Intramolecular carbon isotope geochemistry of butane isomers from laboratory maturation and Monte-Carlo simulations of kerogen types I, II, and III

X Li, H Xie, JE Birdwell, GP McGovern… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Position-specific (PS) carbon isotope compositions of light hydrocarbons such as propane
and butane isomers (n-butane and i-butane) can provide a wealth of information on the …

Intramolecular carbon isotopic rollover in propane from natural gas reservoirs of the Santanghu Basin: Insights into chemical structure of kerogen

P Liu, X Wang, C Liu, Y Lin, R Guo, W Liu - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
An intramolecular isotopic study was conducted on natural gases from the Santanghu Basin
in China. Propane samples spanned a wide range of Δ CT (δ 13 C central-δ 13 C terminal) …

Discussion on the studies of position-specific carbon isotopes of propane by Li et al.(2018), Zhang et al.(2022) and Shuai et al.(2023)

J Horita - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
In a series of recent publications in Organic Geochemistry and elsewhere, investigators from
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry and …

Bulk and intramolecular carbon isotopic compositions of hydrocarbon gases from laboratory pyrolysis of oil shale of the Green River Formation: Implications for isotope …

X Li, JE Birdwell, J Horita - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of intramolecular isotope distributions within organic compounds can
provide important insights into gas formation processes and structural properties of gas …

Contribution of abiotic methane polymerization of C2+ hydrocarbons in highly mature natural gas reservoirs

Y Li, W Jiang, W Liu, Y Xiong - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation and evolution of thermogenic gases were investigated using a combination of
intermolecular and intramolecular isotope analyses of 32 natural gas samples collected from …

Generation of abnormal distributions of inter-and intramolecular δ13C compositions in hydrocarbons from gold tube pyrolysis of an Australian torbanite

Z Zhang, C Zhang, JK Volkman, Y Sun - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Abnormal stable carbon isotopic (δ 13 C) compositions, deviating from the conventional
order of δ 13 C 1< δ 13 C 2< δ 13 C 3, are frequently observed in natural gas reservoirs. For …

Pyrolysis experiments of model compounds to explore carbon isotope fractionation in propane from natural gas

W Liu, Y Li, W Jiang, Y Xiong - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Investigating the mechanisms that determine the bulk and position-specific carbon isotopic
distributions of propane in natural gas will help elucidate its formation and evolution. We …