Geopressuring mechanism of organic matter cracking: Numerical modeling

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 856-874

  Luo, Xiaorong ^a,b   Vasseur, Guy ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKS;

GASEOUS HYDROCARBON; GEOPRESSURING MECHANISM; LIQUID HYDROCARBON; NUMERICAL BASIN MODEL; OIL TO GAS CRACKING; ORGANIC MATTER CRACKING; ORGANIC MATURATION; THREE STAGE FIRST ORDER KINETIC REACTION MODEL; TWO PHASE HYDRODYNAMIC FORMULATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CRACKING; GEOPRESSURING; MATURATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OVERPRESSURE;

EID: 0030158137     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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