Formation temperatures of thermogenic and biogenic methane

  • D. A. Stolper
    Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
  • M. Lawson
    ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, USA.
  • C. L. Davis
    ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, USA.
  • A. A. Ferreira
    Division of Geochemistry, Petrobras Research and Development Center (CENPES), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • E. V. Santos Neto
    Division of Geochemistry, Petrobras Research and Development Center (CENPES), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • G. S. Ellis
    U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, USA.
  • M. D. Lewan
    U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, USA.
  • A. M. Martini
    Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA.
  • Y. Tang
    Power, Environmental, and Energy Research Institute, Covina, CA, USA.
  • M. Schoell
    GasConsult International Inc, Berkeley, CA, USA.
  • A. L. Sessions
    Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
  • J. M. Eiler
    Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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公開日
2014-06-27
DOI
  • 10.1126/science.1254509
公開者
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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<jats:title>Making of methane deep underground</jats:title> <jats:p> Technologies such as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” can now extract natural gas from underground reservoirs. Within the gas, the ratio of certain isotopes holds clues to its origins. Stolper <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> analyzed a wide range of natural gas, including samples from some of the most active fracking sites in the United States. Using a “clumped isotope” technique, the authors could estimate the high temperatures at which methane formed deep underground, as well as the lower temperatures at which ancient microbes produced methane. The approach can help to distinguish the degree of mixing of gas from both sources. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6191" page="1500" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="344" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1254509">1500</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

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    Science 344 (6191), 1500-1503, 2014-06-27

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