Gurpi formations, Ahmadi Member of the Sarvak Formation, and Paleogene Pabdeh Formation are important source rock candidates of the Middle Cretaceous-Early Miocene petroleum system in the Persian Gulf. This study characterizes generation potential, type of organic matter, and thermal maturity of 262 cutting samples (marls and argillaceous limestones) from these rock units taken from 16 fields in the Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf. In addition, the burial and thermal histories of these source rocks were analyzed by one-dimensional basin modeling. Based on the total organic carbon and genetic potential values, fair hydrocarbon generation potential is suggested for the studied samples. Based on T max and vitrinite reflectance values, the studied samples are thermally immature to mature for hydrocarbon generation. The generated models indicate that studied source rocks are immature in central wells. The Gurpi and Pabdeh formations are immature and the Ahmadi Member and Kazhdumi Formation are early mature in the western wells. The Pabdeh Formation is within the main oil window and other source rocks are at the late oil window in the eastern wells. The hydrocarbon expulsion from the source rocks began after deposition of related caprocks which ensures entrapment and preservation of migrated hydrocarbon.

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Geochemical characteristics and genetic types of the crude oils from the Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf

Cited by 44 publications

References 30 publications

Source rock characterization of the Cretaceous Sarvak Formation in the eastern part of the Iranian sector of Persian Gulf

Source rock characterization of the Cretaceous Sarvak Formation in the eastern part of the Iranian sector of Persian Gulf

Oil-oil correlation by FTIR spectroscopy of asphaltene samples

Burial and thermal maturity modeling of the Middle Cretaceous–Early Miocene petroleum system, Iranian sector of the Persian Gulf

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