An initial study to investigate generating hydrocarbon potential of Tertiary Coals from Balikpapan and Pulaubalang Formations in Lower Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Abstract

Seven representatives of Middle to Late Miocene coal samples from two important different sediments of coal-bearing succession, Balikpapan and Pulaubalang Formations from Embalut Coalfield in Lower Kutai Basin, were subjected to a detailed organic geochemical method for Total Organic Carbon and Rock-Eval pyrolysis. The aim of the present research study is to evaluate preserved organic matter for quantity, quality, thermal maturity, and to recognize depositional environment. Organic geochemistry results, reported in this study, were interpreted to indicate organic material for hydrocarbon potential of the coal seams. Even though these results are only an initial study, but they can be used as a significant reference for upcoming research in exploring the future of renewable energy.