Geochemical Characterization of Kazhdumi Source Rock in the Khaviz Oil Field, Southwest of Iran, Using Rock-Eval Pyrolysis

Authors

  • Buyuk Ghorbani Associated Professor, Organic Geochemistry Department, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran
  • Mehran Arian Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Basic Science Faculty, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehrbod khalatbari M.S. Student, Department of Earth Sciences, Basic Science Faculty, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohammadreza Kamali Professor, Organic Geochemistry Department, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

The Khaviz oil field located in Dezful embayment is one of Iran’s southwest oil fields. In this study, a total of 28 cutting samples from Kazhdumi formation (well No. KZ1, Khaviz oil field) were subject to geochemical investigation using Rock-Eval pyrolysis for the first time. The results of pyrolysis indicated that Kazhdumi source rock has significant hydrocarbon production potentiality and already entered the oil generation window. As inferred from the diagram of OI versus HI, Kazhdumi source rock contains organic matter type II kerogen deposited in paralic environment with anoxic to suboxic conditions. Using the diagram of S2 versus TOC, the absorbed carbon content, neutral carbon, and active carbon were calculated to be 0.42, 0.39, and 2.43 wt.% respectively.

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Journal title

volume 9  issue 1

pages  85- 93

publication date 2020-01-01

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