Shaken but not always stirred. Impact of petroleum charge mixing on reservoir geochemistry

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 237, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-35

  Wilhelms, Arnd ^a   Larter, Steve ^b,c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATURATION; PETROLEUM; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 11044222150     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.237.01.03     Document Type: Article

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