Lower Paleozoic petroleum from southern Scandinavia: Implications to a Paleozoic petroleum system offshore southern Norway

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1189-1212

  Pedersen, Jon H ^a,b   Karlsen, Dag A ^a   Spjeldnæs, Nils ^c   Backer Owe, Kristian ^a   Lie, Jan E ^d,e   Brunstad, Harald ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^e EMGS Americas   (United States)

^f Lundin Norway A/S   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; EROSION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE;

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PALEOZOIC RESERVOIRS; PALEOZOIC ROCKS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BITUMEN; CARBONATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOZOIC; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548085455     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03080706020     Document Type: Article

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