Molecular memory effects recording the accumulation history of petroleum reservoirs: A case study of the Heidrun Field, offshore Norway

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 199-220

  Leythaeuser, D ^a   Keuser, Ch ^a   Schwark, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heidrun Field; Oil charges; Palaeo oil water contacts; Reservoir filling history; Reservoir geochemistry; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR FILLING HISTORY; RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL FIELD; PORE SPACE; SANDSTONE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HALTENBANKEN; HEIDRUN FIELD; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34248520856     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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