Author(s)

Obed Kweku Agbadze^*, Jiaren Ye, Qiang Cao

Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, China University of Geosciences, MOE, Wuhan, China.

Chaluhe Basin is in Jilin Province of China with a cumulative sedimentary rock thickness of about 6000 meters and has four subdivisions: Wanchang Structural High, Bo-Tai Sag, Xinanpu Sag, Liangjia Structure High and the Gudian Slope. The basin with its better source rock distribution and more favorable maturation indicators than the adjacent Moliqing and Luxiang Basins is expected to be a potential hydrocarbon-producing basin. Four (4) wells were used in determining the maturation hydrocarbon generating potential of the mudstone beds present in the Eocene Formations (Shuangyang, Sheling and Yongji). Obtained result revealed heat flow average of 71.8 mW/m², oil generation between 3.15 mg/g TOC and 39.49 mg/g TOC with gas generation of 6.98 mg/g TOC to 92.83 mg/g TOC. In conclusion the Eocene Shuangyang mudstone is the main petroleum source rock.

Petrophysics, Petrochemicals, Hydrocarbons, Eocene Mudstone, Chaluhe Basin, Yitong Graben

Agbadze, O. , Ye, J. and Cao, Q. (2016) One Dimensional Evolution Modeling of Source Rocks in the Chaluhe Basin, Yitong Graben. International Journal of Geosciences, 7, 1029-1048. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2016.78078.