Abstract

A typical case of coal-derived oils in China, i.e. the crude oils from the Middle-Lower Jurassic coal measure strata in the Turpan Basin, is presented. By means of oil-source correlation, it is confirmed that low maturity crude oil in the Shengjinkou oil field is derived from the coal-bearing Qiketai Formation of Middle Jurassic age, a brackish lacustrine sediment. Mature crude oils in the Qiketai oil field, and in well Taican 1, are sourced from the Badaowan Formation of Lower Jurassic age, which contains coal seams as thick as 100 m. Results show that commercial accumulations of liquid crude oils can be generated from coals and coal measure strata containing high volatile coal of bituminous rank. Despite unfavourable types of source material, the total hydrocarbon-generating potential can be great due to the unusual abundance of organic matter.

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