Geochemistry of Petroleum Potential Source Rocks in Barracuda Well of Mannar Basin, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.authorRatnayake, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorBogahawatte, M.V.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-25T06:04:21Z
dc.date.available2021-02-25T06:04:21Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractFour exploration wells (Dorado North, Dorado, Barracuda, and Wallago) were drilled in the deep-water Mannar Basin during the second phase of hydrocarbon exploration. The Barracuda well was confirmed as gas potential due to presence of 85 wt% methane in the Upper Cretaceous sediments. Therefore, the current study focused to evaluate geochemistry of core sediments (depth from 2139–4741 m) in Barracuda well using XRay Diffraction (XRD) and stable isotopes analyses. The upstream petroleum industry prefers such supportive geochemical data at the development stage. Stable carbon (δ 13 C) isotopic values (–33.86 ‰ to – 24.88 ‰) and C/N ratios (17.3–158.8) suggest a considerable supply of terrestrial plants organic matter (gas prone Type III kerogen) to sediment. XRD results identified several paleoclimatic chronozones based on dominant clay mineral assemblages. The Early Campanian age consists of montmorillonite dominant sediments suggesting that arid climate. Kaolinite dominant Late Campanian to Late Maastrichtian sediments indicates the warmer/wetter paleoclimatic condition. However, montmorillonite dominant sediments in the Late Maastrichtian can be controlled by short-term global cooling events and/or volcanogenic sediments followed by Deccan-Reunion basalt volcanism. The Early-Late Paleocene sediments in the Barracuda well suggest arid (mock aridity) climate in the Indian Ocean. The Late Paleocene to Middle-Late Eocene age is composed of kaolinite dominant sediments that correlate warmer and wetter greenhouse paleoclimate in the Indian Ocean. The EarlyMiddle Oligocene to Miocene sedimentary succession of the Barracuda well also contains kaolinite dominant clay mineral assemblage. This wet climate characteristic is linked to the sharp decline of atmospheric CO2 concentration followed by the growth of Antarctica ice sheets after the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition (ca. 34 Ma) and development of present-day South Asian monsoon system. Keywords: Paleoclimate, Sediments, Clay mineralogyen_US
dc.identifier.isbn9789550481293
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/6092/proceeding_oct_08-454.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUva Wellassa University of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;International Research Conference
dc.subjectMaterials Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectMineral Sciencesen_US
dc.subjecthydrocarbonen_US
dc.subjectClay Mineralogyen_US
dc.titleGeochemistry of Petroleum Potential Source Rocks in Barracuda Well of Mannar Basin, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Research Conference 2020en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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