Kerogen, insoluble organic matter

Oil shales contain large quantities of insoluble organic matter, kerogen, which upon pyrolysis at higher temperatures, yields oil products. Kerogen, which usually represents 80-90% of the total organic matter in Green River oil shales, is neither soluble in aqueous alkaline/acidic solvents nor in the common... 

Comprehensive reviews and monographs on insoluble organic matter (kerogen) in sedimentary rocks in relation to petroleum genesis have been published (e.g., Durand, 1980 Tissot and Welte, 1978). 

Soluble organic matter (amino acids, etc.) Insoluble organic matter ( kerogen") Water (bulk) Water (in situ analyses)... 

Forsman, J.P. Hunt, J.M. Insoluble organic matter (kerogen) in sedimentary rocks of marine origin. In Weeks, L.G. (Ed.), Habitat of Oil A Symposium. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OWahoma, 1958 pp. 747-778. 

Druschel, H.V. 1970. Preprints. Am. Chem. Soc. Div. Petrol. Chem. 15(2) C13. Druschel, H.V. 1972. Preprints. Am. Chem. Soc. Div. Petrol. Chem. 17(4) F92. Durand, B. (Editor). 1980. Kerogen Insoluble Organic Matter from Sedimentary Rocks. Editions Technip, Paris, France. 

Durand, B. In Kerogen - Insoluble Organic Matter from Sedimentary Rocks Durand, B., Ed. Editions Technip Paris, 1980 13-34. 

Durand B. Nicaise G., Kerogen-insoluble organic matter from sedimentary rocks Durand B. Ed., Editons Technip, Paris, 1980,35. 

Durand B. and Nicaise G. (1980) Procedures for kerogen isolation. In Kerogen—Insoluble Organic Matter from Sedimentary Rocks (ed. B. Durand). Editions Technip, Paris, pp. 35-53. 

Durand B. in "Kerogen, Insoluble organic matter from sedimentary rocks , Durand B. Ed. Editions Technip Paris, 1980, p. 13,113. 

Molecular Composition of Brazilian oil shales. Oil shales may be considered as composed of two main (chemical) phases an inorganic phase, constituted of mineral species (crystaline and/or amorphous) and an organic phase that, in its turn, can be divided into two oth er (sub) phases the bitumen, the soluble (in organic solvents) frac tion and the kerogen defined as the insoluble organic matter of organic. 

Vitorovic, D.K. in "Kerogen Insoluble Organic Matter from Sedimentary Rocks", Durand, B. Ed., Technip, Paris, 1980. p.301-... 

Durand B. (ed.) (1980) Kerogen—Insoluble Organic Matter from Sedimentary Rocks. Paris Editions Technip. 

Durand, B. Kerogen Insoluble Organic Matter from Sedimentary Rocks Technip Paris, 1980. 

Kerogen Insoluble organic matter in sedimentary rocks. 

Petroleum is originally formed from insoluble organic matter called kerogen by pyrolysis under elevated temperatures up to 150 °C. Different factors contributed to the migration of fluids that are composed of alkanes and aromatics (Table 7.1). Cracking of long alkane chains into volatile components, such as methane, leads to pressure buildup in the reservoir. High reservoir temperatures (200 °C) also enhance the pressure accumulation under certain circumstances [1]. 

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