Research Article

Light Hydrocarbon Geochemistry: Insight into Mississippian Crude Oil Sources from the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA

Table 1

Bulk compositional and physical characteristics of examined crude oil samples.

Sample IDReservoirAPI%SAT+%ARO+%POL+%ASP+Type

Group 1
Alf-1Mississippian36.1278.214.35.42.1Medium oil
Alf-2Mississippian37.3963.428.73.44.5Medium oil
Woo-1Mississippian28.158.121.711.19.1Black oil
Woo-2-Mississippian21.7350.524.214.810.5Black oil
Kay-1Mississippian48.9169.129.20.90.8Condensate

Group 2
Lin-1Woodford38.457714.24.54.3Medium oil
Lin-2Mississippian33.2478.311.27.72.8Medium oil
Log-1Mississippian38.1275.518.93.52.1Medium oil
Log-2Mississippian38.1481.213.54.21.1Medium oil
Pay-1Mississippian38.2766.617.88.47.2Medium oil
Pay-2Woodford34.2175.718.73.81.8Medium oil

Group 3
Can-1Mississippian32.5470.821.45.22.6Medium oil
Can-2Mississippian33.3861.830.13.34.8Medium oil
Kin-1Mississippian35.664.528.751.8Medium oil
Kin-2Mississippian33.7168.822.14.74.4Medium oil
Bla-1Mississippian49.3987.510.91.10.5Condensate

Reservoir indicates the landing zone of the horizontal well, and not necessarily the actual source of the oil. +SAT: weight percentage of saturate hydrocarbons; ARO: weight percentage of aromatic hydrocarbons; POL: weight percentage of polar resin compounds (NSO); ASP: weight percentage of asphaltenes.