Diamondoid hydrocarbons as indicators of natural oil cracking

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6731, 1999, Pages 54-57

  Dahl, J E ^a   Moldowan, J M ^a   Peters, K E ^b   Claypool, G E ^b   Rooney, M A ^b   Michael, G E ^c   Mello, M R ^d   Kohnen, M L ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^d Research and Development Center   (Brazil)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

DIAMONDOID; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL ALTERATION;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; MIXING; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DIAMONDOID;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 0033529039     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19953     Document Type: Article

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