Evaluation of kinetic uncertainty in numerical models of petroleum generation

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-403

  Peters, Kenneth E ^a   Walters, Clifford C ^b   Mankiewicz, Paul J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KEROGEN; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; KEROGEN KINETICS; MARINE SOURCE ROCKS; OIL-PRONE ROCKS; PETROLEUM GENERATION; PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCKS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644817167     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10140505122     Document Type: Article

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