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Carbon isotopic compositions of individual terpenoids in heavy oils from Karamay oilfield

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The carbon isotopic compositions of individual terpenoids in the heavy oils from the Karamay oilfield were determined by using the method of enrichment of terpanes with molecular sieve 13X and GC-IRMS technique. The terpanes, selectively enriched from the biodegraded oils with molecular sieve 13X, can meet the demand of GC-IRMS analysis. The carbon isotopic compositions of the hopanoids (δ13C −31.7% —37.8%) infer that their main source is probably non-methanotrophic bacteria, and that the depositional environment of source rocks is a strongly reductive, rapidly depositional, and closed-semi-closed saline lagoon.

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  1. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640, Guangzhou, China

    Yongqiang Xiong & Ansong Geng

  2. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Xinjiang Petroleum Administration, 834000, Karamay, China

    Deguang Liu

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Xiong, Y., Geng, A. & Liu, D. Carbon isotopic compositions of individual terpenoids in heavy oils from Karamay oilfield. Chin.Sci.Bull. 44, 256–259 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02896287

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