Maturity assessment and characterization of Big Horn Basin Palaeozoic oils

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-23

  Bjorøy, Malvin ^a   Williams, Jack A ^b   Dolcater, David L ^b   Kemp, Marwin K ^b   Winters, John C ^b  

^a Geolab Nor A/S   (Norway)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maturity assessment; Oil characterization; Palaeozoic oils

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; ROCKS;

ANHYDRITE; BIG HORN BASIN; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; OIL MATURITY; PALAEOZOIC OILS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

MATURITY; OIL CHARACTERIZATION; PALAEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCK;

USA, MONTANA, BIGHORN BASIN; USA, WYOMING, BIGHORN BASIN;

EID: 0029667922     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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