Charging of Elk Hills reservoirs as determined by oil geochemistry

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1347-1371

  Zumberge, John E ^a   Russell, Judy A ^b   Reid, Stephen A ^b  

^a Chalkyfold Grove Lane   (United States)

^b Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ISOTOPES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LOW-MATURITY BIOMARKERS; OIL GEOCHEMISTRY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CRUDE OIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344453838     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05100504003     Document Type: Article

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