Unusual high acidity oils from the Great Palogue Field, Melut Basin, Sudan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-231

  Dou, Lirong ^a   Cheng, Dingsheng ^a,b   Li, Maowen ^c   Xiao, Kunye ^a   Shi, Buqing ^a,b   Li, Zhi ^a  

^a Development Corp   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID NUMBERS; HIGH ACIDITY OILS;

ACIDITY; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ACIDITY; CRETACEOUS; CRUDE OIL; OIL FIELD; PALEOGENE; SHALE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GREAT PALOGUE FIELD; MELUT BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; UPPER NILE;

EID: 39149122824     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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