ROLE OF MINERALS IN THE THERMAL ALTERATION OF ORGANIC MATTER-I: GENERATION OF GASES AND CONDENSATES UNDER DRY CONDITION

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dc.contributor.author Tannenbaum E.
dc.contributor.author Kaplan I.R.
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-25T07:16:26Z
dc.date.available 2020-02-25T07:16:26Z
dc.date.issued 1985
dc.identifier https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=31491446
dc.identifier.citation GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 1985, 49, 12, 2589-2604
dc.identifier.issn 0016-7037
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.geologyscience.ru/handle/123456789/16131
dc.description.abstract Pyrolysis experiments were carried out on Monterey formation kerogen and bitumen and Green River formation kerogen (Type II and I, respectively), in the presence and absence of montmorillonite, illite and calcite at 200 and 300 degrees C for 2-2000 hours. The pyrolysis products were identified and quantified and the results of the measurements on the gas and condensate range are reported here. A significant catalytic effect was observed for the pyrolysis of kerogen with montmorillonite, whereas small or no effects were observed with illite and calcite, respectively. Catalytic activity was evident by the production of up to five times higher C1-C6 hydrocarbons for kerogen with montmorillonite than for kerogen alone, and by the dominance of branched hydrocarbons in the C4-C6 range (up to 90% of the total amount at any single carbon number). This latter effect in the presence of montmorillonite is attributed to cracking via a carbonium-ion [carbocation] intermediate which forms on the acidic sites of the day. No catalytic effect, however, was observed for generation of methane and C2 hydrocarbons which form by thermal cracking. The catalysis of montmorillonite was significantly greater during pyrolysis of bitumen than for kerogen, which may point to the importance of the early formed bitumen as an intermediate in the production of low molecular weight hydrocarbons. Catalysis by minerals was also observed for the production of carbon dioxide. These results stress the importance of the mineral matrix in determining the type and amount of gases and condensates forming from the associated organic matter under thermal stress. The literature contains examples of gas distribution in the geologic column which can be accounted for by selective mineral catalysis, mainly during early stages of organic matter maturation.
dc.title ROLE OF MINERALS IN THE THERMAL ALTERATION OF ORGANIC MATTER-I: GENERATION OF GASES AND CONDENSATES UNDER DRY CONDITION
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