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JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 208, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109342
Keywords
Vaca muerta shale; Organic matter; Hydrocarbon potential; Paleo-oxygen level; Body and trace fossils; Solid bitumen
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- Schlumberger Innovation Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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The 137-m continuous core from the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous marine derived oil shale in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina, showed three distinct intervals with different oxygen levels influencing the preservation and transformation of organic matter, indicating that lower oxygen levels contribute to higher organic matter content and hydrocarbon generation potential.
A 137-m continuous core from the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous marine derived oil shale with the maturity Ro about 0.7 %, representing the oil window in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina, was examined using geological, mineralogical, petrographic, and geochemistry techniques. Three distinct intervals were identified within the core: the upper carbonate-rich section with intense bioturbation, indicating dysoxic to oxic conditions that resulted in poor organic matter preservation; a middle section with decreasing carbonate content, suboxic bottom conditions, and higher organic matter content; and a lower section with higher detrital input and low carbonate content, suboxic to anoxic water conditions, and enhanced preservation of organic matter. Based on the presence of indicator fossils and geochemical parameters, a general trend of increasing organic matter content with lower paleo-oxygen levels was observed. The proportion of solid bitumen within organic matter increases with decreasing oxygen content, suggesting that organic matter deposited in anoxic conditions is more prone to transformation and hydrocarbon generation. There is a negative impact of increasing paleo-oxygen levels on the quantity and quality of organic matter, represented by its potential to generate hydrocarbons.
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