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Geology

Geological and geochemical characteristics of solid bitumen inclusions in volcanites of the pre-Jurassic complex of the Litvakovsky oil field

Authors:
Gulmira T. Salakhidinova1
Mikhail G. Kulkov2
Konstantin Yu. Kudrin3
Roman I. Butyrin4
Azim E. Aliev5
Evgenii M. Motoshin6
About authors
  • 1 — Ph.D. Senior Researcher V.I.Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the rational use of the subsoil ▪ Orcid
  • 2 — Head of Laboratory V.I.Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the rational use of the subsoil ▪ Orcid
  • 3 — Ph.D. Head of Laboratory V.I.Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the rational use of the subsoil ▪ Orcid
  • 4 — Leading Engineer V.I.Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the rational use of the subsoil ▪ Orcid
  • 5 — Masters in Chemistry Leading Engineer V.I.Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the rational use of the subsoil ▪ Orcid
  • 6 — Head of Laboratory V.I.Shpilman Research and Analytical Centre for the rational use of the subsoil ▪ Orcid
Date submitted:
2025-01-21
Date accepted:
2025-12-09
Online publication date:
2026-03-24

Abstract

The investigation of bitumen occurrences confined to zones of hydrothermal alteration developed within volcanic rocks of the Late Permian-Early Triassic age, intersected by a well in the upper part of the pre-Jurassic basement section at the Litvakovskoye oil field, is of critical importance for predicting the petroleum potential of the West Siberian basement. The presence of bitumen in metasomatically altered basalts provides evidence of either a destroyed oil accumulation or the existence of hydrocarbon migration pathways within the pre-Jurassic complex. According to mineralogical and petrographic data, hydrocarbon emplacement occurred after the hydrothermal-metasomatic alteration of the volcanic rocks. Based on V.A.Uspensky’s classification, the studied bitumens are identified as pure asphaltites and transitional asphaltite – kerite varieties. Molecular composition and carbon isotope data suggest that the precursor source organic matter of the naphthides was formed under reducing conditions in a shallow basin with elevated water salinity and clay – carbonate sedimentation, which may have received humic material input. The level of thermocatalytic transformation of the bitumens corresponds to the early phase of the oil window. The naphthides have been variably affected by hypergenic and, possibly, migrational processes. In addition to the typical biodegradation markers – C28-C34 25-norhopanes – the bitumens reveal, for the first time, their lighter homologs: demethylated tricyclic C19 and tetracyclic C23 terpanes, as well as unusual tetracyclic hydrocarbons of the hopanoid type (secohopanes C27, C29, C30). These compounds, along with bicyclic terpanes C17-C24, may be considered a distinctive feature of the solid naphthides from the pre-Jurassic complex of the study area. The bitumens are characterized by low sterane content and exhibit specific compositional features similar to those of crude oils from the Kotyg'yeganskoye and Severo-Khokhryakovskoye oil fields. The distribution of tri- and tetracyclic terpanes indicates a similarity between the bitumens and both crude oils and bitumoids of the Tyumen Formation. The observed sterane and terpane signatures in the bitumens may be attributed to the contribution of humic material to the precursor source organic matter and suggest a possible genetic link between the naphthides and the deposits of the Tyumen Formation.

Область исследования:
Geology
Keywords:
bitumen volcanic rocks pre-Jurassic complex Western Siberia gas chromatography-mass spectrometry scanning electron microscopy
Funding:

None

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