Abstract:
Geochemical correlation of the crude oil and source rocks from the Chang-8 to the Chang-9 oil reservoirs in the Yanchang Formation, Fuxian region, Ordos Basin indicates that there occur the Chang-7 and Chang-9 effective source rocks with higher organic matter abundances. The organic matter in the Chang-7 source rocks belongs to the I-II
1 types, and that in the Chang-9 source rocks belongs to the II
1-II
2 types, both of which have higher Ts contents than Tm contents, suggesting a mature stage of the source rocks. In the Chang-7 source rocks, C
30 hopane abundances in pentacycloterpane are larger than C
29 hopane abundances and the C
30RH/C
29Ts ratios <2, indicating a reduction environment of the Chang-7 source rocks. In the Chang-9 source rocks, a general similarity in C
30 hopane abundances and C
29 hopane abundances and C
30RH/C
29 Ts ratios >2 indicates the weak oxidation-weak reduction environments of the Chang-9 source rocks. The saturated hydrocarbons/aromatic hydrocarbons ratios are lower in the Chang-6 source rocks than those in the Chang-8 source rocks, indicating different sources of the crude oil from the Chang-6 and Chang-8 source rocks. As for the biomarkers, the C
27-C
28-C
29 αααR distribution patterns of regular steranes in the Chang-7 source rocks display the "L" type, those in the Chang-9 source rocks display the "V" or inverse "L" types, and those in the Chang-8 source rocks display the "V" type. The crude oil in the Chang-8 oil reservoirs mainly stemmed from the Chang-9 source rocks in the study area.