Correlation of fluid inclusions and reservoired oils to infer trap fill history in the South Viking Graben, North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-55

  Isaksen, G H ^a   Pottorf, R J ^a   Jenssen, A I ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Esso Norge as   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Bisnorhopane; Gas chomatography; Mass spectroscopy; Sleipner st; Sleipner Vest

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0031848211     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.4.1.41     Document Type: Article

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