A novel sequential extraction system for whole core plug extraction in a solvent flow-through cell - Application to extraction of residual petroleum from an intact pore-system in secondary migration studies

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Schwark, L ^a   Stoddart, D ^a,b   Keuser, C ^a   Spitthoff, B ^a   Leythaeuser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Geochem Group Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorbed oil; Flow through extraction; Free oil; Permeability measurements; Reservoir geochemistry; Secondary migration; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

FLOW THROUGH EXTRACTION; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY MIGRATION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

EID: 0030616543     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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