Assessment of the petroleum generation potential of Lower Carboniferous coals, North Sea: Evidence for inherently gas-prone source rocks

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-285

  Peterson, Henrik I ^a   Nytoft, Hans P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Coals; North Sea; Oil and gas potential; Source rock

Indexed keywords

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; ROCKS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; PETROLEUM; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL GRABEN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34548187313     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079306-723     Document Type: Article

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