What Is The Significance Of The Van Krevelen Diagram In The Generation Of Oil And Gas?

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The van Krevelen diagram indicates the carbon-hydrogen-oxygen composition of organic matter.  It is a plot of the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon (ranging from 0 to 0.3) on the abscissa vs.  Atomic ratio of hydrogen to carbon on the ordinate (ranging from 0 to about 1.75).  Different kinds of organic matter are more likely to produce oil during thermocatalytic maturation than other types: Algae, type 1, H-rich, O-poor, tend to make good oils.  Trees and other woody vegetation are made of type 3 organic matter, O-rich, H-poor, and are sources of coal and gas.
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It tells you the depth at which that particular type of hydrocarbon was formed, thus making it easy to track hydrocarbons.

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