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Petroleum Science > DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2025.05.020
Gas generation from oil-prone mudstones in the Eocene Wenchang A Depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin Open?Access
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作者:Keywords: Oil-prone mudstones; Wenchang Formation; Primary cracking; Secondary cracking; Gaseous hydrocarbons generation process
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引用方式:Shuxia Li, Bin Xu, Shuqian Li, Fenghua Zhao, Youchuan Li, Hongfu Sun, Le lu, Jinzhong Liu, Gas generation from oil-prone mudstones in the Eocene Wenchang A Depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin, Petroleum Science, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2025.05.020.
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Abstract: Gas derived from the primary cracking of kerogen and the secondary cracking of oil has historically been the focus of petroleum geologists, given its importance as a gas source. The Wenchang A Depression within the Zhu III Sub-basin is the largest gaseous hydrocarbon-rich depression in the Pearl River Mouth Basin (PRMB), and the sources of gaseous hydrocarbons in this depression are a research focus. Mudstones from the Eocene Wenchang Formation contain type I and type II organic matter and are oil-prone, with TOC, S1+S2, and HI values mostly ranging from 1.42% to 3.12%, 9.71 mg/g to 20.61 mg/g, and 410.71 mg/g·TOC to 736.17 mg/g·TOC, respectively. Data of gaseous hydrocarbon yields and carbon isotopic compositions show that the gaseous hydrocarbons generated from oil-prone mudstones are mainly derived from the secondary cracking of oil, and the plot of δ13C2–δ13C3 versus ln(C2/C3) effectively identified the gas source. To further assess the gas generation processes and the ratio of oil-cracking gas under geological conditions, we reconstructed the history of gaseous hydrocarbon generation in mudstones from the Wenchang Formation in the Wenchang A Depression. Results showed that gaseous hydrocarbon generation began at approximately 33 Ma, a maximum of 69% of total gaseous hydrocarbons (C1–C5) were generated by oil cracking, and total heavy hydrocarbon gases (C2-C5) were mainly generated from oil cracking (65%–81%). This study provides a deeper understanding of the characteristics of gas generated from oil-prone mudstones and is important for gas exploration in the Wenchang Depression.
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Keywords: Oil-prone mudstones; Wenchang Formation; Primary cracking; Secondary cracking; Gaseous hydrocarbons generation process