Selective Alteration of Steranes in Heavy Biodegraded Oils from Dongying Sag

  • Chen Zhonghong ,
  • Moldowan J M ,
  • Liu Zhaoqian
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  • 1.School of Geoscience, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266555, China;
    2.Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, California, USA;
    3.School of Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

Received date: 2012-07-24

  Revised date: 2012-08-23

  Online published: 2012-10-10

Abstract

The alkane and aromatic fraction of eleven biodegraded oils and five non-biodegraded oils from the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China were analyzed by GC-MS to investigate the effects of biodegradation and thermal maturation on the distributions of steranes. The results indicate that the biodegradation and depletion of steranes emerged in the heavily biodegraded oils (scale≥6). The oil samples show an increase in the C29sterane C2920S/(20S+20R) and C29ββ/(ββ+αα) thermal maturity parameters in the heavily biodegraded oils, indicating this level of biodegradation(scale≥6) can alter the two maturity parameters. The selective depletion of C27-C29steranes follows the order  ααα 20R>αββ 20R>αββ 20S≥ααα 20S and C27>C29>C28, and the diasteranes and C20-C21steranes were much more resistant to biodegradation than regular C27-C29 steranes.

Cite this article

Chen Zhonghong , Moldowan J M , Liu Zhaoqian . Selective Alteration of Steranes in Heavy Biodegraded Oils from Dongying Sag[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2012 , 27(10) : 1108 -1114 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2012.10.1108

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