Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (Sep 2002)

Search for source rocks of the crude oils of the Drmno depression (southern part of the Pannonian Basin, Serbia)

  • D. VITOROVIC,
  • M. ERCEGOVAC,
  • O. CVETKOVIC,
  • K. STOJANOVIC,
  • A. SAINOVIC,
  • G. SCHEEDER,
  • H. WEHNER,
  • B. JOVANCICEVIC

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 8-9
pp. 553 – 566

Abstract

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In a search for source rocks of the crude oils of the Drmno depression (southern part of the Pannonian Basin, Serbia), based on bulk and specific organic geochemical parameters, six out of eight Sirakovo, Bubusinac and Bradarac sedimentary core samples were found to possess typical source rock characteristics. By comparing the results observed for these sedimentary samples with the corresponding properties of the crude oils from the Sirakovo and Bradarac oil-gas fields, a positive organic geochemical oil-source rock correlation was experienced for the first time within this basin. This finding may be considered as an important step towards the ultimate organic geochemical/geological interpretation of the Drmno depression.

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