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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 1

2. ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES 1

3. RESULTS 1

4. INTERPRETATION

4.1 Maturity 1

4.2 Source Affinity 2

4.3 Post Pooling Alteration and Migration 3

S. CONCLUSIONS 3

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LIST OF TABLES

1. C12+ Bulk Compositions and Alkane Ratios

2. Oil Maturity Based on Aromatic Hydrocarbon Distributions

3. Saturated Biomarker Ratios

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LIST OF FIGURES

1. Gas Chromatogram of Whole Oil

2. Gas Chromatogram ofSaturates Fraction

3. Bulk Composition of Seep Oil sample

4. Genetic Affinity based on Isoprenoid!Alkane Ratios

5. GC-MS of Aromatic Fraction

6. Araucariacean Resin Biomarker Plot

7. Oil Source Affinity Based on Saturated Biomarker GC-MS Data

8. Sterane Maturity - Migration Plot

9. Sterane Distributions

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LIST OF APPENDICES

1. Analytical Procedures

2. GC-MS ofBranched/Cyclic Alkanes

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2. ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES

3. RESULTS

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Analysis Table Figure

Bulk Composition and GC of Whole I 1-4Oils and Saturates

GC-MS of aromatic hydrocarbons 2 5-6

GC-MS of branched/cyclic 3 7-9hydrocarbons Appendix 2

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One oil seep sample was received from Lonnavale, Tasmania for physical testingand petrolewn geochemical analyses. This report is a fonnal presentation of resultsforwarded by facsimile on 15 January 1996.

Due to the bituminous nature of the sample and its close association with anunidentified solid material no physical testing of the sample was possible. Howeversulphur analysis was performed on both a portion of the whole sample (includingthe solid material) and on the solid material alone following extraction of the oil.Both were found to contain 0.1% sulphur. This suggests a low sulphur content forthe oil (ie.<0.1 %).

Maturities indicated for this sample by saturated biomarker maturity parameters areless precise than the aromatic derived biomarker ratios. These parameters (ie, C29

steranes and isosteranes - Biomarker Parameters 4 & 6, C27 diasteranes - Biomarker

Aromatic maturity indicators for the Lonnavale seep indicate that the sample wasgenerated and expulsed from an early mature to mature source interval (parametersA, C, E and F, Table 2). Parameter A indicates a maturity of~u;,=0.85%.

Analytical data is presented in this report as follows:

The analytical procedures used in this study are provided in Appendix I.

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No significant amount ofbotryococcane was detected (mlz 183, Appendix 2).

The Lonnavale seep sample is aromatic-naphthenic in composition (Figw-e 2).

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The ratios of l-methylphenanthrene!9-methylphenanthrene and 1,2,5­tIimethylnaphthaiene/l,3,6-trimethylnaphthaiene (Figure 7) has been used toindicate soW"ce input from Araucariacean derived plant resins (trees from the Kauripine group) which were most prominent in Early to Middle Jurassic times. The lowrelative abundance of I-methylphenanthrene and 1,2,5-trimethylnaphthalene

This data suggests that the precW"sor organic matter of the Lonnavale oil seepsample has been derived from a somewhat mixed algal/terrestrial soW"ce containingabundant Tasmaniles alga deposited in an anoxic, probably nearshore, marineenvironment.

Hopane signatW"es (mlz 191, Appendix 2) are unreliable due to the dominance oftricyclic compounds. However the C29 norhopane is likely to be more abundantthan the C30 hopane suggesting a likely carbonate source. The presence ofsignificant amounts of diasteranes usually associated with clay-rich environmentsthough suggests otherwise.

Tricyclic terpane distributions (mlz 191, AppendLx 2) show that Cl9 - C3 \ tricyclicsare the dominant compounds present in the sample. Such a distribution ischaracteristic of precW"sor organic matter rich in Tasmanires alga. Tasmanite isthought to have been deposited in a low energy, nearshore marine environment.

The pristane/phytane ratio (Table 1, Figures 1 & 7) is likely to be affected bybiodegradation and light end loss. However despite these effects the ratio is stillconsidered to indicate generation from soW"ces deposited in anoxic conditionstypical of a marine environment.

GC-MS of branched/cyclic alkanes for the sample has sterane and diasteranedistributions (mlz 217, 218, 259; Table 3, Figures 7 & 9, Appendix 2) whichcontain significant C29 homologues of higher plant origin (Biomarker parameters I,2 & 3, Table 3) suggesting some terrestrial input into the precW"sor organic matter.

Parameter 5, C27, C30 & Cn hopanes - Biomarker Parameter II, Table 2) all indicatethat the sample has a moderate maturity.

The isoprenoid/n-alkane ratios (Figw-e 4) is unreliable for assessment of maturitydue to pristane, phytane, n-C '7 and n-C18 being affected by biodegradation and lightend loss.

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5.3 The sample appears to have been subjected to light biodegradation.

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implies that these resins were not significant components of the precursor organicmatter. However, this does not preclude the possibility that this oil was generatedfrom a source of Jurassic/Cretaceous age.

The abundance of cycloalkanes and corresponding lack of n-alkanes in the sample(Figures I & 3) suggests that this condensate may have been subjected to lightbiodegradation. No evidence of significant biodegradation was observed in any ofthe biomarker compounds.

Figure 8 suggests that the sample is likely to have undergone a degree of migrationsince generation from its source interval.

5.4 The extract is likely to have undergone some migration since generation from itssource interval.

5.2 Various aspects of the molecular composition of the sample indicates that theprecursor organic matter of the oil seep is likely to have been derived from a mixedalgal/terrestrial source containing abundant Tasmanites alga deposited in an anoxic,possibly nearshore, marine environment.

5.1 Aromatic maturity indicators for the Lonnavale oil seep indicate that it was

generated and expulsed from a moderately mature source interval (VR.q"iv"'O.80%).Saturated biomarker maturity indicators ratios support this level of maturity.

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Composition (%) Alkane Ratios

EOM(%) n+iso Naph Arom NSO Np/Pr PrlPh Pr/n-CI7 Ph/n-CI8

20.32 4.1 36.5 26.2 9.7 - 0.44 0.36 0.64

EOM = extractable organic matter Np = norpristanen+iso = normal + iso-alkanes Pr = pristaneNaph = naphthenes (branched and cyclic alkanes) Ph = phytaneArom = aromatic hydrocarbons n-Cn = n-heptadecaneNSO = compounds containing nitrogen, n-C,s = n-octadecane

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lbe methylphenanthrene distribution ratio (MPDF) and calculated \itrinite reflectance VR.,. (I) is derived fromthe following equation (after Kvalheim ef ai, 1987):

Methylphenanthrene index (MPI), methylphenanthrene ratio (MPR). dimethylnaphthalene ratio (DNR) andcalculated vitrinite reflectance (VR.",) are derived from the following equations (after Radke and Welte, 1983;Radke el ai, (1984):

Peak areas measured from rnIz 156 (dimethylnaphthalenel. mlz 178 (phenanthrene) and m1z 192(methylphenanthrene) mass fragmentagrams of diaramatic and triaromatic hydrocarbon fraction isolated by thinlayer chromatography.

Rccalibration of the methylphenanthrene inde.x using data from a suite of Ausualian coals has given rise toanother equation for calculated vitrinite reflectance (after Boreham ef ai, 1988):

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Steranes Terpanes Acyclic Alkanes

Parameter

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KEY TO BIOMARKER PARAMETERS OF SOURCE MIGRATION AND BIODEGRADATIONl)alralUc(cr Derivation" Silecilicily

I C":C,,:C,, 5<X(1I)14a(H)17a(II) 205 Sleranes S·ource2 C,. 511(11) 14a(lI) 17a(H) 205 steraneJC" 5a(H)14a(H)l7a(H) 20S slerane Source.1 C" 111\(1111711(11) 20R diasteraneJC" lJB(H)170:(1I) 20R diasterane Source4 C,., 511(11) 14«(11) 170:(11) 20S SleranelC,. 5a(lI) 14a(lI) 170:(11) 20R slerane Maturity, Biodegradalion'i C" 1111(11)17«(11) 20S diasleranelC" I3B(I I) 17a(l I) 20R diasterane Maturity(, C" 5<1(11)1411(11)1711(11) 211R slemne/C,. 5«(11) 140:(H)170:(I I) 20R sterane Matnrity, Migration7 C"J 131\(11) 1711(11) 20R+2US dia.teraneslC,. 5a(H) sleranes Migration. Source

X I Xll(l 1)-11l-norneohopane (C,.Ts)/C,. 1711(11) hopane + C,.Ts Malunly, SOllrce'J 17«(11) diahopanclI8a(Il)-30-nomeohopane (C,o·/C,.TS) Sonrce, Maturily

III C" IXll(II)-22,29,3U-lrisnorhopane (Ts)/C" 17<1(II)-22,29,30-trisnorhopane (Tm)+ Ts Malurity, Source\I T jC '0 1711(11)2111(11) hopane Malurity12 Cll 17a(II)211\(II) 22S homohopaneJCll 17a(H)21B(H) 22R homohopane Maturity13 C,o 1711(11)210:(11) moretaneJCJO 17a(H)211\(II) hopane Maturity

14 pristaneJphytane Sonrce15 prislaneJn-heptadecane Source, Biodegradation, Malurity16 phylaneJn-OC13decane Source, Biodeg13dation, Maturity

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Isolation of Residual Oil

Gas Chromatography

Liquid Chromatography

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Relative concentrations of individualhydrocarbons were obtained bymeasurement of peak areas with a Perkin­Elmer LCI 100 integrator. The areas ofpeaks responding to aromatichydrocarbons were multiplied byappropriate response factors

Perkin Elmer 8500 operated in the splitinjection mode

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Gas Chromatograph:

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Column:

Detector Temperature:

Quantification:

Asphaltenes were not precipitated from the condensate prior to liquidchromatography. The samples were separated into hydrocarbons (saturates andaromatics) and polar compounds (resins) by liquid chromatography on activateda1mnjna and silica (sample:adsorbent ratio = 1:100). Saturated hydrocarbons wereeluted with petroleum ether, aromatic hydrocarbons with petroleumether/dichloromethane (50:50) and polar compounds with dichloromethane!methanol(35:65).

The seep sample was extracted with dichloromethane in a soxhlet apparatus until thesolvent was clear. Removal of the solvent by careful rotary evaporation gave the oil(nominal C12+ fraction).

Whole oils and saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes) were examined by gaschromatography using the following instrumental parameters:

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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

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60m x 0.25 mm Ld., DB-l cross-linkedmethylsilicone phase fused silica,interfaced directly to source of massspectrometer

Helium at a linear velocity of30crn/minute

70 eV EI; 9-ion selected ion monitoring,70 rnilIisec dwell time for each ion

Splitless 21ll

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Injector:

Column:

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Carrier Gas:

Column Temperature:

System:

Aromatic hydrocarbons were isolated from the extracted oil by preparative TICusing Merck GF2S4 silica plates and distilled AR grade n-pentane as eluentNaphthalene and anthracene were employed as reference standards for the diaromaticand triaromatic hydrocarbons, respectively. These two bands, visualised under UVlight, were scraped from the plate and the aromatic hydrocarbons redissolved indichloromethane.

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The following mass fragmentograms were recorded:

The following mass fragmentograms were recorded:

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GC-MS analysis of the naphthenes was Wldertaken in the multiple ion detection(MID) mode. Instrumental conditions are given below.

Compound Type

dimethylnaphthalenestrimethylnaphthalenesphenanthrenemethylphenanthrenedimethylphenanthrenes

Compound Type

alkylcyclohexanesdrirnanes, diterpanesdemethylated triterpanesacyclic alkanes (inel isoprenoids,botryococcanes)triterpanes (inel hopanes, moretanes)methyltriterpanessteranessteranes4-methylsteranesdiasteranes

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The di- and triaromatic hydrocarbons isolated from the extracted oil by thin layerchromatography were analysed by GC-MS.

The area of the phenanthrene peak was multiplied by a response factor of 0.667 whencalculating the methylphenanthrene index (MPI).

Naphthenes (branched/cyclic alkanes) were isolated from the oil by molecular sieveseparation of the saturates fraction.

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