Selective biodegradation of extended hopanes to 25-norhopanes in petroleum reservoirs. Insights from molecular mechanics

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 765-783

  Peters, Kenneth E ^a   Moldowan, J Michael ^b   McCaffrey, Mark A ^c,d   Fago, Frederick J ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

25 norhopane; biodegradation; demethylation; geometry optimization; hopane molecular mechanics; stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEMETHYLATION; HOPANE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MOLECULAR MECHANICS;

CALCULATIONS; CONFORMATIONS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DEMETHYLATION; HOPANES; IN RESERVOIR MICROBIAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS FORCE FIELD CALCULATIONS; NORHOPANES; SCORPION CONFORMATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 0030201228     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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