Maturity and source-rock potential of Palaeozoic sediments in the NW European Northern Permian Basin

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-28

  Pedersen, Jon H ^a   Karlsen, Dag A ^a   Lie, Jan E ^b   Brunstad, Harald ^b   di Primio, Rolando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

New play; Northern Permian Basin; Palaeozoic; Petroleum exploration; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SHALE;

MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE;

EID: 33344458610     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-666     Document Type: Article

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