A review of the occurrences and causes of migration-contamination in crude oil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1389-1400

  Curiale, J A ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC IMBALANCES; MIGRATION-CONTAMINATION; THERMAL MATURITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIGRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT; RESERVOIR ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOLVENT; TERTIARY;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742279423     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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