Dating reservoir filling - a case history from the North Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 581-603

  Bhullar, Abid G ^a   Karlsen, Dag A ^a   Backer Owe, Kristian ^a   Seland, Reinert T ^b   Le Tran, Khanh ^c  

^a Petroleum Geochemistry Program   (Norway)

^b Aker Geo Petroleum Services Asa   (Norway)

^c CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

Oil migration; Petroleum geochemistry; Petroleum inclusions; Reservoir filling; Seal failure

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GAS; HYDROCARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PETROLEUM; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033376782     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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