TRITERPENES IN A NIGERIAN OIL

Authors
UKPABIO EJ COMET PA SASSEN R BROOKS JM
Citation
Ej. Ukpabio et al., TRITERPENES IN A NIGERIAN OIL, Organic geochemistry, 22(2), 1994, pp. 323-329
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Organic geochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
01466380
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
323 - 329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-6380(1994)22:2<323:TIANO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A series of monounsaturated triterpenes have been identified in an oil from Utue Field of the Niger delta. The triterpenes are the angiosper m-derived olean-13(18)-ene, olean-12-ene, olean-18-ene, baur-7-ene, an d urs-12-ene. The presence of these compounds in oils is attributed to the extraction of thermally immature Agbada shales by the migrating f luid and in the reservoir. The terpane biomarker signature of the oil does not appear to have been altered by this phenomenon.