Organic and carbon isotope geochemistry of crude oils from Ashrafi field, Southern Gulf of Suez Province, Egypt: Implications for the processes of hydrocarbon generation and maturation

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 971-995

  Younes, M A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

OIL MATURATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0037665111     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-120017461     Document Type: Article

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