Unusual crude oils in the Canadian Williston Basin, southeastern Saskatchewan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 477-488

  Li, Maowen ^a   Osadetz, Kirk G ^a   Yao, Huanxin ^a   Obermajer, Mark ^a   Fowler, Martin G ^a   Snowdon, Lloyd R ^a   Christensen, Rod ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Cuesta Energy Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthracene in crude oils; Carbazole in crude oils; Magmatic intrusion; Olefins in crude oils; Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; CARBAZOLE; MAGMATIC INTRUSION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELLS; OLEFINS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON GEOCHEMISTRY;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, WILLISTON BASIN;

EID: 0032485805     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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