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Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields

Uguna, Jacob Onyebuolise; Carr, Andrew D.; Marshall, Chris; Large, David; Meredith, Will; Jochmann, Malte; Snape, Colin E.; Vane, Christopher H.; Jensen, Maria A.; Olaussen, Snorre

Authors

Jacob Onyebuolise Uguna

Andrew D. Carr

Chris Marshall

DAVID LARGE David.Large@nottingham.ac.uk
Abbott Professor of Geoscience

Malte Jochmann

COLIN SNAPE COLIN.SNAPE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Chemical Technology & Chemical Eng

Christopher H. Vane

Maria A. Jensen

Snorre Olaussen



Abstract

Central Tertiary Basin (CTB) coals from a variety of palaeogeographic conditions within the Longyear and Verkhnij seams, were sampled to assess the relationship between the petroleum present, the remaining generation potential and coal geochemistry in order to improve the spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the basin. Vitrinite reflectance (VR) values from the CTB coals have been shown to be suppressed (Marshall et al., 2015a). This study attempts to quantify and correct for this suppression effect by applying the Lo (1993) method (LoVR), which uses Hydrogen Index (HI) values to modify VR data, and the coal Rank(Sr) scale of Suggate (2000, 2002), a technique not affected by suppression. In addition, the oil generation and expulsion thresholds for the CTB coals were investigated.

Citation

Uguna, J. O., Carr, A. D., Marshall, C., Large, D., Meredith, W., Jochmann, M., …Olaussen, S. (2017). Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields. International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, 278-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.007

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 19, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 22, 2017
Publication Date Jun 15, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 21, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Coal Geology
Print ISSN 0166-5162
Electronic ISSN 1872-7840
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 179
Pages 278-294
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.007
Keywords Oil-prone coal; Perhydrous vitrinite; Maturity; VR; LoVR; Tmax; Rank(Sr); Suppression; Generation; 62 expulsion; Todalen member; Spitsbergen
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/866193
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166516216304487
Additional Information This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: A geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields; Journal Title: International Journal of Coal Geology; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.007; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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