An initial study to investigate generating hydrocarbon potential of Tertiary Coals from Balikpapan and Pulaubalang Formations in Lower Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

[摘要] Seven representatives of Middle to Late Miocene coal samples from two important different sediments of coal-bearing succession, Balikpapan and Pulaubalang Formations from Embalut Coalfield in Lower Kutai Basin, were subjected to a detailed organic geochemical method for Total Organic Carbon and Rock-Eval pyrolysis. The aim of the present research study is to evaluate preserved organic matter for quantity, quality, thermal maturity, and to recognize depositional environment. Organic geochemistry results, reported in this study, were interpreted to indicate organic material for hydrocarbon potential of the coal seams. Even though these results are only an initial study, but they can be used as a significant reference for upcoming research in exploring the future of renewable energy.

[发布机构] Faculty of Technological Sciences, Mining Engineering Department, Kutai Kartanegara University, Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, Indonesia^1

[效力级别] 矿业工程

[关键词] Depositional environment;Geochemical methods;Hydrocarbon potential;Organic geochemistry;Organic materials;Renewable energies;Rock-Eval pyrolysis;Total Organic Carbon