Modelling of the hydrocarbon generation history and volumetric considerations of the coal-sourced Lulita Field, Danish North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-119

  Carr, A D ^a   Petersen, H I ^b  

^a ADVANCED GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coal source rock; North Sea; Oil expulsion; Oil generation; Volumetrics

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; MODELING; SOURCE ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LULITA FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 2542456848     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079303-595     Document Type: Article

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