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Project Number
M0028
Project Theme
Mineral Systems

Summary

Seventy five Carboniferous, Devonian and Ordovician sediment samples were subjected to total organic carbon analysis and to ROCK-EVAL pyrolysis.

The sediment fractions obtained from the sediment extracts, together with seven petroleum samples, were further analysed by capillary chromatography and by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Information thus obtained demonstrated similarities between the crude oils and sediments in organic matter and depositional environment.

Keywords: Canning Basin, petroleum geochemistry, hydrocarbon potential, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, gas chromatography, GC-MS analysis

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