Abstract
With this study, the hydrocarbon generation potential of Miocene aged coals around Arguvan-Parçikan in the northern district of Malatya province was evaluated with the aid of petrological and organic geochemical data. According to organic petrography, coal quality data, and low thermal maturity, the Arguvan-Parçikan coals are of high-ash, high-sulfur subbituminous B/C rank. The organic fraction of the coals is mostly comprised of humic group macerals, with small percentages derived from the inertinite and liptinite groups. The mineral matter of the coals is comprised mainly of calcite and clay minerals. The total organic carbon (TOC, wt%) values of the shale and coal samples are between 2.61 wt% and 43.02 wt%, and the hydrogen index values are between 73 and 229 mg HC/g TOC. Pyrolysis (Tmax, PI), huminite/vitrinite reflectance (Ro, %), and biomarker ratios (CPI, Pr/Ph ratio, Ts/(Ts + Tm) ratio, C32 homohopane ratio (22S/22S + 22R) and C29ββ/(ββ + αα sterane ratio) indicate that the organic matter of the studied coals is thermally immature. When all these data are taken together, Miocene aged coals around Arguvan are suitable for hydrocarbon generation, especially gas, in terms of organic matter type (Type III and Type II/III mixed), organic matter amount (> 10 wt% TOC), however, low liptinitic macerals (< 15%–20%), low hydrogen index (< 200 mg HC/g TOC) and low thermal maturity values inhibit the hyrocarbon generation.
Highlights
Energy is one of the most fundamental and driving needs of the countries’ social and economic development, and the concepts of ‘‘energy security’’ and ‘‘sustainable energy’’ are the main support for the stability of economic life and for ensuring national security in a global or regional significance
With this study, the hydrocarbon generation potential of Miocene aged coals around Arguvan-Parcikan in the northern district of Malatya province was evaluated with the aid of petrological and organic geochemical data
This study focuses on the Miocene Arguvan-Parcikan (Malatya) coal bearing units located in the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ), Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
Summary
Energy is one of the most fundamental and driving needs of the countries’ social and economic development, and the concepts of ‘‘energy security’’ and ‘‘sustainable energy’’ are the main support for the stability of economic life and for ensuring national security in a global or regional significance. The energy consumed in the world today is derived from different sources, fossil fuels (oil, coal and natural gas) have the largest share in these. In Turkey, for which coal is so important in terms of meeting the energy needs, this resource needs to be reevaluated in accordance with the industrial and energy sector development in the world as well as industrial and economic scope. The suitability of coals for liquefaction and gasification processes or the determination of their coal-derived hydrocarbon potential are important issues. Few geological studies have been carried out on the Tertiary coals of Anatolia
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