Petroleum biomarkers as environment and maturity indicators for crude oils from the central Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Oil Gas European Magazine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Younes, M A ^a   Hegazi, A H ^a,b   El Gayar, M S H ^a   Andersson, J T ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER DISTRIBUTIONS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSION; MATURATION ASSESSMENTS; SOURCE ROCKS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TECTONICS;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 33947369831     PISSN: 03425622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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