2002 年度 地球惑星科学専攻 修士論文要旨集
2003 年 2 月 3 日

氏名 Yessalina Svetlana
論文題目 Origin and Timing of Expulsion of Hydrocarbons from theYufutsu Oil and Gas Deposits, Southern Hokkaido, Japan
論文要旨 Seven petroleum samples from onshore and offshore wells, Akebono and Yufutsu oil and gas deposits located in the Yufutsu area, southern part of Hokkaido, have been analyzed to reveal the source organic matter and the timing of expulsion. The crude oils mainly originated from terrestrial source rocks, based on the presence of wide variety of higher plant biomarkers. The source organic matter of either gymnosperm and angiosperm origin is supposed to be a major contributor of these hydrocarbons. Analyzed saturated fraction showed low abundance of oleanane. However, detailed analysis of the aromatic fraction, revealed occurrence of numerous aromatic triterepnoids of angiosperm origin. Formation of these biomarkers is generally accepted to take place in more oxic depositional environment of terrestrial realm as opposed to the marine one. Detection of these biomarkers in oils is of particular interest, as they have been rarely reported to occur in crude oils. Furthermore it have to be mentioned that the whole assemblage of these unique biomarkers in the Yufutsu oil and gas deposits was found to be identical to that reported in the study of Indonesian oils, which have been proposed to derive from source rocks dominated by angiosperm plant material. These biomarkers are of especial importance as they allowed to elucidate not only the source organic matter type, but also the age and the source rocks depositional environment. This further supports an idea that these Paleogene- reservoired oils have been produced from the coal-bearing sequences of Eocene age deposited in fluvial-deltaic environment. The results of maturity determination based on aromatic hydrocarbons show that investigated crude oils expelled from the source rocks in the late stage of catagenesis, corresponding to vitrinite reflectance in the range from 0.9 to 1.3 % Rc. Considering the temperature increasing rate of the source rocks in Hokkaido Eocene sedimentary basin temperature at the time of expulsion was estimated to be about 135 to 165 C.