The controls on the composition of biodegraded oils in the deep subsurface - Part 1: Biodegradation rates in petroleum reservoirs

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-613

  Larter, Steve ^a   Wilhelms, Arnd ^b   Head, Ian ^a   Koopmans, Martin ^a   Aplin, Andy ^a   Di Primio, Rolando ^b,c   Zwach, Christian ^b   Erdmann, Michael ^b   Telnaes, Nils ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL-COLUMNS;

COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIFFUSION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RATE CONSTANTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OIL FIELD; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); KINETICS; MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RATE CONSTANT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242585016     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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