Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    The identification of crocetane in Australian crude oils

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Barber, Cindy
    Grice, Kliti
    Bastow, Trevor
    Alexander, Robert
    Kagi, Robert
    Date
    2001
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Barber, Cindy and Grice, Kliti and Bastow, Trevor and Alexander, Robert and Kagi, Robert. 2001. The identification of crocetane in Australian crude oils. Organic Geochemistry. 32 (7): pp. 943-947.
    Source Title
    Organic Geochemistry
    DOI
    10.1016/S0146-6380(01)00057-2
    ISSN
    01466380
    Faculty
    School of Science and Computing
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    Department of Applied Chemistry
    Remarks

    Journal home page at: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/organic-geochemistry. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7696
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    AbstractThe C20 irregular isoprenoid crocetane (2,6,11,15-tetramethylhexadecane) has been unambiguously identified in a series of Western Australian crude oils from the Canning (Ordovician/Devonian) and Perth (Lower Triassic) Basins. PMI (2,6,10,15,19-pentamethylicosane) was found to co-occur with crocetane in the same samples. In addition, a newly observed series of C22-C24 irregular isoprenoids possessing the same carbon skeleton have also been tentatively identified in each of these crude oils on the basis of GC retention times and mass spectral characteristics. This may indicate a source for crocetane, in the Canning and Perth Basin crude oils, from the diagenesis of PMI. The stable carbon isotopiccomposition for combined crocetane/phytane in these samples suggests crocetane is not unusually depleted in 13C compared with all previous reports. This is the first reported occurrence of biomarkers attributable to methanogenic archaea in crude oils.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • The occurrence and origins of some alkylphenols in crude oils
      Ioppolo-Armanios, Marisa (1996)
      Analytical procedures have been developed for the quantitative analysis of phenols in crude oils and sedimentary rock pyrolysates and extracts. The procedures involve isolation of the phenolic components of the sedimentary ...
    • Synthesis of PMMA/modified graphene oxide nanocomposite pour point depressant and its effect on the flow properties of Indian waxy crude oil
      Sharma, R.; Mahto, V.; Vuthaluru, Hari (2019)
      Application of Polymeric nanocomposites as pour point depressant (PPD) for crude oil has opened the doors for a new area of research in the petroleum industry. In this research work, a polymer nanocomposite Poly(methyl ...
    • Studies of the saturate and aromatic hydrocarbon unresolved complex mixtures in petroleum
      Warton, Benjamin (1999)
      This thesis reports the results of investigations carried out into the composition of the saturate and aromatic unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs) in crude oils. It is divided into two sections. Section A reports on studies ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.