From petroleum-type organofacies to hydrocarbon phase prediction

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1031-1058

  di Primio, Roland ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; KEROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PYROLYSIS;

COMPOSITIONAL EVOLUTION; ORGANIC FACIES CONCEPT; PHASE BEHAVIOR PREDICTION;

PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; KEROGEN; MODELING; PYROLYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33746432135     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02140605129     Document Type: Article

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