Pyrobitumen occurrence and formation in a Cambro-Ordovician sandstone reservoir, Fahud Salt Basin, North Oman

Chemical Geology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 99-112

  Hue, Alain Y ^a   Nederlof, Peter ^b   Debarre, Romain ^a   Carpentier, Bernard ^a   Boussafir, Mohammed ^c   Laggoun Défarge, Fatima ^c   Lenail Chouteau, Arnaud ^a   Floch, Nathalie Bordas Le ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Petroleum Development of Oman   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Oil cracking; Oman; Pyrobitumen; Reservoir geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; KINETIC MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OMAN; POROSITY; PYROBITUMEN; PYROLYSIS; RESERVOIR; ROCK;

BIODEGRADATION; BITUMEN; CAMBRIAN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK;

OMAN;

EID: 0034082402     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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