ABSTRACT
Using the atomic absorption spectrometry and electronic paramagnetic resonance techniques, we have investigated the features of vanadium and vanadyl complexes content in asphaltenes of heavy oils of Permian and Carboniferous productive sediments in the Volga-Ural oil and gas basin deposits. The investigation has been carried out using the heavy oils example, where the asphaltene content ranges from 5.1 to 21.2 wt%, and vanadium content varies in the range of 0.009–0.165 wt%. The specificity of asphaltene–vanadium relationship has been found for heavy oils of various productive sediments. It has been demonstrated that vanadium and vanadyl complexes content in asphaltenes of heavy oils in separate productive sediments varies in the certain range limits.
Funding
This work was supported by a Grant of the Russian Science Foundation (Project no. 15-13-00139).