Evaluating the timing of oil expulsion: About the inverse behaviour of light hydrocarbons and oil asphaltene kinetics

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1501-1513

  Dieckmann, V ^a,b   Caccialanza, P G ^a   Galimberti, R ^a  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE KINETIC ANALYSIS; EXPULSION TEMPERATURES; HYDROCARBON ANALYSIS; LIGHT HYDROCARBON (LH) ANALYSIS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ASPHALTENE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROCARBON; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL FIELD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 15944364914     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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