Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks

Exchange of carbon bound hydrogen has been observed when alkenes, saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons are heated at moderate temperatures on carbonaceous surfaces (activated carbon and coal). Isomerisation of alkenes and the formation of hydrogenated/dehydrogenated products from the saturated and ar...

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Main Authors: Alexander, Robert, Dawson, Daniel, Pierce, Kieran, Murray, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30554
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author Alexander, Robert
Dawson, Daniel
Pierce, Kieran
Murray, A.
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description Exchange of carbon bound hydrogen has been observed when alkenes, saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons are heated at moderate temperatures on carbonaceous surfaces (activated carbon and coal). Isomerisation of alkenes and the formation of hydrogenated/dehydrogenated products from the saturated and aromatic reactants resulted. A suite of crude oils from the Carnarvon Basin (Western Australia) have been analysed with a view to comparing their relative abundances of structurally similar hydrocarbons. The consistent relationships between hydrocarbons in crude oils that are chemically related via hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions suggest that a hydrogen exchange process similar to that demonstrated in laboratory experiments occurs during crude oil formation in sedimentary rocks.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-305542017-09-13T16:07:59Z Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks Alexander, Robert Dawson, Daniel Pierce, Kieran Murray, A. CRUDE OILS COMPONENTS NATURAL-GAS SEDIMENTS Exchange of carbon bound hydrogen has been observed when alkenes, saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons are heated at moderate temperatures on carbonaceous surfaces (activated carbon and coal). Isomerisation of alkenes and the formation of hydrogenated/dehydrogenated products from the saturated and aromatic reactants resulted. A suite of crude oils from the Carnarvon Basin (Western Australia) have been analysed with a view to comparing their relative abundances of structurally similar hydrocarbons. The consistent relationships between hydrocarbons in crude oils that are chemically related via hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions suggest that a hydrogen exchange process similar to that demonstrated in laboratory experiments occurs during crude oil formation in sedimentary rocks. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30554 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.06.003 Elsevier Science fulltext
spellingShingle CRUDE OILS
COMPONENTS
NATURAL-GAS
SEDIMENTS
Alexander, Robert
Dawson, Daniel
Pierce, Kieran
Murray, A.
Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
title Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
title_full Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
title_fullStr Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
title_full_unstemmed Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
title_short Carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
title_sort carbon catalysed hydrogen exchange in petroleum source rocks
topic CRUDE OILS
COMPONENTS
NATURAL-GAS
SEDIMENTS
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30554