An investigation of the in-reservoir conversion of oil to gas: compositional and kinetic findings from closed-system programmed-temperature pyrolysis

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 1992, Pages 191-204

  Horsfield, B ^a   Schenk, H J ^a   Mills, N ^b   Welte, D H ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Saga Petroleum A/S ^*  (Norway)

^c Integrated Exploration Systems GmbH ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

closed system programmed temperature pyrolysis; gas generation; in reservoir maturation; kinetics of oil cracking; MSSV pyrolysis; North sea; oil cracking

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

CLOSED SYSTEM NON ISOTHERMAL PYROLYSIS; GAS GENERATION; IN RESERVOIR MATURATION; NORWEGIAN NORTH SEA CENTRAL GRABEN; OIL CRACKING; OIL CRACKING KINETICS; RESERVOIRED PETROLEUM;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CLOSED SYSTEM; GAS GENERATION; OIL CRACKING; PYROLYSIS;

NORTH SEA, CENTRAL GRABEN;

EID: 0027006993     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(92)90036-W     Document Type: Article

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