Chemical structure of immature sulfur-rich kerogen and composition of
immature sulfur-rich crude oil in Jianghan oil field have been studied
. In molecular level, crude oil differs from thermolysed and chemolyse
d products of kerogen but does resemble the bitumen in immature sulfur
-rich source rock. Therefore, immature sulfur-rich oil may be derived
from the expelling of bitumen rather than from thermal cracking of ker
ogen.