Predicting the quantities of oil and gas generated from Australian Permian coals, Bowen Basin using pyrolytic methods

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-188

  Boreham, C J ^a   Horsfield, B ^b   Schenk, H J ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australian Permian source rocks; Chemical kinetics; Coal; Geohistory modelling; Open and closed system pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

COAL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; ROCKS;

SOURCE ROCKS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

COAL SEAM; GAS PRODUCTION; OIL PRODUCTION; PREDICTION;

AUSTRALIA; BOWEN BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032981933     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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