@conference{
author = "Stevanović, J. and Teslić, S. and Kharchenko, I.P. and Vuković, N. and Stojanović, Ksenija A.",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The Turija oil field, being an important oil field in Serbia, is located in the Banat Depression of
the southeastern part of the Pannonian Basin. Oil samples from the Turija oil field were investigated
in order to estimate origin, depositional environment, thermal maturity and age of the corresponding
source rocks. For that purpose, a comprehensive analysis of biomarkers and aromatic compounds was
performed.
n-Alkanes are predominant compounds in the total ion chromatograms of saturated fractions of
all samples, showing that Turija oils are not biodegraded. The distributions of n-alkanes, which are
characterised by equivalent abundances of long- and short-chain homologues and maximums at C17,
C21 and C27, suggest a mixed aquatic-terrestrial origin. The uniform distributions of regular C27-C29
5α(H)14α(H)17α(H) 20(R) steranes support the previous assumption. The presence of oleanane in all
samples is indicative for a contribution of angiosperm plants to the precursor organic matter (OM).
Furthermore, the presence of this biomarker implies the Upper Cretaceous or younger age of the
corresponding source rocks. Isoreniratane and its derivatives have been identified in all samples.
Although isorenieratane can originate from β-carotene, which is widespread in algae, bacteria and
terrestrial plants, the presence of other catagenetic products of isorenieratene (mass fragmentogram
m/z 133 of the aromatic fraction) unambiguously confirms a contribution of green sulphur bacteria
Chlorobiaceae to the precursor organic material [1].
The pristane to phytane (Pr/Ph) ratio ranges from 0.64 to 1.17, indicating reducing to dysoxic
conditions during the deposition of precursor OM. The presence of the above mentioned
isorenieratane derivatives implies the photic zone of anoxia. The stratification of water column is also
supported by the presence of gammacerane and values of gammacerane index, GI = gammacerane x
10/(gammacerane + C30 17α(H)21β(H)-hopane) > 1 in almost all the samples. Alkylated 2-methyl-2-
(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl) chromans (MTTCs) were detected in all studied oils. A predominance of
5,7,8-trimethyl-MTTC over 5,8-dimethyl-MTTC, 7,8-dimethyl-MTTC and 8-methyl-MTTC,
associated with the values of MTTC ratio (MTTC = 5,7,8-trimethyl-MTTC/ΣMTTCs) in 0.44 to 0.65
range, indicates deposition of OM in a brackish environment [2].
The maturity of Turija oils was determined using typical sterane and hopane isomerisation
maturity parameters and methyldibenzothiophene ratio, MDBTR = 4-MDBT/1-MDBT [3]. The
obtained results indicate that Turija oils were generated in an early stage of oil window.",
publisher = "IFPM and IHN of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Toms",
journal = "10th International Conference “Oil and Gas Chemistry”, Tomsk, Russia, October 01-05, 2018. Proceedings",
title = "Organic geochemistry of crude oils from the Turija oil field (SE Pannonian Basin, Serbia)",
pages = "697",
doi = "10.17223/9785946217408/446"
}
