Paleo-reservoir bitumen of the Middle Protozoic Jixian System in the southwest margin of the Ordos Basin, China

Solid bitumen was found in the outcrops of laminated algal dolomite of the Middle Protozoic Jixian System in the southwest margin of the Ordos Basin. Bitumen was distributed through the Jixian System and migrated upward into the overlying purple sandstone of the Lower Cretaceous Luohandong Formation...

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Main Authors: Rongxi Li, Jiwei Liang, Kai Weng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2011-04-01
Series:Petroleum Exploration and Development
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380411600244