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Biodegradation and mixing of crude oils in Eocene Es3 reservoirs of the Liaohe basin, northeastern China

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Stephen Larter

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Abstract

A suite of heavy oils from a single Eocene sandstone reservoir section in the Liaohe basin (northeastern China) was analyzed to study the geological controls on oil viscosity, which spans a range of almost three orders of magnitude. The heaviest oils are biodegraded, as determined from the absence of n-alkanes and the low relative amount of isoprenoid alkanes. The large variation in viscosity can be explained by mixing, to various extents, of heavy biodegraded oils with less degraded oils. This is supported by a simple mixing model, which reproduces the observed data excellently. The model may assist in predicting the viscosity of reservoired oils before production by analyzing reservoir core extracts prior to deciding which intervals to steamflood.


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Author(s): Koopmans MP, Larter SR, Zhang CM, Mei BW, Wu TS, Chen YX

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: AAPG Bulletin

Year: 2002

Volume: 86

Issue: 10

Pages: 1833-1843

ISSN (print): 0149-1423

ISSN (electronic): 1558-9153

Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists


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