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The physical properties, group compositions, carbon isotopes and biomarkers of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area in northern Ordos Basin were investigated to study geochemical characteristics and source of the crude oil. The Upper Paleozoic crude oil in the Shiguhao area belongs to the medium oil with high viscosity, high wax content, low sulfur content and low freezing point, and it displays the group composition of high saturated hydrocarbons/aromatics. The carbon isotopic compositions and biomarkers of crude oil indicated that the Upper Paleozoic crude oil was coal-derived oil and at the mature stage. The physical properties, carbon isotopes and GC-MS parameters of saturated hydrocarbons indicated that, the crude oil displayed a good affinity with the Upper Paleozoic coal rocks in the Shanxi Formation. Therefore, the Upper Paleozoic coal rocks in the Shanxi Formation were the important source of the Upper Paleozoic crude oil, and this provided valuable direction for the petroleum exploration in northern Ordos Basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We clarified three stages of dolomitization and secondary changes by studying the petrology and geochemistry characteristics of dolomite from the Ma55-Ma510 sub-members of the Ordovician Majiagou Formation in the Jingxi area in the Ordos Basin: (1) Syngenetic microbial dolomitization is characterized by formation of dolomite with a mainly micrite structure and horse tooth-shape dolomite cements. (2) Seepage reflux dolomitization during the penecontemporaneous period superposed adjustment functions such as recrystallization and stabilization in the middle-deep burial stage, forming dolomites mainly consisting of micro crystal and powder crystal structure. (3) Powder dolomite, fine dolomite, and medium-coarse crystalline dolomite formed in pores and fractures in the middle-deep burial stage. The secondary concussive transgression-regression under a regressive background is an important condition for the occurrence of many stages of dolomitization in the study area. The basin was an occlusive epicontinental sea environment in the Ma5 member of the Ordovician Majiagou Formation sedimentary period. In the sediments, sulfate content was high, which is conducive to the preservation of microbial activity and microbial dolomitization. Micritic dolomite formed by microbial dolomitization provides good migration pathways for seepage reflux dolomitization. Affected by evaporation seawater with increased Mg/Ca ratio, seepage reflux dolomitization was widely developed and formed large-scale dolomite, and underwater uplifts and slopes are favorable areas for dolomite. In the middle-deep burial stage, dolomitizing fluid in the stratum recrystallized or stabilized the previous dolomite and formed a small amount of euhedral dolomite in the pores and fractures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]