Table 2. Measured Vitrinite Reflectance (%Ro) Values in Residual Source Rocks after Heating at Different Temperatures.
| sample number |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pyrolysis temperature (°C) | no. 1 | no. 2 | no. 3 | no. 4 | no. 5 | no. 6 | no. 7 | no. 8 | no. 9 | average |
| Ro (%) | ||||||||||
| 250 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| 300 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.76 |
| 320 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.84 |
| 335 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.91 |
| 350 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.00 |
| 360 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 |
| 390 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.21 | 1.22 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.24 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.24 |
| 440 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.67 | 1.63 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.67 | 1.67 |
| 500 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.37 | 2.34 | 2.30 | 2.27 | 2.30 | 2.36 |
| 540 | 2.88 | 3.00 | 2.94 | 2.88 | 2.94 | 2.97 | 2.94 | 2.94 | 2.88 | 2.93 |
| 580 | 3.76 | 3.76 | 3.72 | 3.76 | 3.76 | 3.68 | 3.76 | 3.61 | 3.65 | 3.72 |