Modeling petroleum generation in the Southern Muglad rift basin, Sudan

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1943-1964

  Mohamed, Abdalla Y ^a,b   Pearson, Michael J ^a   Ashcroft, William A ^a   Iliffe, James E ^c,d   Whiteman, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Oil Explor and Production Authority   (Sudan)

^c PSTI Technology   (United Kingdom)

^d Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL EXPULSION; PALEOHEAT FLOW;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

SUDAN;

EID: 0033496618     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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