Kinetics of hydrocarbon generation from the marine Ordovician Goldwyer Formation, Canning Basin, Western Australia

International Journal of Coal Geology(2020)

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Pyrolysis and bulk kinetic studies were used to investigate the hydrocarbon generation potential and source rock organofacies variability of marine organic-rich rocks from the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) Goldwyer Formation in the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Rock-Eval pyrolysis results for the analysed immature to mid-mature calcareous mudstones imply that the upper Goldwyer Sequence I contains oil-prone type I kerogen, while the lower Goldwyer Sequence III contains type II/III oil- and gas-prone kerogen. This is supported by pyrolysis gas chromatography (Py-GC) results that show the presence of homogenous organofacies in the Goldwyer Sequence I having aliphatic molecular signatures, possibly due to selective preservation of lipids derived from Gloeocapsomorpha prisca (G. prisca). The heterogeneous organofacies of the Goldwyer Sequence III contain aromatic moieties in similar abundance to the aliphatic compounds. The calcareous claystones of the Goldwyer Sequence I have the capacity to generate low wax paraffinic oil, whereas the Goldwyer Sequence III has potential for paraffinic-naphthenic-aromatic (P-N-A) low wax oils, gas, and condensate.
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Canning Basin,Goldwyer Formation,Kerogen kinetics,Transformation ratio,Activation energy,hydrocarbon generation
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