CO2 is much more soluble than methane. Water washing or decomposition of source material in the presence of water can strip the CO2 from a biogenic gas. Isotope plots of C13 v deuterium would help assess the source and the subsequent diagenesis. I agree that the N2 is probably sample contamination.
Good to stumble onto a good geochemical discussion.
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