Organicmatterwasexperimentallyextractedbysupercriticalfluids(CO2+1%isopropanol)frompetroleumsourcerocksofdifferentthermo-maturitiesatdifferentburieddepthsinthesamestratigraphicunitintheDongyingBasin.Theresultsshowthatsupercriticalfluidextraction(SFE)ismoreeffectivethanSoxhletextraction(SE),withhigheramountsandgreatervarietiesofhydrocarbonsandsolubleorganicmatterbecomingextractive.ThesupercriticalCO2extractionisthereforeconsideredmorevaluableinevaluationofpetroleumsourcerocksandoilresources,particularlythoseofimmaturetypes.