Methane-dominated thermochemical sulphate reduction in the Triassic Feixianguan Formation East Sichuan Basin, China: Towards prediction of fatal H2S concentrations

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1265-1279

  Cai, Chunfang ^a   Xie, Zengye ^b   Worden, Richard H ^c   Hu, Guoyi ^b   Wang, Lansheng ^d   He, Hong ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Development Institute   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company   (China)

^e SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Northeast Sichuan; Thermochemical sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; THERMOCHEMICAL SULPHATE REDUCTION (TSR);

GEOLOGY; METHANE; OIL WELL DRILLING; PYRITES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ANHYDRITE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONATE ROCK; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NATURAL GAS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 10144222926     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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