Geochemical comparison of oil-bearing fluid inclusions and produced oil from the Toro sandstone, Papua New Guinea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 155-173

  George, Simon C ^a   Krieger, Frank W ^a   Eadington, Peter J ^a   Quezada, Robinson A ^a   Greenwood, Paul F ^a   Eisenberg, Len I ^b   Hamilton, P Joe ^a   Wilson, Michael A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b University of Technology Sydney ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers in fluid inclusions; Oil charge history; Oil bearing fluid inclusions; Papua New Guinea; Reservoir geochemistry; Toro sandstone

Indexed keywords

OIL BEARING FLUID INCLUSIONS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TORO SANDSTONE;

BIOMARKERS; COLOR; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUORESCENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INCLUSIONS; OIL WELL TESTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMARKER; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATURITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0030616281     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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