Characterisation of non-producible oil in Eocene reservoir sandstones (Bad Hall Nord field, Alpine Foreland Basin, Austria)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^a   Gratzer, R ^a   Tschelaut, W ^b   Bechtel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b Rohol Aufsuchungs AG RAG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asphaltenes; Deasphalting; Kaolinite; Solid bitumen; Tar

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; DEASPHALTING; KAOLINITE; SOLID BITUMEN;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM TAR; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ASPHALTENE; EOCENE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29444433528     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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